Mike Milligan defines the paralysis penalty as the cost of inaction when entrepreneurs avoid financial decisions they don't understand. Solopreneurs often delay tax planning, payroll, and quarterly payments until April brings a crushing bill that can kill the business.
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What is this paralysis penalty that you talk about? And how does it specifically show up for solopreneurs who delay those financial decisions, like I was just saying, because they're so overwhelmed or unsure of who to trust even?
Uh, the paralysis penalty is being presented with an opportunity and from lack of education or lack of trust that it's the right thing for you, you do nothing. You just, you just, you just sit there, you're paralyzed. What that often happens, where that happens mostly in the world of financial planning, and especially to entrepreneurs, is when it comes to tax planning. Uh, taxes are the thing that will drive entrepreneurs out of business. It will just, you know, if you don't, if you don't hit a payroll tax, if you don't pay your Social Security tax, if you don't pay quarterly estimates, and then all of a sudden you come to April of the next year and you're like, holy cow,