Breakdown Before Breakthrough

About This Talk

Chris explains the idea of breakdown before breakthrough: during any change, things get a little harder before they get easier. He describes that hard stretch as the time when our body, mind and point of view adjust to a new world. Knowing this, he asks listeners to read rising difficulty as a sign they’re close to the end, and to draw on their reservoir of energy to push through.

Key Ideas

• During any change, things get a little harder before they get easier, much like the saying that it’s always darkest before dawn.
• The breakdown is us getting used to a new world as our body, mind, point of view and the people around us change.
• When you feel it getting harder, you’re closer to the end, so draw on your reservoir of energy and push through.

“Everything gets a little bit harder before it gets easier when we’re going through some type of change.”