the first thing I had to do was work on myself. I knew that I had to take 100 percent responsibility for my life, my dreams, my goals, because I was the only one who could show up for them.

What the biggest problem you have is: Hiring and retaining A+ superstar employees and freelance help. You probably have B and C player help. They're not good enough for you to truly "let go" and trust them to do a good job. It seems only you care about quality.

The horizontal axis of the idea matrix starts off when you are working solely on others’ ideas. This is not necessarily bad, but it basically means you are an employee and an idea slave to someone else’s whims. You could get fired. Your boss could have bad ideas and go broke. There is no loyalty. You are not in control. You feel “stuck” all the tim

Because I work for myself, I spend zero minutes a year blaming other people for my circumstances. It forces me to take complete ownership of my life and continue to experiment, reflect, and try again. In six months I can experiment with my life in many more ways than I did in the ten years I spent on the default path, allowing me to learn much more