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# After 40 days, my butt was no longer the problem.
- URL: https://www.wtft.life/after-40-days-my-butt-was-no-longer-the-problem/
- Published: 2026-08-03T17:43:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-03T17:54:29.000Z
- Author: Franck @ WTFT
- Tags: Success, Work & Money, Perspectives, Tour de Gaule

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I could finally finish a stage sitting on the saddle.  
I could eat a meal without standing at the bar.  
And I could think about something other than the pain.

This may not sound like an important milestone in a 3,200-kilometre ride around France.

But it is not unlike:

- a startup finally fixing a critical bug;
- a company overcoming a production bottleneck;
- a student mastering the one subject threatening their qualification.

To outsiders, these may look like minor developments.

**To the people involved, solving them can substantially increase the chances of reaching a much larger objective.**

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## The Perspective Shift

> **Success is often decided by solving small problems nobody else notices.**

We naturally focus on the visible objective: completing the tour, launching the business or earning the qualification.

But reaching it may depend on removing one unglamorous obstacle that repeatedly interferes with everything else.

**The problem may appear insignificant from the outside. Its effect on the outcome is not.**

Walk your talk,  
Franck

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