Stop Being So Good At Everything [TMR #069]

Your greatest strength is also your biggest weakness.

I see this pattern everywhere. Smart people who can figure anything out. People who pride themselves on being self-sufficient. The “I’ll just do it myself” crowd.

That resourcefulness? It got you here. But it’s also the exact thing keeping you stuck.

Let me explain.

The Problem With Being Good at Everything

When you’re resourceful, you can solve almost any problem that comes your way. Need to build a website? You figure it out. Need to set up accounting? You learn it. Client needs something custom? You make it happen.

This is amazing in the beginning. It saves money. It keeps you moving. It builds your skillset.

But here’s the trap: every time you solve a problem yourself, you’re teaching yourself that you’re the only one who can solve it.

And that belief will absolutely destroy your growth.

Remember, there are only 24 hours in a day. Your resourcefulness doesn’t change that math.

The Ceiling You Can’t See

I’ve watched countless business owners hit the same ceiling. They’re working 60+ hour weeks. They’re profitable. They’re “successful” by most standards.

But they’re maxed out.

Every new opportunity requires them to sacrifice something else. Every new client means less time for strategy. Every day is spent executing instead of innovating.

They can’t grow because they’re too busy being resourceful.

The irony? The very skill that helped them build their business is now the bottleneck preventing it from scaling.

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

Think about it this way: if you’re handling customer service, managing projects, doing the technical work, AND trying to grow the business... when exactly are you supposed to innovate?

When are you supposed to think about the next product? The next market? The next opportunity?

You’re not.

And that’s why growth hits a ceiling. Not because you’re not working hard enough. Not because you’re not smart enough. But because you’re not creating space for what actually moves the needle.

Innovation requires white space. Strategy requires thinking time. Growth requires letting go.

The Delegation Mindset Shift

Here’s what I want you to understand: delegation isn’t about being lazy. It’s not about not wanting to do the work. It’s not even really about growing your business.

It’s about creating capacity for the work that only you can do.

When you’re stuck in execution mode, you’re trading your highest-value time for lower-value tasks. Yes, you can do them. Yes, you might even do them better than anyone else right now.

But every hour you spend doing something someone else could do is an hour you’re not spending on something only you can do.

That’s the real cost of resourcefulness gone wrong.

The Challenge

This week, I want you to delegate something you’re good at.

Not something you hate doing. Not something that’s broken. Something you’re actually pretty good at.

Why?

Because that’s where the real growth is. That’s where you prove to yourself that letting go doesn’t mean losing control. That’s where you create the space for innovation.

Pick one thing this week. Just one. Hand it off to someone else. Give them the authority to handle it. Resist the urge to micromanage it back into your lap.

And then use that newfound time to think. To strategize. To innovate.

Because here’s what I’ve learned after building businesses for over 15 years: your resourcefulness is valuable. But your innovation is irreplaceable.

Stop solving every problem. Start creating more opportunities.

Your move.