Sep 29, 2026 · 45 min · 14 segments
What happens when you finally build the successful firm you have been working toward, but the role you once had inside it starts to change? In this episode, Melissa explores the identity shift that…
Melissa ShanahanHost
All right, so this one, we're going to be talking about today, I think if I was going to title it something, it would be called lost at sea.
And this is not about the firm, it's about the owner, the problem that we're going to be talking about today, or the challenge that we're gonna be talking about today, it only happens when you've built something that works.
When you've All the work you've put in is really paying off in a way where you have so much time back.
That's when you will see this issue arise often, almost always, actually, and to varying degrees, but almost always.
I feel like I'm in your heads and I could hear you thinking right now, like, I welcome that.
I would really like to get to that day where the firm needs me differently than it's currently needing me.
They've absolutely... created their own success and been working really hard at it for many years to do that.
Their leadership is really developing and moving things and shifting things in the right way.
Now, on the other side, which is worth mentioning, obviously, this would be true, but I don't want to just paint some rosy picture only.
All right, so this one, we're going to be talking about today, I think if I was going to title it something, it would be called lost at sea.
And this is not about the firm, it's about the owner, the problem that we're going to be talking about today, or the challenge that we're gonna be talking about today, it only happens when you've built something that works.
When you've All the work you've put in is really paying off in a way where you have so much time back.
That's when you will see this issue arise often, almost always, actually, and to varying degrees, but almost always.
I feel like I'm in your heads and I could hear you thinking right now, like, I welcome that.
I would really like to get to that day where the firm needs me differently than it's currently needing me.
They've absolutely... created their own success and been working really hard at it for many years to do that.
Their leadership is really developing and moving things and shifting things in the right way.
Now, on the other side, which is worth mentioning, obviously, this would be true, but I don't want to just paint some rosy picture only.
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