
You don't own a business if it can't run without you. You own a job.
The operator is the answer to every question. The owner builds people who already have the answer.
The operator protects quality by doing it themselves. The owner builds a standard anyone can run.
One of them can scale, rest, and sell. The other one is trapped.
I ran every decision through myself for years. The business was doing well, and that was the trap.
Save this and follow @buildownership. Then go build the thing that doesn't need you.