TPOW Weekly — Riding the Gap Between Achievement and Presence

dustin74479
4 days ago
3 min read

(Featuring two breakthrough videos + a real conversation with Mr Serviss)

There’s a fascinating tension emerging in the lives of high performers — especially those who’ve spent decades chasing goals, building wealth, hitting milestones, and stacking achievements. Many people reach their “summit moments” only to discover something unexpected: the summit isn’t delivering the feeling they assumed it would.

This week, that theme came front and center through two videos that landed with surprising synchronicity.

Video 1: “I Reached My Goals… But Still Felt Empty”https://youtu.be/9VOM4OAcs7M

A story about hitting big milestones — money, sobriety, followers, status — and realizing the feeling of internal emptiness still lingered underneath.

Video 2: "Quantum Temporal Distortion & Releasing Past/Future"https://youtu.be/50nkbIle3AY?si=M4dfTiklPLnnHemd

A discussion about dropping predictions, dissolving memory loops, and stopping the mental time-travel that keeps us guarded, rehearsing, and over-calculating.

Both videos are different, but when placed side by side, they point toward a deeper truth: your life experience dramatically shifts when your identity is no longer chained to future success or past validation.

Where This Gets Real: A Personal Question

Here’s where the conversation turned practical. I (Thor) received a question that many high achievers quietly wrestle with. The shortened version:

“If I’m snowmobiling and trying to get to the top of the mountain, isn’t that a goal? Isn’t that success?How do I enjoy the moment when I still have to think, navigate, and perform?And how do I blend that with the quantum idea of ‘feeling my future self’? Isn’t that thinking about the future?”

This is the junction where achievement psychology, presence, and quantum mindset collide.

And it’s also the place where most people get stuck — because they try to merge these ideas incorrectly.

The Breakthrough Insight: Two Modes of Consciousness

What the two videos point to — and what high performers must consciously learn — is that there are two distinct operating modes, and each has a different job.

Mode 1 — Quantum Orientation (Future-Feeling)

This is where teachings say:“Feel how your future self feels.”“Vibrate at the level of your outcome.”“Fold reality by embodying who you’re becoming.”

This is not for performance.This is not for navigation.This is not for problem-solving.

This is identity tuning — emotional alignment, not goal visualization.

You feel:

calm confidence
clarity
wealth without striving
groundedness
trust in life
capability and momentum

These are not “future thoughts.”These are present emotional states you practice now.

This mode sets your direction. It is your compass.

Mode 2 — Present Performance (Execution)

This is where the second video comes in:

“Stop predicting.” “Stop guarding.” “Stop calculating the future.” “Live only what is happening.”

This mode is for:

snowmobiling
trading
coaching
building
creating
parenting
living

This is flow. It’s where you think — but you don’t time-travel. You engage with the terrain, not the fantasy of the summit.

This mode is your vehicle.

Trying to run both modes at once causes the existential friction people feel when “goals stop being fulfilling.”

The Snowmobiling Example That Cracked It Open

When you’re riding a sled up a mountain, you must:

read snow texture
manage throttle
pick the right line
adjust weight
scan obstacles
balance power and control

This is not “overthinking.” This is micro-presence. Your mind works, but it works in the moment, not in imaginary future scenarios.

You don’t fantasize about the summit while you’re climbing. You ride what’s here. You aim for the top — but the aliveness comes from the terrain under your skis.

That’s the shift.