Episode 31 · October 21, 2025 · 25 min 35 sec

Collapsing Time on Your Goals

How do I stay regulated while scaling or doing things outside my comfort zone?

How do you reach a goal faster without hustling? Bailey Guilloud says to remove the resistance between you and the version of you who already has the result. That means regulating your nervous system so edgy moves feel safe, doubling down on one or two goals, compressing decision cycles, building leverage, and replacing linear thinking with identity work. Her daily anchor is 10 to 20 minutes of meditation.

Hosted by Bailey Guilloud · The Fourth State Podcast

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Questions about this episode

How do I stay regulated while scaling or doing things outside my comfort zone?

Bailey Guilloud says growth requires being at your edge, so you need a daily anchor of safety alongside it. She recommends 10 to 20 minutes of silent breath meditation a day, plus movement, cold exposure, and breathwork, so what felt edgy last month feels less edgy this month.

How do I make decisions faster?

Shorten your feedback loops: test, adjust, and move quickly in line with your intuition instead of waiting to make it perfect. Bailey says some people wait a month to act on an idea, and that perfectionism is what slows them down.

What does “collapsing time on your goals” mean?

Removing the resistance between who you are now and the version of you who already lives the result. Bailey says it is not about skipping steps or hustling, and that it takes an energetic, strategic, and identity-level approach together.

How many goals should I focus on at once?

One or two, typically your biggest, pursued intensely so that everything else becomes a snowball effect. Bailey believes you can have all of your goals, but says broad lists spread your focus.

What does acting from your end-state identity mean?

Write down how the version of you who reached the goal feels, thinks, and spends her day, then start acting that way now. Bailey uses a “higher self walk” or hypnosis to feel the end state, such as seeing a different number in your bank account.

Why avoid linear thinking about big goals?

For a goal like $300K in four months, Bailey focuses on how fast you can reach your first $5,000 and the aligned action behind it. She says an identity aligned with the end result, plus aligned action, is rewarded with a quantum jump.

What topics does this episode explore?

Founder growth and capacity, Identity, beliefs, and confidence

About this episode

A 25-minute solo episode. Bailey demonstrates regulation live with a breath in through the nose and out through the mouth, to show it can take less than a minute.

Full Transcript

Transcript of The Fourth State Podcast episode “Collapsing Time on Your Goals” with host Bailey Guilloud, lightly edited for readability. Learn more about Bailey’s work at fourthstate.net.

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When I was little, probably about middle school, I remember my mom buying me this present, which was a stress ball. And I just remember laughing because she bought it for me because I was so impatient. I remember being impatient with a librarian. I remember being impatient with literally anything, like anytime we were on a road trip or like in the car anywhere. I was like, are we almost there? Like, how much more time? You know are we there yet? Like, I was that kid. That was really concerned about how much long, how much longer it's going to take.

And collapsing time is what we're going to be talking about today. Because immediate gratification is not always good, but also, there is a reason why impatience and recognizing that you can collapse time on what you want to build can be of value to you. So we're going to be talking about collapsing time on your goals and we're not going to be skipping steps. We're not going to be hustling, and we're not only going to be talking about this from kind of like, oh, align your frequency wave. We're going to be talking about how this is about removing the resistance between who you are now and the version of you who already lives the result of your goal of the life, of the dream, of the body, business, health, energy that you desire.

And a lot of people talk about this from an action-based standpoint, but I'm going to be talking about it from all angles that I can. This is an energetic game. This is a strategic game and this is a neurological game as well. It's not something that you can do with only one strategy. It needs a holistic approach. And I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with... I want to describe what holistic means to me, at least. So think of having a cold, right? And you have this cold and it's bothering you. You have a sore throat and a headache.

And one of the things that you could do is take a, supplement like or medicine, that's for immunity, that's for your cold. But you're not only going to stop at doing a supplement. You're also going to have a supplement for your brain health. You're going to have a warm herbal tea. You're going to sleep more. And all these different pathways. I want you to think of them as the sleep is the holistic method as well as the, you know, the supplement. All these things holistically work together. It means you're attacking it from all different angles instead of just going, okay, I'm going to rely on this one supplement.

