Daniel Borschel reflects on years of financial struggle and how his partner's unwavering belief sustained him through pursuing his dream. He argues that meaningful change demands bold commitment and staying in what he calls 'progress mode,' measuring both direction and how far you've come.
It was like a long time of struggle. Living on friends floors, moving in with my then girlfriend, watching her sleep under the weight of my bills as I'm going into bankruptcy. I was lucky to then at that moment, fall in love with a woman who never doubted me or guilted me for working on my dream. She saw it as a character trait that someone who works on their dreams, who stays in progress on the path toward their highest aspirations, that's character. Nothing great in your life is going to happen when you're half hearted. You're going to make a real commitment to something. You're going to get clarity towards something, and that will be bold, that will be different. That's progress mode. Because in progress, we don't measure just direction of velocity, we also measure magnitude of change.
