Every Business is Hard. Here’s How to Make Yours Worth It

Here’s the reminder I needed this week–and maybe you do too:

Every business is hard.

Not some of them.
Not just yours.
All of them.

It’s tedious. It’s frustrating. It’s repetitive. And most days, it feels like pushing a boulder uphill with no applause.

That’s why only 0.04% of businesses ever hit 8 figures.

Not because they didn’t work hard enough, but because most people choose a game where the upside doesn’t justify the pain.

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It’s Not About Avoiding Hard. It’s About Choosing the Right Hard

I’ll give you a personal example.

I started an accounting firm because I got screwed over by bad financial support in my own businesses. But I also knew something else: good accounting firms always grow.

I knew it would be hard. I just preferred a business that grows steadily every year over one that constantly bleeds clients through churn.

Marketing agencies are brutally hard to run. As are SaaS companies, eCommerce, and literally everything else. 

Hard is unavoidable. The real question is: Is the game you’re playing even worth winning?

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Make the “Suck” Worth It

If everything is hard anyway, the smartest move is to maximize upside so the pain hurts less.

That means stepping back and asking better questions:

• Is it worth learning M&A to increase leverage and optionality?

• Are you stuck in a bad niche or vertical with capped upside?

• Does your offer or pricing need to change?

• Is there a better service you could offer with higher LTV and lower churn? (Example: web hosting isn’t flashy, but clients almost never leave.)

This is where most founders get trapped. They try to optimize execution inside a broken game instead of questioning the game itself.

Scaling revenue without fixing your finances is how founders end up with IRS notices, cash-flow surprises, and fake profit.

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Play Fewer Games. Solve Fewer Problems.

Simplifying your focus will change your mindset. Instead of trying to fix everything:

1. Analyze the game you’re playing
   

2. Commit to the right model
   

3. Solve only the top 2 constraints each month

When you do this consistently, the game starts to feel lighter, even though it’s still hard.

Three Things You Can Do Today to Implement This

1. Zoom out and evaluate your game. Ask yourself: If this business succeeds, is the upside actually worth the effort?
   

2. Pressure-test your model. Look at churn, LTV, pricing power, and growth ceilings — not just revenue.
   

3. Identify your top two constraints this month. Ignore everything else. Solve those first.

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