That's going to heal me. Holistic means you are covering all grounds. You are holistically looking at what the root causes. And so that's what we're going to do. On today. If you have a goal that you want to collapse time on, start to think about that because we are in such a magical time at the end of the year. This is literally my favorite time. I mean, I have been outside on my porch, on my computer and journaling and everything because it's just been so nice outside and also it's one of my favorite times of year because there are 2 major holidays in America.

And actually today, October 20th is a major Indian holiday, which is Devali, and my husband's Indian. And I'm close with my in-laws. And so we have Devali. We have Thanksgiving, we have Christmas. All these holidays at the end of the year. It's magical time and it's also when people are spending a lot of money in their business. You know, they're making sure that their taxes are going to be, level with by the end of the year, you know, they're able to use as much of their income as they can in what they want to build and what they want to buy.

And so it's a really magical time to think about collapsing your timeline on your goals. And I want to talk about this from 3 different perspectives. From an energetic perspective, right? This is about regulating your nervous system to no longer sense danger around what you are building. And this is such a tricky thing because in order to grow in order to evolve, we need to be in this very edgy place, you do not evolve and you do not grow by being extremely comfortable. And so you have to do things a little bit out of your comfort zone, you know, show up to the speaking engagement, show up to the thing that you've never done before, or try on a new hobby, or a new practice that you've never done before, and maybe it makes you feel a little uncomfortable.

These things where you're edging on what is safe to you is how you grow. And so there's this kind of like double edge, there's this, interesting point where you have to notice, okay, how much can I be edgy with the amount that I can show what's possible for me, you know, getting on stage, creating the consistent content. Speaking up in your relationship, you know, doing the edgy thing while also, allowing yourself to experience safety. Because it's important for us to feel that duality of it's okay to be in a little bit of danger.

It's okay for us to be in a place where maybe we're going to get scrutinized online or, you know, because we're sharing our authentic truth, or maybe we're not going to get the perfect response that we thought we did because we're showing up in our biggest capacity. So, in order to grow in order to collapse your timeline, there's this interesting edge where you have to be connected with that dangerous, that more fearful side of you. And you also have to create safety. And so you have, that's why nervous system regulation is so powerful.

It's knowing how to move between each of these different states, and there are different practices, different meditations, different breath works, different nervous system tools that create different levels of safety that create different levels of, energy. So, you know, something that's going to increase your energy on a day where you're too comfortable and not being edgy enough. Or, you know, deep transformational stuff that's going to help you release a part of you who really has this pattern of fear when it doesn't actually make sense.

So, You know, getting on the edge, but also meditating daily. That's one of the things that I am a diehard fan of, and I try to get every single client and every single person that I speak to to be meditating 10 to 20 minutes daily. I recommend a silent meditation, listening to your breath, and I have a couple of other 22 techniques that I recommend to clients and I teach in empire energy that are really just simple breath work, simple noticing your body, your breath, to anchor that safety for 10 to 20 minutes. In order to meditate, all you have to do is commit to show up, commit to show up to the practice daily for 30 to 75 days, and it will start to become a lifelong habit.

If you want to learn more about this, message me about empire energy, this is my 30 day meditation challenge that teaches you to build a meditation as a lifelong practice. But this simple meditation practice is such a good example of the safety while you are playing on the edge. And so you have this daily anchor that you tap into that helps you access that level of safety. And also, you know, before you're going into big, edgy events, you still have that anchor that is continuously growing your inner, experience your inner alchemy.

Other ways to regulate your nervous system are, you know, moving your body and using a cold exposure and breath work to build your tolerance, but the whole idea is that once your body starts building your baseline, building your baseline of what's possible, what's safe, your mind stops creating such a delay in what's possible for you and what's actually dangerous for you and how edgy you can get. And so something that may have been edgy last month, won't be as edgy this month because you are showing up to the daily practices, you are showing up to breathing in and out when your body is feeling overwhelmed.

And actually, let's do a little breath here. And now, just to show you how simple this is, I really, one of my emissions is to uncomplicate this stuff because there's so much gatekeeping and confusion around what it actually looks like to regulate your nervous system. Let me show you in literally less than one minute. So let's breathe in through your nose. And breathe out through your mouth. And repeat on your own 3 times breathing N through your nose. Out through your mouth. Just taking 10 minutes a day can make such a difference and your body allowing you to catch up with what you were thinking.

