solo leveling 5

so i'm currently working full-time on sway, an app to teach you any dance routine with real-time feedback.

it's a lot more complex than i initially thought lol

funnily enough, the idea is cool enough that a lot of my friends reached out to try and help me build this out - and i could not have been more excited

i've more or less started building out since nov 2024 (it's mar 2025 now) - and i'm starting to get a bit frustrated since these same friends really only help when i go out of my way to give them tasks and deadlines

in my ideal vision, i always figured that everyone would be equally as enthusiastic to work on this and come with new ideas every day to try and test them out...

but reality is a lot more humbling

nobody else has the full-time capacity to work on this besides me, so what am i to do?

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a while ago, i came across a blog post talking about levels on a team.

it got me to thinking about where my "team" sits on the chart...

a little while after, i caught up with an old friend i had not seen in a while, and rambled about my situation...

and as all good friends do - they cut through all the bs

what you are experiencing is the completely normal reality of being a founder.

as much as you want everyone to be at your level, you are ultimately the big idea AND execution guy.

so you either find a way to have everyone excel at their level, or find others who are as down for this as you are.

and if you are lucky, you may be able to find that super team...

but just so you know, no real company has two ceos

in my short stint of being alive for 30 years, i realize that, in general, people rarely change

it takes an incredible amount of self-actualization and ongoing sacrifice for someone to achieve their reawakening

instead of lamenting about what my team is not, i should make the best of what they can do

because ultimately, i have to be the level 5 i've always claimed to be