My ego cost me $10 million per year


In 2019, I could drive to every franchise I owned within 45 minutes.

I believed my success was due to my hands-on management.

I also believed they would fail if I couldn’t personally visit regularly.

I had quite the ego!

These beliefs created a fear of going outside the 45-minute radius.

Fear of failure

Fear of embarrassment

Fear of not being good enough

Fear of having to manage through other people instead of doing it myself.

I turned down multiple deals that generate $10M+ per year in revenue today for someone else.

Then one day, something clicked.

I realized other franchisees in the same system operated more stores, further apart, at higher sales volume.

If they can do it, why not me?

So I did.

I made the huge jump of buying stores 90 minutes away.

I figured out how to replace myself by managing through other people.

I learned to accept that progress is more important than perfection

Guess what? It worked!

Then we bought more stores, another 90 minutes away, and it worked again.

Those 90-minute stores broke the limiting beliefs I had held for many years.

I didn’t need more education, money, or experience.

I needed to overcome my fears and get out of my own way.

It’s easy to stay small and stay in your comfort zone.

But you never grow there — all growth happens right outside of it.

Ask yourself, “why not me?”

Cheers

Brian

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