So it's having those goals and having those thoughts to actually putting them on paper and taking continuous action towards them, continuously building the momentum in what you're doing, simply by aligning your body and your nervous system with that. So, Let's talk about the second holistic, angle to go at this at. And that is from a more strategic perspective, right? And from this strategic perspective. I love to think of 2 things. I love to think of, number one, is clarifying where you're going to a very simple goal.

So so many people, when they're building goals, they get really excited and they get really broad and they're like, oh, I want to have the family life and I want to have this. I want to have that, and I want to have this. And I absolutely believe that you can have all of those goals, and I believe that you can create the life that you want easily. But when you're, when you're building a goal, It's important to really double down on one or two. Intensely so that everything else is kind of just a snowball effect on those one or two.

And so you have to figure out what those are for you. And I typically encourage them to be the biggest goals that you have. And from there, act from that identity. Instead of having this big perspective of, oh, I'm going to have everything. What is the identity of the biggest version of you that has that number one or number 2 goal and start to write down how your body feels and how you're breathing, when you have reached that level of reality, when you have reached that level of your goal has been realized, what exactly are you seeing?

What exactly are you feeling? What are you wearing? What are you hearing? And ask yourself, who are you being? In that version of reality? Who, what do you feel like? What are your values? What do you think like? What does your day-to-day look like? What do you feel in your soul? And build this from a very liberated perspective? Because remember the end state doesn't have to be built from hustling. It doesn't have to be built from skipping steps. And it has to be an alignment and something that is truly you too. And so, yeah, act from your identity, act from that identity of what that result is, start acting like that now.

Start feeling that energy as you are walking on a walk. I love to do what's called a higher self walk and whether that's pacing around my house or going for an actual walk. You literally feel the end state of your goals or in a hypnosis, another option for feeling this end state is in a hypnosis, think about the exact experience that would be that end result. You know, would it be seeing a different number in your bank account? Would it be actually relaxing the forehead wrinkles of stress on your body? Would it be what it, what would it be to feel that energy from this end result and create this visual that is that end result, you know, and tap into that?

So see yourself checking your bank account and see yourself looking in the mirror and seeing those wrinkles gone. And once you clarify clarify that more and more, The more you'll realize that, oh, it's interesting. I don't even, like, I just have to move because I am so aligned with this end state that it would be weird if I didn't move. Another strategic part of this is compressing your decision cycles. So, you know, number one strategic part is clarifying that in state, and that's kind of an energetic and a strategic thing because it's showing you how you're feeling, but it's also showing you like, what are you doing?

How are you moving? But another strategic part of this is really making decisions faster in alignment with your intuition, shortening feedback loops, because everyone loves to think, okay, I'm confused. I need to wait. I need to, like, wait to make it perfect, and there's a lot of perfectionism that slows you down there. There's a lot of, feeling like there's too much pressure to move fast when really if you move or if you're moving faster, if you're shortening those feedback loops, if you're testing and then adjusting and moving quickly, you're going to win faster, you're going to collapse timelines on your goals.

And so that would look like having an idea for your company and saying, okay, interesting. I wonder if this could be something that I work with. And may, and you wait for, however long that you decide for. Some people are waiting way too long. They're waiting like a month to iterate an idea that they had a month ago. By that time, that idea has energetically gone to 5 other people that are in your circle. That's why it's so important to compress decision cycles from a spiritual, like, let's get spiritual for a second.

Is it so important to make those decisions faster because if you're not embodying your decisions and you're not saying, okay, I want to launch that thing, I want to create that thing. The universe, God, energy, the world is going to give that idea to someone else who may be able to make it happen faster. And so if you're making decisions faster, you're going to show the universe God that you are able to carry that. You're able to carry the pressure, you're able to carry the decision responsibility to show up and show up with trust, show up in real time and iterate and be honest and transparent about where you are and really own where you are.

And yeah, so compress your decision making. Another strategic part of this is it's so important to create real world leverage. And what I mean by that is I'm talking about connections. I'm talking about, things that create exponential results, like content that once you have that, It's like the domino effect of it. This could also look like setting up a funnel. This could also look like automating and delegating tasks, but building environments that reflect the identity that you're stepping into. So if you're creating a company.

What funnels could you automate that would provide more leverage for you to shine in the area that you want to shine in? Because you're probably best in sales and communication and creativity. And there are a lot of behind the scenes things that we can start to think about where we can create more exponential results, from a funnel perspective, but also from, are there any domino effects in who you connect with? Like, are there any people in your industry in, your ability to have more of an effect with a small, a small execution.

