This episode is for founders who do have help, a VA, maybe even a small team but still feel like everything important routes back to them.

We're unpacking the uncomfortable truth many business owners don't want to say out loud: at a certain stage of growth, task-based support stops being enough, and keeping everything inside a VA role can quietly cap your capacity and theirs. Not because anyone is failing, but because the business has evolved beyond what that role was designed to hold.

This conversation is about responsibility, not effort. About why delegating tasks without transferring ownership keeps founders exhausted, even with support, and how staying in "survival mode with a team" pulls you out of real leadership.

If your business runs but only because you're still thinking, deciding, approving, and catching things late, this episode will help you see where the gap actually is, and what kind of support your business is asking for next.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Why VA support alone was never meant to carry a 6–7 figure business

• The difference between delegating doing and delegating responsibility

• How founders unintentionally become the system as complexity increases

• The leadership shift from "I'll just handle it" to "this shouldn't rely on me anymore"

Here's where to go next:

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