How to Win the Game Without Breaking the Rules: The Art of the Cheatloop
The rule:
But what if you could cheat repeatedly ? What if you could build a —a virtuous cycle of clever, ethical shortcuts that compound over time? cheatloop
That’s a lie. There are shortcuts everywhere. The problem isn’t that shortcuts don’t exist—it’s that most people use them once and move on. They cheat once, feel guilty, and go back to the slow path.
We’ve all been told: “There are no shortcuts.” How to Win the Game Without Breaking the
April 14, 2026 Reading time: 4 minutes
(self-improving system) Templates + version control + AI autofill + monthly review to remove steps. Now the system evolves while you sleep. There are shortcuts everywhere
Most people write emails from scratch. That’s a slow loop. The cheatloop: build a library of 10 email templates. Use them for everything. Each time you customize one, improve the template. Now each email takes 30 seconds instead of 5 minutes. Over a year, that’s 40+ hours saved. Then use those hours to automate more.