This could look like, you know, creating content, connections. So, lastly, I want to talk about this interesting part about linear thinking. Because I think that any goal can be reached. Like the most outrageous goal can be reached. However, I think that it's important to build momentum in your thinking and in your goal. And so I really encourage people to go crazy, crazy big with their end result. And let's say your end result is 4 months from now. Say that you want to bring a company from 0 to 100K in 4 months. And I would absolutely applaud that, and I would say, let's actually make it 300K. Let's make the goal 300K. However, I would say, Let's not think of that in linear thinking.

Let's think about how fast we can get to your first 5000. Let's think about what is the very first step that's going to be the identity, the aligned action, that helps you show that you can create a momentum, and how much you're, and how much is possible for you. So if you had this goal to create a company from 0 to 300K in 4 months, I would say, let's look at, let's not look at how long it's going to take to get to your 300K, let's look at how aligned you are to naturally compress how much it's possible to bring in immediate cash now and start building this identity that has this aligned action that allows you to quantum jump.

So it's not the mind thinks that, okay, you have the goal, then you make the effort, then comes the result. It's like, you know, cause and effect, linear thinking. And this is true to some extent, but what really is happening is when you reflect in a super aligned identity, an identity that holds the same frequency as the end result, and you take aligned action, you are rewarded with a quantum jump. You're rewarded with a collapsed timeline and what's possible. But it requires you to do deep identity work. It requires you to go into your heart and see what is actually creating resistance.

And it's going to be different for all different people. Some people it's going to be. I have this story about how I'm not worthy, or for some people it's going to be, oh, I just genuinely like have been plateaued and been too comfortable here, or I just feel like my nervous system can't handle the amount of pressure that it's going to take to that level. And so each person is going to have a different identity that they're going to have to align with to stop being in that linear timeline. And that is what collapses the timeline.

It's like, okay, can you really see what the resistance is? And once you understand what the resistance is and being that identity, you are received with a collapsed, you receive a collapsed timeline. But going into what is creating that resistance requires you to do the work requires you to make decisions faster, makes it requires you to show up in the feeling of being comfortable when there's an edgy situation of allowing your nervous system to calibrate in real time as you're showing up to these edgy experiences and these new experiences.

And so the identity, I want to be so clear is that it's not a perfect identity either. This is an identity that is aligned with your higher self and is continuously taking these edgy goals. And this doesn't mean you have, you know, 24, you're, you don't have any bad days or any bad vibes. It just means that you're continuously evolving and continuously tapping into this level of you who is comfortable with these bigger decisions, these more risky experiences, these more out there experiences that allow you to quantum leap.

I hope you guys enjoyed that. This was, I think I gave you guys like 5 ways to collapse your goals. And. Yeah, I have collapsed goals on a few things of collapsed goals on scaling. And also in my health, like whenever I am sick, I am well within one or 2 days. Like, it does not take me long to recover. And that is just one synonym for how I live life. You know, whenever there's a goal, I am ready to create the result and the leap so much quicker. And it takes that decision. Like, I'm ready to make this happen and it takes that devotion to show up and say, okay, I'm ready to collapse this timeline.

And if that's you, I applaud you for your journey, and if you'd like to work with me. Come talk to me on email or Instagram. I put the links in the chat. I work one on one with people building and scaling companies as well as working on their wellness goals and their holistic nervous system goals. And we have an amazing 30 day meditation challenge going on right now, which is so freaking awesome that teaches you how to build a lifelong habit. It's called empire energy. And we're going we're going to do it again live soon, but right now it's available pre-recorded, and you can teach yourself how to build a lifelong meditation practice that will create inner exponential or ROI.

And We're also building a few new things in this next coming season. I'm going to announce it soon, but it is a perfect time to be in my world of coaching. It is a perfect time to be in my one-on-one in my empire energy in the Fourth State school because I have a lot of retreats and experiences and many minds that are about to drop. And if you're ready to regulate your energy, you're ready to become the best version of yourself and build the empire, you're, you have been desiring in your heart and collapse the timeline on what's possible for you.

Come talk to me. And let me know if you listen to this episode. I would also love it so much if you could take the time to write me a 5 star review where you're listening to this as well as share it on your Instagram if you were touched by this episode. Thank you so much for listening and I hope you have a beautiful day.