🚀 3.2.1. Entrepreneurs bend reality ::: Atomic Scaling

Every founder knows this moment: you’re staring at a problem that shouldn’t be solvable. Not with your resources, not with your timing, not with the hand you were dealt. And somehow, you solve it anyway.

That’s the real work of entrepreneurship. Not “business building.” Reality bending.

Not everyone is built for this path. It demands humility, chutzpah, and a commitment to something bigger than personal ambition.

But for those who choose it, the payoff goes far beyond wealth. It turns life itself into a meaningful game, one you actually want to play.

3 IDEAS FROM ME

I. Our inner world creates our outer world

Entrepreneurs don’t perform miracles because they’re special. They perform them because they cultivate a state of mind where the impossible feels inevitable.

You’ve probably felt this yourself: when your inner vision is sharp, the outer world aligns. When it’s blurry, everything drags.

That’s why one of the core pillars of the Atomic Scaling blueprint is a simple principle: Iron your inner vision → then build from it. The world bends to those who know exactly what they’re trying to create, a.k.a your Playbook.

II. Realignment creates breakthroughs

Here’s a pattern I see constantly: founders make huge progress, then hit burnout. Not because they’re weak, but because their inner and outer worlds have fallen out of sync.

The moment you realign with your core mission, your Why, ideas return. Energy returns. That 1% insight - the one that changes everything - finally surfaces.

This isn’t esoteric philosophy. It’s practical psychology. Elon Musk does a full realignment every 90 days for the same reason: clarity compounds.

III. Entrepreneurs are world-builders

The most powerful Atomic Scalers out there, Ilkka Paananen, Anton Osika, Pavel Durov, don’t just build companies. They build worlds: with their own rules, people, team, culture, rhythm, and desired realities.

Their superpower isn’t luck or genius. It’s Definite Optimism, the belief that a better future can be deliberately built. They see a world that doesn’t exist yet.

They commit to it with absolute clarity. And they work until everyone else sees it too. That’s reality bending at scale.
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2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS:

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“Your outer world of forms and experiences is a reflection of your inner world of thoughts and beliefs.” - Deepak Chopra, Author of "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success"

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Life could read like a video game. We all have these different character attributes that were pre-set ahead of our birth, that we can actually then tweak through training. It's like a role-playing game.” - Fabrice Grinda, Co-Founder of FJ Labs

1 ACTION FOR YOU:

To bend reality, treat entrepreneurship as a holistic CGI. Not the movie kind (Computer-Generated Imagery), but the founder kind:

C — Custodian. You’re holding a future only you can see, like a movie producer, protecting it until others can step inside it.

G — Game. Stay playful, curious, and growth-oriented. The point isn’t to win, it’s to stay in the arena long enough to evolve.

I — Iron. Practice is the forge. Every step, every iteration, every setback shapes you into someone capable of carrying a bigger reality. When these three align, your ability to build and bend reality, scales exponentially.

Let’s keep playing.

Ludovic Bodin

3x Entrepreneur, 2x Unicorn Investor, 1x IPO. Founder of BOBIC Generational Wealth and Author of Atomic Scaling

P.S. : If you want inspiration, listen to Pavel Durov, co-founder of Telegram (30 people, 1B users) on manifesting reality and disciplined work, a rare gem via Lex Fridman.

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