The world is non-linear.
Don’t be discouraged on the plateau, convinced the world is linear and that you’re experiencing merely a linear aggregation.
The world is not linear.
Don’t forget about emergence, tipping points, and dis-continuities (the compound effect.)
Keep going. Keep putting in the time, keep working. The complexity of the world is often invisible, slow, and “clumpy” (not evenly distributed).
So keep getting after it!