Who to Hire First When You’re Drowning in Your Own Success

This episode is for you if your business looks successful on the outside… but feels overwhelming on the inside.

Yes, in many respects, your business works. Clients are coming in. Revenue is growing, or at least holding steady and your clients love you. From the outside, it looks like you have it all together.

But inside, it feels like too much. Too many decisions. Too many moving parts. Too many things depending on you.

You feel stretched thin and always “on”, needed for seemingly everything. 

Even when you’re with your family, part of your mind is still in the business.

If that’s you, this is a sign that your business has outgrown the version of you who built it.

In this episode, I walk you through one of the most important shifts required to move from six figures into seven: who to hire first when you are the bottleneck.

Because the issue is not whether you hire or not. It’s how and who you hire.

Most women hire reactively. They wait until they’re overwhelmed and then look for relief. They hire for tasks, often bringing on a virtual assistant, hoping it will solve the problem.

And while it may create temporary relief, it doesn’t remove the real constraint.

You are still the one thinking, deciding, managing, and holding everything together.

That is not leverage. That is more to manage. 

Instead, I recommend hiring for operations first. And that’s what we’re unpacking in this episode. I believe you’ll find this useful. 

In This Episode:

• How to recognize when you’ve become the bottleneck (01:18–02:18)
• Why hiring for relief keeps you stuck (04:50–05:45)
• The difference between task support and strategic leverage (06:36–07:29)
• Why a VA is not the first meaningful hire at this stage (05:45–06:36)
• The role of an operations manager, OBM, or COO (07:29–08:35)
• What a leveraged business structure looks like (08:35–10:31)
• The fears that keep women from hiring the right person (11:27–12:17)
• The identity shift from doer to visionary leader (16:56–18:03)

Inspired Actions:

✨ Notice where everything still depends on you

✨ Ask yourself if you’ve been hiring for relief instead of leverage

✨ Identify one area where operational support would free your time

✨ Begin shifting from “I do everything” to “I lead and others execute”

✨ If you’re ready to step out of the day-to-day and scale with the right support, apply for a Business Audit call with me, I’m happy to connect with you: www.boldheart.com/call

You are not overwhelmed because you’re doing something wrong. You are overwhelmed because your business is ready for a new structure. And that is where your next level begins.

Would you like to work with me to accomplish this while you scale to 7-figures? 

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