Your brain thinks short-term solutions are a cure. They aren't. They are a toxin—temporary relief that acts like slow poison, compounding into catastrophic failure.

This episode exposes Short-Term Solutions Bias—the cognitive flaw that convinces smart leaders to choose a quick fix over long-term survival. We dive deep into the "Quarterly Capitalism" culture that feeds this addiction, exploring how the obsession with 90-day reports forces leaders to slash R&D, neglect culture, and drink the "Kool-Aid" of efficiency at the cost of effectiveness.

In this episode, we cover:

• The Toxic Cure: Why we crave the immediate relief of a bad decision.
• Quarterly Capitalism: How short-term financial engineering poisons brand equity.
• Negative Compounding: Why "low risk" decisions today collect massive interest payments tomorrow.
• The Mirror Test: A framework to determine if you are solving problems or just relocating them to your future self.
• Immediate feels manageable. Eventual feels theoretical. Until the bill comes due.

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IN THIS EPISODE

00:00 The Short-Termism Poison: Introduction

01:02 Running a Business on Short-Termism

02:09 Short-Term Solutions Bias: The Toxic Cure

05:12 Short-Termism as Drowning In Perpetual Stress

07:19 Reasons Behind Short-Termism

07:37 Quarterly Capitalism: Profit Now vs. Death Later

08:05 Negative Compounding: The High Cost of the "Quick Fix"

10:59 Psychological Cacophony: The Voices of Short-Termism

13:52 The Only BS Detection Pattern

16:30 The Coaching Moment: Solving vs. Relocating Problems

15:57 Conclusion: Avoidance Compounding

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