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Apr 2025
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The Hidden Tax Holding You Back

Sahil Bloom
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There are certain taxes of life that we must happily pay:

  • Periods of loneliness are a tax on personal transformation. To achieve the growth we want, we need to accept that there will be periods when we've left our prior environment and have yet to find our new one.
  • Hard conversations are a tax on deep relationships. To build the deep bonds we want, we need to accept the hard conversations that repair and strengthen these connections along the way.
  • Boredom of routine is a tax on long-term success. To earn the win in the light, we have to embrace the boring basics in the dark.
  • Imposter syndrome is a tax on growth. To unlock the growth we asked for, we need to accept that we will be pushing beyond our current competencies and feeling like an imposter in doing so.

But there is one tax of life that we must actively reject:


The Ignorance Tax.


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