We were talking about taxes and company setup in one of the entrepreneur groups I’m part of.
The usual fork in the road: figure it out yourself, or hire someone to do it with/for you, explaining things as they go.
There are nuances, sure.
But in most cases, unless you’re genuinely fascinated by tax law and want to spend your limited, non-renewable time on it, the struggle isn’t noble. It’s a waste
More than that, it quietly steals your best resources.
Time. Attention. Cognitive energy.
Resources you could be using where you’re actually dangerous.
Where you create value.
Where only you can solve the problem. ("Who not How" is a phrase I love by one business coach I follow)
Or… you can try to win every battle yourself.
(I’m not sure how many wars have ever been won that way.)
One of my unofficial mentors, Tim Ferriss, once explained how he deals with social media and junk-food temptations.
He removes the apps.
Turns off notifications.
Never keeps food he wants to eat less of in the house.
“Yes, you can train your willpower, but why would you want to? You might need it for something else in life and work.”
Another mentor of mine, Alex Hormozi, put it even more bluntly:
“The most sure way to change is to put yourself in a situation where you have no other choice but change.”
Same idea. Different words.
If you talk to almost anyone who’s overcome a lot, who people label as “disciplined”, you’ll usually find the same pattern.
They don’t rely on heroic self-control.
They design conditions.
They make the right action the path of least resistance.
They remove exits.
They stop negotiating with themselves.
Instead of spinning their wheels in battles that never needed to be fought.
I tell my clients this all the time:
“Don’t try to battle it out by becoming a different person.
Be the person who builds systems that make the right choice inevitable.
Save your energy for the battles that actually matter.”
Over to you dear reader,
Where are you still fighting, when changing the circumstances would effortlessly take you to the next level?
