Category: General Business Advice
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Just a cog in the machine? Or the force that holds it together?
What does it take for your team to support you in building the systems that could potentially risk them losing their jobs? The metaphoric answer: if we move away from seeing our teams as the “cog in the machine”, and rather consider them as the “force that holds the machine together”, we can all strive…
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Trade Trust For Power
Are you the only one who knows how to do certain tasks? It feels good, important, and safe. But the work piles up. Too much rests on you. No breaks. No sick days. You feel trapped. Building systems that allow others to produce your results is the way out. But if anyone can do it,…
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The dark side of building systems
Trading curiosity for consistency One of the most influential books I ever read was Michael E. Gerbers’s E-Myth Revised, where he introduced the concept of “Working on the business, not in the business”. This is a very powerful concept that talks about how building systems helps liberate business owners from being stuck in the hamster…