Welcome to the March 2026 edition of the ThinkTalk Newsletter.

What's Inside:

— Alex Hormozi

Hard conversations sit in your head longer than they need to. And you convince yourself that you prefer to keep the peace (rather than get clarity).

So you avoid rocking the boat. And wait. And with the wait, the weight grows.

Then you finally have the talk. And it’s… fine.
Not perfect. But things are on the table … rather than in your head.

Sometimes you fix the problem.
Sometimes you just understand it better.

Either way, you move forward.

The door you’re avoiding is usually unlocked. Open it.

Leopold argues in this fascinating essay that rapid AI advancement will likely lead to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by 2027, followed by Superintelligence by 2030. He predicts an intense race for this technology, arguing that current security measures are insufficient and that this may lead to a profound global shift of the world order.

You accumulated excess cash inside your corporation. Now, should you withdraw it as Salary/Dividends and the invest in an RRSP, or should you leave the funds inside the corporation and invest there?

One of the measures includes cutting the small business corporate income tax rate from 3.2% to 2.2%, which means the combined federal and provincial corporate tax for Ontario small businesses could go down to 11.2% on taxable profits of up to $500,000.

When it comes to CPP and OAS timing, most Canadians ask the wrong question: "What if I die early?" Joe Curry reframes CPP as longevity insurance - a core part of retirement income planning designed to protect you from the real financial risk: living longer than expected and running out of money.

Connecting with customers is part of the job. In this episode, Jason and David share why staying close to the people who use your product/service still matters, even as companies scale.

This month, we dive into "The 80/20 Principle" by Richard Koch. A simple but powerful idea. A small number of inputs drive most results. In business and in life.

- 🌱 Not All Effort Is Equal: 80% of outcomes come from 20% of actions. A few activities create disproportionate value.

- 🔍 Find the Critical Few: Identify your top customers. Top products/services. Top decisions. Focus there. Delegate, Automate, Reduce, or Eliminate the rest.

- ⚡ Less But Better: Growth is not doing more. It is doing less. But with precision. Ruthlessly prioritize what actually moves the needle.

- ⚖️ You Still Own the other 80%: Focusing on the 20% does not mean ignoring the rest. You still own the other 80%. Systematize it. Simplify it. 80% of your time goes to the critical 20%. But 20% of your time still protects the other 80%. Small leaks sink the ship.

Remember, own the 100% but disproportionately focus on the top priorities.

Lastly, 80/20 is only an approximation. This can show up as 70/30, 90/10, 95/5 etc.

Power to you,

Think Team 🙏

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