There's a version of success where you build something real — a team, a reputation, clients who trust you — and somehow end up more trapped than when you started.

This week on The Grounded Man, we get into why that happens — and why the fix isn't a better system, it's learning to grow people instead of managing tasks. We talk about the real cost of downsizing to avoid people problems, why not trusting your team is really about not trusting yourself, and who you are when you're not the hardest worker in the room.

Growing your business — and freedom — by growing your people.

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Timestamps:

00:00 — Intro: welcome to The Grounded Man
00:54 — Why delegation keeps landing back on your desk, half-done
03:36 — It eats at your ambition — the cost of downsizing to escape people problems
06:58 — Business is 90% people — so growth means growing people
08:50 — From manager of tasks to leader of people
11:21 — Not trusting others is really not trusting yourself
14:45 — Treating your business like a forest, not a machine
21:04 — This week's question: where do you need to develop people more?