Alignment isn’t a feeling. It’s a decision.

Hi fam,

For a long time, I thought the wins would come if I just wanted them bad enough.

So I chased.

In business.
In relationships.
Even in my own self-growth.

I thought intensity meant commitment. That the harder I chased, the more I’d prove I was ready.

But here’s what actually happened:

I burned out.
I pushed people away.
I disconnected from myself.

Not because I was doing too little but because I was doing everything from the wrong place.

It wasn’t alignment.
It was fear.
Fear of missing out. Fear of not being enough. Fear of standing still.

And chasing was just a clever disguise for all that.

Here’s the hard truth I had to learn:
Chasing rarely brings what you want.
It just creates more distance.

It’s the same in business:
When you force revenue, it resists.
When you force a brand into a market, the market pushes back.

It’s the same in love:
You can’t rush connection.
You can’t fix someone else’s timing with your urgency.

And it’s the same with yourself:
You don’t become your next version by sprinting harder.
You become it by aligning deeper.

That’s the word I keep coming back to:
Alignment.

Not motivation. Not momentum.
Alignment.

Because when you’re aligned: You don’t need constant external validation.
You don’t panic when things feel slow.
You trust yourself even when it’s quiet.

Lately, I’ve started asking myself two questions every week:

1. Am I moving from fear or from alignment?

2. Am I chasing a result or living a value?

If the answer feels off, I step back.
Because I’ve learned the cost of staying out of alignment is higher than any delayed result.

You can always rebuild revenue.
You can always find another strategy.
But it’s hard to rebuild yourself once you’ve spent too long being someone you’re not.

So if you’re reading this and feel like something’s “off” in your business, your relationship, your life:

This is your invitation to stop chasing.
Pause. Reflect. Align.

The wins don’t come from urgency.
They come from clarity.

And when you lead with that?

You don’t have to chase.
You attract.

Cheers
Markus