Are you the bottleneck in your own business?

Most founders don't decide to become the bottleneck. It happens one quick yes at a time.

Four signs

1. Your team waits. Work stalls when you are on holiday or in meetings.
2. You redo work. It is faster to fix it yourself than explain.
3. Every question comes to you. Even ones the team could answer.
4. Your calendar is full of other people's priorities.

The first step

This week, write down every decision you make in a day. Next to each one, write the name of someone who could make it instead. That list is your hand off plan.

If you are the only one who can do it, you are also the only one who ever will.