🚀 3.2.1. Hidden Founder Code ::: Atomic Scaling
Jun 26, 2025
When Founders Feel Stuck: It’s Not the Market. It’s You. Entrepreneurs often blame the macro or execution. But more often than not, the real bottleneck is decisiveness. You can always pivot —but you can’t escape yourself.
You might recognize the feeling: “I’ve gone all-in—career, family, even the inner work. On paper, I’m progressing. But inside? I’m stuck.”
External growth without internal alignment is a silent plateau.
At Atomic Scaling, we train both:
- Predict the future better (external).
- Understand the identity shaping those predictions (internal).
3 Ideas from Me
I. The Bottleneck Isn’t Execution. It’s You.
Your conscious mind processes \~50 bits per second. Your subconscious? 11 million.
Imagine a chip—or an AI model—processing data 220,000 times faster. That’s your subconscious compared to your conscious mind.
Most decision paralysis isn’t about opportunity. It’s about identity confusion.
Stop asking “what drives me?” Start asking “who’s driving me?”
II. You’re Not One Voice. You’re a Team.
Every founder is a council of internal voices: the inner critic, the achiever, the nurturer, the rebel, the wounded child.
Meditation reveals them. Scaling challenges them.
You don’t silence them—you integrate them. Name your parts. Know when they speak. Leverage their strengths.
Leadership starts with internal alignment.
III. Your Subconscious Runs the Show
Science backs it: your subconscious drives most of your behavior. Ignoring it is like flying blind.
The goal? Make it a co-pilot—not a saboteur.
Carl Jung described universal archetypes in the collective unconscious—timeless roles like the Hero, Creator, Ruler, Rebel, and Magician.
These shape how you lead, scale, and respond to challenges.
Which ones dominate your internal boardroom?
2 Quotes from Others
I.
“The key to remember when transforming self-sabotage is this: the behavior you dislike was once a solution. Not just any solution, it was the absolute best solution you had at a time. Behavior always always always has an Intended Positive Outcome (IPO). But the method of achieving that outcome, that behavior, simply got locked in early in life and is now outdated. Instead of fighting self-sabotage, let's learn to transform it, by befriending, establishing rapport with, the part of you who came up with the solution in the first place."
“If people could see themselves and each other and know the presence of both ours and others’ internal protectors that are operating, we’d have a lot more compassion and respect for each other.”
1 Action for You: Build Your Inner Council
This week, choose one key decision you’re facing. Pause. Ask: “Who inside me wants to make this call?”
Visualize around a table your internal team. Is it the Creator? The Ruler? The Saboteur? The Magician? The Explorer?
You’re scaling outward—but clarity comes from within.
- The Creator wants to build.
- The Ruler wants to lead and structure.
- The Saboteur whispers, “You’re not ready.”
Lead from your why, not just your how. Judge less, guide more. When fear creeps in, ask:
Integration beats suppression. Self-awareness beats speed. 🔥👑💡
Ludovic Bodin
3x Entrepreneur, 2x Unicorn Investor, Author of Atomic Scaling
Founder of BOBIC Generational Wealth
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