One of the hardest things to admit as you’re running a growing business is: the bottleneck is you.
You’re not doing anything wrong. You’re not bad at business.
You’re one person trying to run what you’ve built, but now it needs more than one person.
Because you’ve got the running list in your head that stays there, the back-end things that you’re always playing catch-up with, and things falling through the cracks.
This isn’t because you aren’t trying, it’s because you don’t have the capacity anymore.
You can’t fit 8 pounds of potatoes into a 5 pound bag without something falling out (or a seam splitting).
Working “harder” or getting up earlier can’t solve this problem.
It’s time to stop being the only person responsible for making everything work.
If you’re in this place, you’re not failing. You’re ready for the next step.