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For a long time, I believed control was a virtue in business. Control meant responsibility.Control meant competence.Control meant that if something went wrong, it would be because  I  failed—not because I trusted someone else too much. Early on, I thought humility meant doing everything on my own. Carrying the weight. Proving I could handle it. Later, my understanding matured… or so I thought. I began to believe humility meant doing everything on my own  using the gifts God g

When a company begins to grow, everyone talks about systems: new processes, new roles, new controls. Goals are set. Vision is refined. What we don’t talk about as openly is this: The founder is usually the hardest — and last — to change. It’s not because they’re stubborn.Not because they’re careless.And certainly not because they don’t want the business to succeed. The reason is deeper. More human. The business wasn’t just built  by   them.It was built  out of  them. In the