Every owner says they want freedom. Then the day comes when the company can run without them, and a lot of them don’t know what to do with it. Cameron Earhart and Mike LoBue dig into why stepping back feels uncomfortable instead of freeing. They cover how an owner’s identity gets tied to being needed, where the fear of losing control comes from, and why the time you’ve been chasing can feel emptier than expected if you haven’t planned for it. This one closes out the series on building a business that doesn’t depend on you.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
• Why owners who say they want freedom struggle once they get it
• How an owner’s identity gets wrapped up in being needed, and what to root it in instead
• Where the fear of losing control comes from, and how to overcome it
• What to plan for so the freedom you get doesn’t turn into regret

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