We want to grow and scale our businesses, and that means we have to evolve as people. Likely you think about that as some straight line going from left to right, rising across the page. But growth isn’t linear — it’s more like a spiral. You keep coming back to similar challenges at higher levels.

To grow into the next version of your business, you have to give up something from the current version. The tasks you used to do yourself. The decisions you used to own alone. The identity of being the person who does everything. Letting go of familiar roles is uncomfortable. It’s also essential. What are you holding onto that your business has outgrown?