The Biggest Time-Wasting Mistake CEOs Make

EntreLeadership

Ramsey Network

Business, Management, Entrepreneurship

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🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Doing it yourself might feel easier—but it’s costing you more than you think. EntreLeadership’s head coach John Felkins coaches a business owner on how to let go of low-value work, free up time, and step fully into the role of leader. Next Steps: 📞 Have a question for the show? Call 844-944-1070 or send us a message: https://ter.li/ask-us 📚 Learn about the EntreLeadership System™: https://ter.li/system-p 💻 Get EntreLeadership Elite™ for your business: https://ter.li/elite-p ✉️ Sign up to receive tactical tools, advice and resources in your inbox every week: https://ter.li/enl 🏢 Attend EntreLeadership Summit: https://ter.li/Summit-Leadership 🎤 Attend EntreLeadership Master Series: https://ter.li/masterseries-conference 📖 Order Dave’s book Build a Business You Love: https://ter.li/b4kru2 Connect With Our Sponsors: Go to Belay Solutions or text ENTRE to 55123 for their free resource! Go to Christian Healthcare Ministries and use code ENTRE for a 50% credit toward your first month of membership. Visit NetSuite today to learn more. Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 🪑 Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 🍸 Smart Money Happy Hour 💰 George Kamel Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A lot of business owners say they want to grow, but they hesitate the moment growth costs them control.
0:12.0	Randy Reid runs a $2 million CPA firm with 14 team members.
0:18.0	He's experienced, he's trusted, and he knows exactly how he wants
0:23.6	things done, which is part of the problem. Because even with a solid team around him,
0:28.6	Randy still finds himself buried in work that pulls him away from bigger leadership
0:34.6	responsibilities. Not because no one else can do it, but because letting go
0:39.3	feels risky. Today, Entree Leadership's head coach, John Falcons, sits down with Randy to unpack
0:46.2	what's really keeping him in the weeds. And why sometimes the biggest ceiling in your business
0:52.2	isn't capacity, it's you. If you've ever said
0:56.4	it's just easier if I do it myself, this conversation is going to challenge you. Check it out.
1:04.4	Well, Randy, thanks for coming and hanging out today. Sure. Thanks for having me.
1:07.8	Well, tell me what's going on your business. What do you got in mind?
1:10.7	So we have a CPA firm. My dad started the... Sure. Thanks for having me. Well, tell me what's going on your business. What do you got in mind?
1:18.9	So we have a CPA firm. My dad started the firm from the living room of the house I grew up in back in the 70s. And the last probably seven or eight years, we've grown to about double the size that we were.
1:28.0	Well done, by the way.
1:29.2	Thank you.
1:30.0	I'm running into some challenges throughout the day, having to bounce back and forth
1:36.0	between being the technician, the billable hour, get the work done for the clients,
1:40.7	versus running a business.
1:43.4	And also, you combine that with the seasonality of our business when it's tax season and
1:48.0	we're swamped.
1:50.0	The business owner side has a tendency to, as much as I fight it, I get into technical
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