Busy is not the same as productive. Objection: “We already have people or processes.” 🚨 Do those people give you control, or just consume payroll? The fix = structure:
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Archive: November 2025
Your Best Player Is Costing You Margin Your best performer might not be the problem, but the way you’ve built around them could be.
When everything bends to one person’s success, systems break.
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🚨 “I’ll need to run this by someone else.” That stall costs you money. Fix it with alignment:
✔ Bring decision makers into the room early
✔ Keep the loop tight
✔ Lock authority beside
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How to Stop Cash Flow Pressure From Bleeding You Dry. Cash flow pressure is real. Every day you delay, you bleed more cash. Sloppy bids, missed invoices, and dragged-out projects take more than they
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Why “We’re Not Ready” is the Most Expensive Line in Business “We’re not ready” sounds safe. But it is the most expensive sentence an owner can say. The fix? Stop asking if you’re ready.
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You don’t get control by waiting for things to slow down. Too many founders stall with this line: “We’ll put systems in when things lighten up.”
Wrong move. 🚨 Busy seasons expose
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How to know which change to make first : Start with the data When everything feels broken, leaders default to opinion, emotion, or the loudest voice in the room.
That’s how bad priorities get
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The cost of guessing: Missed targets. Guesswork feels fast until you see the bill.
Every “let’s try this” without data, alignment, or accountability compounds into missed targets, wasted time,
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Don’t scale broke. Fix your cost structure first. Most businesses don’t fail because they can’t sell, they fail because they scale on a broken foundation.
Every hire, every campaign, every
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Obsidian Thorne Launches “Referral Pipeline” – A Game Changing Client Growth Tool Los Angeles, CA - November 7, 2025 - Obsidian Thorne, a leader in business growth and
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