Viktor Sághy Coaching

The impermanence of thought is the ultimate leverage in mindset.

After weeks of anxiety, our mortgage was approved last Friday. We were over the moon—our goal to spend Christmas in our own home was happening.

But the news taught me something deeper.

Before approval, anxiety filled weeks. My mind entertained endless “what ifs.” But when the approval came, nothing physical changed. Just our thinking. And therefore, our feeling.

This distinction matters. It shows how impermanent our thoughts and feelings are. They shift instantly:

Good news → change.
Bad news → change.
New information → change.
Good sleep → change.

Meanwhile, I’m basically exactly the same. Yet my experience of life completely transforms.

What is it for you?

As a Founder, everyone is accountable to you.

But who are you accountable to?

If the answer is no one, that’s a dangerous place to be.

Because everything trickles down from leadership.

The good.
The bad.
The ugly.

Which is a hard pill to swallow.

A founder just admitted this to me recently.

That no one holds him accountable.

I thought that was poignant.

And courageous to admit.

Because that also makes you the highest-leverage person to invest in.

And admitting this is the first courageous step.

Because if no one helps you gain perspective on a regular basis, you might not even notice that your head is in the weeds 24/7.

As Mark Twain said:

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”