The 7-Day Disappearance Test

If you vanished for seven days, phone off, completely unreachable, how much of what you built would still be standing when you got back?

Most operators think they own a business. What they actually own is a very expensive job wearing business clothes. And there is exactly one test that tells the difference.

In this episode, JT breaks down the three waves of what breaks when the owner disappears, and in what order: the decisions that break first, the processes that break next, and the relationships that break last. Plus the three moves that fix all three.

Inside this episode:

• Why your team's confidence is the first thing to break, not their skill
• The 78 percent figure that explains why every decision runs through you
• How processes that live in your head cost roughly $11,000 to $14,000 in margin every time you step away
• Why the relationships you personally maintain are the hardest break to recover from
• The three-move fix: documented decisions, defined authority, distributed relationships

After you listen, queue up The 5 Numbers That Tell You If Your Business Can Run Without You. That episode is the exact diagnostic follow-up to this one.

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