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This one addresses the most quietly destructive habits — the ones that keep people repeating the same mistakes, playing small, or staying broke despite knowing better: The Fastest Way to Fail (And How to Stop Doing It)

[Reminder: This series is about avoiding the obvious traps… so you can succeed by accident.]

Yesterday’s email was about the illusion of progress — how you can be busy, tired, and still go nowhere by focusing on the wrong things.

If you missed it, you can read it here.

Today, we wrap up this series with the final 7 habits that quietly wreck momentum.

These are the ones that trap smart people — the ones who “know better”… but still don’t do better.

If you want to guarantee failure over the long term, just keep doing the things below.

7 Final Ways to Guarantee Failure

1- Believe what other people think about you more than what you think about you.

Let their opinions shape your identity. Let their doubts become your limits.

2- Make a mistake. Wait. Repeat it.

Ignore the pattern. Say “this time is different.” Keep learning the same lesson forever.

3- Be replaceable.

Do work anyone else can do. Stay generic. Blend in. Compete on price.

4- Find something that works… then stop doing it.

Get bored. Chase shiny things. Ignore what’s already generating results.

5- Hire dumb people.

Surround yourself with incompetence. Lower the bar. Pay for it in time, energy, and reputation.

6- Assume you’re always right.

Dismiss feedback. Argue with data. Confuse certainty with competence.

7- Spend more than you make.

No matter how much you earn, find a way to outspend it. Stay broke at every level.

Flip the Script

Here’s how to turn long-term sabotage into long-term progress:

Trust your own opinion more than the crowd’s.

When you make a mistake, reflect, adjust, and don’t repeat it.

Become irreplaceable. Build unique skills.

When something works, double down. Do it until it’s boring — and then keep doing it.

Hire up. Raise your standards. Protect your time.

Stay coachable. Be curious. Ask, “What am I missing?”

Spend less than you make. Every. Single. Time.

You don’t need to fix everything at once.

Just stop doing the stuff that’s clearly not working.

That’s the real meaning of progress over perfection.

You don’t need a breakthrough. You need fewer breakdowns.

Thanks for reading this 4-part series.

If you want to keep diving deeper into clarity, consistency, and self-optimization, stay tuned.

There’s more coming soon.

Until then, ask yourself:

What’s one mistake I’m finally ready to stop repeating?

Relentlessly dedicated to your profitability,

Dr. Kayvon K

Simplifier & Profit Finder

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