Working definition
You grow when you choose the problem worth having at the height of your ambition — not when you declare war on an imaginary sabotage you hope will vanish.
How it works
Many practitioners pick Battles that are really fantasies of removing sabotage — if only I weren’t anxious, if only the tools worked, if only I felt ready. Fighting that enemy keeps you busy and often magnifies the part you tried to erase.
The alternative is Problems at the Height of Ambitions made operational: name the problem you want because it serves the mechanic you chose — sales delegation while abroad, holding tension at the close, publishing with a cadence you can keep. That problem gives the Player a real arena and a measurable tipping point.
Unwanted fear-problems belong in Manual Of Me as saboteur mechanics; wanted problems feed Battle Of the Week. Sort fit with Problem quality — same effort reads as craft or martyrdom depending on the problem you chose.
Signature
Yann on 2026-06-29 with Ines live: the glass ceiling on delegation is a wanted problem at the height of ambition — not shame about self-sabotage in the abstract. Ines listens; Johan and Branka map their own arenas (close · podcast cadence).
Fantasy sabotage magnifies the enemy — choose the ambition-sized problem you want → Battle. Ines delegation stays in prose above. Your move: Your move this week.
Your move this week
- Write one problem you want this week — concrete, ambition-sized (delegation, closing, visibility).
- Write one problem you are only solving from fear — route it to Manual saboteur mechanics, not Battle.
- Declare the Battle on the wanted problem only.