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Is Your Business Scaling or Spinning?



Are You Really Growing—Or Just Busy?

Let’s get real: growth feels good… until it doesn’t.

You might be working longer hours, juggling more clients, or selling more products—but if your systems, team, or mindset haven’t evolved, you’re not scaling. You’re spinning.

Scaling means multiplying your impact without multiplying overwhelm. It’s about building momentum that carries you forward instead of exhausting you.

This week’s theme is Growth and Mindset, and today’s Spark kicks things off with a truth bomb:

If your calendar’s full but your revenue isn’t scaling with ease—your strategy might be solid, but your mindset needs a serious reboot.

Let’s unpack five mindset shifts that create real growth—and five actions you can take today to stop spinning and start scaling.

5 Mindset Shifts That Unlock Business Growth

1. Scaling Requires Letting Go of Control

If you're still trying to touch every deliverable or approve every detail—you’re the bottleneck.Delegation isn't a luxury. It's the lever for scaling.

2. A Hustler’s Mindset Will Keep You in the Spin

What got you to $500K won’t get you to $5M. Hustling = doing more. Scaling = designing better.The CEO mindset is about orchestration, not obsession.

3. You Can’t Scale What You Haven’t Defined

Foggy offer? Vague audience? Scaling just spreads the chaos.Clarity precedes scale. Period.

4. Growth Is a Leadership Game

Your people can’t grow if you’re micromanaging.You scale people before you scale profits.

5. Fear of the Next Level Masquerades as “Busy”

All that doing might be avoiding.Busyness is fear in disguise. Face it. Replace it.

5 Action Steps to Move from Spinning to Scaling

  1. Audit your calendar—automate, delegate, or delete.

  2. Revisit your growth strategy—does it reflect where you actually want to go?

  3. Block CEO time—schedule a 2-hour strategy block this week.

  4. Pick one scaling lever—hire, system, or offer refinement.

  5. Visualize scale—then identify the mindset shift needed to lead it.

Recap: Business Scaling Starts With Mindset

Scaling isn’t just about bigger numbers. It’s about building a better business—one that runs instead of dragging you behind it.

If you’re not scaling with ease, you might just be scaling with friction—or spinning in disguise.

Want more on the mental game of momentum?Check out last week’s Spark on Execution Energy: The Force Behind Scale 

Ready to Scale with Clarity and Power?

My book, Charge Like a Bull, walks you through the 7 strategies I used to build a $100M company from scratch.

DM me “BULL” if you want the Growth Gameplan Workbook to go along with it.

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