10/13/2026
THE DAY I REALIZED I WAS MY OWN BOTTLENECK
For a long time, I thought being the person everyone came to was simply part of being a good leader.
If there was a decision to make, it came to me.
If something needed attention, I handled it.
If someone needed an answer, they asked me.
I was involved in everything.
And honestly, I was proud of that.
But eventually, I reached a point where I was feeling overwhelmed and frustrated by how much there was to do.
I remember telling a mentor that I simply needed more time.
I thought that if I had more hours in the day, I could finally get everything done and grow the business the way I wanted to.
My mentor gave me a perspective that stayed with me:
It wasn't about having more time. It was about leverage.
That conversation made me look at my role very differently.
I started asking myself:
What actually requires me?
What am I holding onto that someone else could handle?
Where am I creating a bottleneck simply because everything has to come back to me?
That was the beginning of a very different approach for me.
I started delegating tasks I had convinced myself I needed to handle personally.
I brought in support.
I started putting better systems in place.
And, perhaps most importantly, I had to learn to let go of the idea that being a good leader meant being involved in everything.
Because I realized something:
The more the practice depends on one person for every task, decision, and detail, the harder it becomes for that person to actually lead.
Support isn't just about having someone take tasks off your plate.
It's about creating clearer ownership, better systems, and enough trust that everything doesn't have to come back to you.
That realization changed the way I think about delegation and leadership.
And it changed the way I think about my own capacity, too.
Being the owner doesn't mean you have to own everything.
So I'm curious, especially if you're a practice owner:
What is one task, decision, or responsibility that still keeps coming back to you?
And more importantly:
Does it really require you?