Are you pushing through exhaustion and telling yourself you'll rest after this busy period? Do you find yourself being the bottleneck in your own business, with every decision landing back on your desk? If you're wearing busy as a badge of honour whilst secretly knowing your business can't run without you for more than a week, this episode is for you.

I share twelve hard-won lessons I find myself repeating to clients and, if I'm honest, to myself. These aren't theoretical business principles but the tough love truths that come up time and again when you're actually trying to grow and scale a firm. You'll hear the lessons I've learned through my own fibromyalgia diagnosis, building The Accountants' Growth Club, and finally learning to take proper time off for the first time in years.

What you'll learn in the podcast episode:

- Why every crisis in your business is actually a gift

- How your own behaviours determine the business, clients and team you get

- Why staying in your own lane matters more than copying competitors

- The warning signs that you're the bottleneck and how to recognise when your business is running you instead of the other way around

- Why taking proper time off isn't optional if you've built a real business, and how ignoring your body's signals will eventually send you a bill you can't ignore

Related episodes:

15 ways your life will unexpectedly change (and not always for the better) when you go from growing to scaling your business https://startuptogrownup.substack.com/p/15-ways-your-life-will-unexpectedly?r=l8khy

What to do when your team wouldn't step up? https://startuptogrownup.substack.com/p/what-to-do-when-your-team-wouldnt?r=l8khy

How to stay mentally strong when your business is under pressure and trading conditions are tough: https://startuptogrownup.substack.com/p/how-to-stay-mentally-strong-when?r=l8khy

Lost your mojo for running your firm, here's how to get it back: https://startuptogrownup.substack.com/p/feeling-the-post-summer-slump-how?r=l8khy

Which one of these excuses are you using for your business growth being stuck? https://startuptogrownup.substack.com/p/which-one-of-these-excuses-are-you?r=l8khy

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