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The problem stood in front of him like a wall. He could not go around it. He could not go over it. He had to go through.
The Stoics said: "The obstacle is the way." But what if they were both right and wrong? What if some obstacles forge character while others just drain you? What if some problems reveal purpose while others merely profit those who manufactured them?
Most conversations about AI fixate on what the technology can do. But the profound shift isn't in the tools themselves; it's how they reshape the fundamental economics of building businesses. The companies that will thrive won't ask "How do we add AI to our existing process?" They are asking "What is possible when we re-imagine everything?" This isn't about incremental improvement. It's about seeing, with clarity and courage, how AI changes the core assumptions of value creation.
The technology is just a catalyst. The real transformation happens when leaders are willing to question everything they thought they knew about how successful businesses operate.