Ep 292 The Quality Control Trap

Let's start with the reframe because everything else today builds off of this one idea.

I talk to advisors all the time.

I coach advisors.

I have had numerous conversations with advisors who have help in their business.

They have either VAs or employees or a mix of the two, and they still are coming up with this tension in their business.

And so I don't think that advisors who can't like fully step back aren't controlling.

It's because their standards live entirely in their head.

And the only way to enforce a standard that lives in your head is to be present for everything.

You have a assistant who builds your Travify and then you check the Travify.

You have an assistant who suggests dining reservations for your clients and then you make sure that those are the right dining reservations for your clients.

You have an assistant who writes welcome letters to hotels, and then you check the welcome letters to make sure that they are saying the right thing, right? You are present for essentially all aspects of your business in some capacity.

And like I said, this is not a character flaw.

but it's a structural inevitability and it happens to good operators, not just controlling ones.

So I'm not trying to say you're a micromanager, but I am saying that there is a process in which your business will follow if everything that is done correctly, those standards, that like way of doing things lives entirely in your head.

And so if that's the root of it, let's talk about how it actually shows up day to day, because I see this pattern constantly, and I want you to notice if this is a pattern that exists in your own business, and then you make the decision on if you wanna change it.

I'm gonna give you my obvious answer of what I believe, but it's all up to you and what works best for you and your business.

So let's start here.

Let's start with the reframe because everything else today builds off of this one idea.

I talk to advisors all the time.

I coach advisors.

I have had numerous conversations with advisors who have help in their business.

They have either VAs or employees or a mix of the two, and they still are coming up with this tension in their business.

And so I don't think that advisors who can't like fully step back aren't controlling.

It's because their standards live entirely in their head.

And the only way to enforce a standard that lives in your head is to be present for everything.

You have a assistant who builds your Travify and then you check the Travify.

You have an assistant who suggests dining reservations for your clients and then you make sure that those are the right dining reservations for your clients.

You have an assistant who writes welcome letters to hotels, and then you check the welcome letters to make sure that they are saying the right thing, right? You are present for essentially all aspects of your business in some capacity.

And like I said, this is not a character flaw.

but it's a structural inevitability and it happens to good operators, not just controlling ones.

So I'm not trying to say you're a micromanager, but I am saying that there is a process in which your business will follow if everything that is done correctly, those standards, that like way of doing things lives entirely in your head.

And so if that's the root of it, let's talk about how it actually shows up day to day, because I see this pattern constantly, and I want you to notice if this is a pattern that exists in your own business, and then you make the decision on if you wanna change it.

I'm gonna give you my obvious answer of what I believe, but it's all up to you and what works best for you and your business.

So let's start here.