Let’s get brutally honest for a minute — could your business actually run without you?
Not for a day. Not over a long weekend.
I mean really operate, grow, and make decisions without you in the middle of everything?
For far too long, my answer was no. Even on so-called ‘vacation,’ I was glued to my inbox while my kids played on the beach.
I’d built a company, yes — but I’d also built a dependency machine where everything funneled through me. I wasn’t leading. I was just doing.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
In this video, I walk you through exactly how I rewired my company so it no longer depends on me to function — and how you can start doing the same.
It’s not magic. It’s not even complicated. But it does require discipline, clarity, and the willingness to let go of control in service of something better.
The first shift?
I removed myself from the center.
That meant no longer being the automatic fixer or default decision-maker.
We got explicit about what should come to me — like budget-impacting decisions or anything tied to culture — and delegated everything else to the leaders who should truly own it.
And that leads to the second shift: Hiring for ownership, not just execution.
If someone can’t carry full responsibility — not just tasks — you’ll feel it.
I stopped rewarding check-ins and started rewarding people who moved independently. That meant replacing good people with the right people when necessary.
The third shift was systems. Systems that don’t depend on me to be repeatable.
Systems with clear thresholds, rules, and guardrails that allow the team to make decisions without escalating every single issue.
The final shift was deeply personal: Building boundaries around my energy.
That meant getting out of my inbox — completely — while I’m out of office. We now use a simple three-folder email system, I remove all notifications from my phone, and my assistant sends me a recap when I return.
It changed everything. I’m no longer “needed” on vacation — and that’s a good thing.
If any part of this sounds like the breath of fresh air you’ve been craving, watch the full video. I promise it’ll challenge you — in the best way — to lead differently and finally build something sustainable.
Because a business that can’t run without you isn’t a business. It’s a job with extra stress.