CHAPTER 13
Role evolution: the journey of incompetence.
The role keeps quietly changing under you. Most founders adapt slower than the role asks them to, and pay for it later.
PROMPT ONE
What level are you actually running at this week — operator, manager, leader, or investor — when you watch how you spent your hours?
PROMPT TWO
If you imagine the version of you the business needs in two years, what does that person spend most of their time on, and how far is it from how you spend yours today?
PROMPT THREE
If you handed the hardest part of your current role to a capable hire tomorrow, what would you do with the time, and is that work that only you can do?
PROMPT FOUR
What's the version of yourself the business doesn't need anymore, and what's stopping you from letting it go?
PROMPT FIVE
When did you last take a holiday without your laptop, and what does the answer tell you about how the business is currently structured?