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Do This Instead of Trying to Control Every Aspect of Your Company

Hi there, Greg here from DYB Coach, and I have a little confession to share with you today, about my personal growth and my business.

One of the things that I had to do in order to achieve the goals I have accomplished and continued to grow with is controlling the chaos –controlling the controllables.

And here is how you can do it too…

Develop Your Trust in Your Staff

So, when I first started out, I felt like I had to have my hands in everything.

I had to help everyone make decisions, and it’s really not the right way of thinking when you own a company.

What you need to do is develop your trust in your staff, and train them, so that you know that they make the decisions that you would, in your absence.

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This involves learning new strategies, and different tools that you can use to improve your business and working with other people who are smarter than you, learning about the way that they run their businesses successfully and peering in on that.

Join a Mastermind Group

So, one of the opportunities that we provide here at DYB is a Mastermind Group.

In a Mastermind Group, you collectively get together with up to 10 other owners of businesses, normally they are all in kind of a similar size, sale, and revenue amount to you; sometimes there are a few that are higher.

We speak about topics, we learn about employment strategies, hiring employees, about finance strategies, marketing strategies –pretty much anything under the sun that has to do with business, and these are my favorites.

I love being a part of them, I love sitting in on them, I love hearing what other people are doing, and it has really helped me grow tremendously.

Make Time for the Mastermind Group

The biggest thing about a Mastermind Group is that you have to make the time for it, you have to carve it out.

You can’t let your schedule control you, you have to control it!

So, for those of you out there that are kind of stuck in this chaos, just make the plunge, take the time.

Notify your staff that you are going to be unavailable for that time, let them know ahead of time, trust them to make decisions, and give them all the information and the power that they need to do so without you, so you don’t have to worry about it.

Trust me, in the grand scheme of things, working these 60 to 100 hours a week, whatever you are doing out there…you only need 2 hours of time –1 hour or half an hour for prep, an hour for the call and another half hour to digest it.

This strategy is not going to kill your business, it is only going to elevate it.

That’s what it’s done for me, that’s why I am sharing this with you, it’s a confession, I had to learn it the hard way myself, but it has changed my business tremendously and the way that I operate.

I hope this is helpful for you, If you have any questions about the mastermind groups, I am here for you, drop them in the comment section.

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About the Author

As many of you know, my journey has been one of grit, grace, and transformation. At 19, I was a high school dropout, single father, and struggling paint contractor in Michigan. I later moved to Florida, where I faced both personal and professional hardships. With nothing left to lose, I turned to prayer—and was blessed with a relentless hunger to learn. I devoured books, attended seminars, and discovered better ways to streamline and grow my business—even through the Great Recession (and yes, I did hit the wife lottery along the way!). In 2014, I published How To Double Your Business and later sold the painting business, launching a new chapter: coaching others to grow their businesses. For the past 10 years, I’ve dedicated myself to helping business owners scale through the DYB System, while also drawing from frameworks like EOS, Scaling Up, and The Four Disciplines of Execution. Yet something was still missing—something more adaptive, integrated, and complete. Then I found Pinnacle. After months of research and interviews with other Guides, I joined Pinnacle. Their tools and strategies have exceeded every expectation. Now, as a Pinnacle Business Guide, I help leadership teams implement a custom-tailored operating system that draws from the best in the industry—but flexes with your unique business. It’s a dynamic, proven approach to achieve clarity, momentum, and lasting growth. I’m no longer taking on any more 1:1 coaching clients… Instead, I now specialize in working with visionary business owners who are ready to get their leadership teams aligned—around a clear vision, a focused strategy, and an actionable execution plan. With the tools and process I now have as a Pinnacle Business Guide, I help turn alignment into momentum, and momentum into results. If your business is growing—but your leadership team isn’t fully rowing in the same direction—let’s talk.