The 7 Signs Your Business Can't Run Without You
1. You are the Answer to Every Question
3. You Haven’t Taken a Real Vacation in Years
1. You are the Answer to Every Question
If your team comes to you for decisions, approvals, and basic next steps, you’re the bottleneck. A business that depends on your brain can’t grow - and definitely can’t run without you.
🔧 Fix it: Document recurring decisions. Build a “How We Work” guide that empowers others to think for themselves.
2. No One Can Sell Like You Can
3. You Haven’t Taken a Real Vacation in Years
1. You are the Answer to Every Question
If you’re the only one who can close deals, revenue is limited to your time and energy.
🔧 Fix it: Install a repeatable sales process and equip others with your approach, scripts, and mindset.
3. You Haven’t Taken a Real Vacation in Years
3. You Haven’t Taken a Real Vacation in Years
3. You Haven’t Taken a Real Vacation in Years
If stepping away for more than a long weekend sounds impossible - or terrifying - your business owns you.
🔧 Fix it: Start with a 1-day test vacation. See what breaks, and build systems around the failures.
Don't know how? Let us show you.
4. You’re the Firefighter-in-Chief
3. You Haven’t Taken a Real Vacation in Years
If most of your day is spent solving problems others should handle, you’ve trained your team to rely on you, not their own resourcefulness.
🔧 Fix it: Stop rewarding urgency. Coach your team to bring solutions, not just problems.
5. Key Info Lives in Your Head (or Your Inbox)
If critical client, vendor, or operational info isn't accessible without you, your business is fragile.
🔧 Fix it: Use a centralized hub (like Notion, ClickUp, or Google Drive) to store processes, templates, and key data.
6. You Can’t Predict the Future (Because You Don’t Track the Present)
No dashboard, no metrics, no visibility = constant guessing. If you don’t know your numbers, you can’t plan your freedom.
🔧 Fix it: Build a weekly scorecard. Track what matters most: leads, sales, delivery capacity, and client satisfaction.
7. You’re Afraid to Raise Prices (Because You’re the One Doing Everything)
7. You’re Afraid to Raise Prices (Because You’re the One Doing Everything)
7. You’re Afraid to Raise Prices (Because You’re the One Doing Everything)
If you can’t charge more without burning yourself out, you’re still trading time for money, and your business isn't scalable.
🔧 Fix it: Redesign your offer for efficiency. Package your genius into a process others can deliver.