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5 Signs You’re the Bottleneck in Your Business

The Hard Truth About Business Slowdowns

What if the reason your business isn’t moving forward… is you?

Before you roll your eyes (or click away), hear me out. You’re visionary, creative, and driven—but every time you sit down to work, you’re drowning in sticky notes, 27 open tabs, and a never-ending mental to-do list.

This isn’t about working harder. It’s about getting out of your own way. In this post, you’ll discover:

🔹 5 surprisingly common ways you might be slowing your own growth
🔹 Why these patterns derail your momentum (even when you’re working nonstop)
🔹 How to shift them in the next 90 days so you can finally move forward

Sign #1 – You’re Trying to Do Everything in 90 Days

If you’re a visionary, you can already picture where you want to be five years from now—which makes today’s pace feel painfully slow. The temptation? Trying to cram an entire year’s worth of projects into one quarter.

Here’s the problem: when you overestimate what’s possible in 90 days, you create unrealistic expectations, burnout, and decision fatigue. Instead of gaining speed, you actually stall your own progress.

How to Shift This Pattern

  • Map out one to three key goals per 90-day cycle.

  • Break each goal into weekly action steps.

  • Celebrate progress instead of punishing yourself for not being “further ahead.”

📓 Journal Prompt: If I could only accomplish three things in the next 90 days, what would make the biggest impact?

Sign #2 – You’re Consuming More Than You’re Creating

Podcasts, courses, Instagram reels… they can all be amazing tools—but overconsumption creates confusion. When you’re hearing 10 different strategies from 10 different people, you start second-guessing your own direction.

How to Shift This Pattern

  • Limit yourself to one or two trusted sources for business education during a 90-day cycle.

  • Schedule “learning time” separately from “implementation time.”

  • If it’s not relevant to your current focus, file it away for later.

Sign #3 – You Don’t Have a Clear Vision

Without a crystal-clear vision, every decision feels heavier. You waste time wondering if you’re choosing the “right” thing instead of moving forward.

How to Shift This Pattern

  • Define your next milestone (not your forever goal).

  • Get specific about what success will look and feel like in 90 days.

  • Use that vision as a filter—if an opportunity doesn’t align, it’s a “no” for now.

Sign #4 – You’re Second-Guessing Every Decision

Not trusting yourself is one of the fastest ways to clog up your workflow. If you revisit every decision five times, you delay results—and your ideas never get the momentum they need.

How to Shift This Pattern

  • Commit to making decisions once per 90 days.

  • Give each choice time to work before you tweak or abandon it.

  • Remember: consistent action beats perfect choices.

📓 Journal Prompt: Where am I hesitating right now because I’m afraid to be “wrong”?

Sign #5 – You’re Stuck in the Weeds

If you’re spending hours on Canva instead of leading your business, you’re stuck in operational quicksand. Leaders lead. They don’t get lost endlessly adjusting font sizes.

How to Shift This Pattern

  • Delegate or outsource repetitive, non-revenue-generating tasks.

  • Protect your CEO time for strategy, sales, and delivery.

  • Ask yourself daily: Is this the highest use of my time?

Your Next 90 Days – How to Break Free From the Bottleneck

If you see yourself in any of these signs, don’t panic. This is actually good news—it means you have control over the shift.

🎯 Action Steps for the Next 90 Days:

  • Pick 1–3 main goals and make them your non-negotiables.

  • Cut your learning sources to only what supports those goals.

  • Make decisions once—and stick to them.

  • Outsource the tasks that drain your energy.

  • Revisit and refine at the end of your 90 days.

When you do this, you create the space your business needs to breathe, grow, and finally match the vision you’ve been holding onto.

Ready to Clear the Bottleneck and Step Into Your Next Level?

If you’re ready to stop spinning your wheels and actually enjoy the next 90 days in your business, it’s time to zoom out, tune in, and make space for the moves that matter most.

That’s exactly what we’ll do together in a Journey VIP Day—a 2.5-hour intuitive strategy intensive where we uncover what’s out of alignment, clarify your offers and pricing, and map a 90-day plan you’ll actually want to follow.

This isn’t about burning it all down. It’s about creating breathing room, grounding your vision in a plan that works, and finally leading your business like the CEO you are.

✨ Walk away knowing exactly what to focus on, what to release, and how to move forward with confidence—without becoming the bottleneck again.

🔗Book your Journey VIP Day here and let’s create the space your next level needs.

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