Are you leading your business, or is your business leading you? Answer YES or NO to each question based on how you’ve felt over the past month.
- Do you start most days already feeling behind?
- Are you constantly putting out fires instead of preventing them?
- Do you find yourself saying “I’ll deal with that later” about important strategic decisions?
- Is your to-do list getting longer no matter how hard you work?
- Do you rarely have time to think about the future of your business?
- Are you making decisions based on urgency rather than importance?
- Do you feel like you’re reacting to everything rather than creating anything?
- Has “just getting through the day” become your primary goal?
- Do you cancel or postpone strategic planning because “there’s too much going on”?
- Are you running your business the same way you did six months ago, even though you know things need to change?
- Do you avoid looking at the bigger picture because it feels overwhelming?
- Are you solving the same problems over and over again?
YOUR SCORE:
0–4 YES: Strategic Leader You’re maintaining perspective and making intentional choices. Keep protecting this headspace.
5–8 YES: Juggling Mode You’re managing, but the cracks are showing. You’re one crisis away from survival mode. Now’s the time to create systems before you’re forced to.
9–12 YES: Constant Crisis You’re in survival mode. Every day feels like an emergency. You’re exhausted, reactive, and running on empty. This isn’t sustainable, and deep down, you know it.
The Truth About Survival Mode:
When you’re in survival mode, you’re not building a business. You’re maintaining chaos. Strategic thinking disappears. Innovation dies. Your best people get frustrated. And you? You wake up tired.
The good news? You don’t have to stay here.
Ready to shift from surviving to leading? Let’s talk about what’s really going on and build a sustainable path forward.
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