The AI tax we're all paying

How many times today did you:

Copy-paste the same context between AI tools?

Fix integrations that broke after updates?

Re-explain things AI forgot from earlier conversations?

That's the AI tax.

And we're all paying it (50 times a day).

I paid it for 18 months before I found the escape plan.

Then I counted the actual cost:

• $1,600/month in tool subscriptions (Otter, Salesforce, Zapier, custom integrations),

• 3-4 hours/day manually transferring context between systems,

• zero learning, every new project started from scratch, same prompts, same explanations.

The tools were "smart." But the system was dumb.

Then it hit me:

I was building a house with 15 different manufacturers' pre-fab kits. And I was holding it together with a glue gun.

It worked. Sort of.

But every time I wanted to change something... the whole thing threatened to collapse.

That's when I realized:

There might be a completely different way to think about this. 

Not "how do I connect all these tools better?"

But "what if the tools adapted to my business instead of me adapting to them?"

I spent 4,000+ hours testing this contrarian approach.

Here's what I found:

The system you build with AI should decrease complexity (not increase it).

It should drop costs (not stack subscriptions).

It should learn and compound (not stay static).

It should adapt to your business reality (not force you into templates).

And it should run on natural language (not workflow builders).

That's the paradigm shift.

I know.

It sounds too simple.

But I've been running my entire CCGG business on this approach for 3 months now.

And the difference is... unsettling.

I don't mean "10% more efficient." I mean paradigm shift.

👉 [Watch the 26-minute breakdown here]: [INSERT VIDEO LINK]

I recorded a video walking through :

• the 5 stages of AI business evolution (and why most people are stuck at Stage 1-2),

• the complexity tax you're paying right now (even if you don't see it yet),

• the 5 pillars that flip the paradigm (what they are and why they matter), and

• the new mental model to escape the AI tax.

Watch the Video Here 

Fair warning: This will challenge how you think about AI tools.

If you're invested in your current stack and it's working... you might want to skip this.

But if you've ever felt like you're managing AI tools instead of them working for you... this might be the most important 26 minutes you watch this month.

Talk soon, Daron

P.S. I'm not saying burn down your tool stack tomorrow. But if you've ever wondered "Is this really the best way?"... this video shows the alternative path most people don't know exists yet. It's for people who want to grow WITH AI. Not just manage AI tools.