Most business owners don’t fail because they made bad decisions. They fail because they never paused long enough to make the right ones.

What happens to your company if you’re suddenly unavailable for 30 days? Who signs payroll? Who makes decisions? Who protects the value you’ve spent decades building?

In this conversation, I sat down with Paul Manson to unpack the blind spots most founders don’t see until it’s too late—and why building a business that outlives you starts long before you think you “have time” to plan.