Seanwes Podcast

I believe in the saying, "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." If I want to do great things (and I do), I need a team. I didn't always believe this. I used to have "superhero" syndrome and wanted to do everything myself. That wasn't a good place to be. I learned that lesson, overcame my ego, and hired a team. But in doing so, I made a lot of mistakes in what has been a decade-long correction process. I went from no team to a team of 8 full-time people in little time. Every mistake I made was as a result of following [the right advice at the wrong time]. "Delegate! Hire people to do the things you're not good at. Hire people to do the things you don't like to do." I did that. I followed all of the advice. Only, I missed the biggest part that no one ever spoke about, and it became my downfall. Here's the problem: the advice about building a team comes from people who have built a team and forgotten what it's like to not have a team. As a result, all of the advice becomes