Matt Dart explains why being your business's only problem-solver kills productivity and creativity. When you're constantly reacting to emails and Slack messages, you never reach flow state, which tanks decision-making and builds chronic stress. The fix: delegate, build systems, and step back.
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There's always gonna be things to fix, but if you're the only one that can fix them, then that's— you're the bottleneck, you're the problem. A lot of people that I'm talking to, they're just reacting to emails that they're getting, Slack or messages they're getting from clients, but they're not actually being very proactive in their business and with their time. So they're just reacting to everything that's happening. That's not good for your mindset or your brain. So you never really get into like a flow state where you can be creative or you can really make really good decisions when you're— you can't make really good decisions when you're not in this type of state of mind and environment, and you feel you're always nervous, you're always stressed. You are going to have those times, but if it happens all the time, you're probably waiting for something to happen for you to jump in and fix it. You're like, you're the problem solver type of thing. Don't get me wrong, you're always going to have problems in business. There's always going to be things to fix, but if you're the only one that can fix them, then that's— you're the bottleneck, you're the problem.