The #1 Barrier Holding You Back (and How to Overcome It)

Table of Contents

• 🏆 This Week’s Profit First Club Newsletter

  • 🚫 Why Doing Everything Yourself Doesn’t Work

  • 🙋‍♂️ “Who Not How”: A Game-Changing Mindset

  • 📊 Focus on the Right 20%

  • 🧠 Use This Matrix to Prioritise

  • ⚡️ Bonus Tip: Protect Your Energy

  • ✨ Final Thought

  • Stephen Edwards 

🏆 This Week’s Profit First Club Newsletter

Estimated Read Time: 5 mins

Hey Profit First Champions 👋

This week’s focus is on something I see all the time—and it could be the biggest thing holding you back in business: trying to do it all yourself.

Whether you’re a one-person show or leading a small team, the mindset of “I have to do it” is stopping you from scaling, earning more, and enjoying your business. Let’s fix that.

🚫 Why Doing Everything Yourself Doesn’t Work

Most business owners are juggling everything—marketing, sales, delivery, admin, and finance. But eventually, that becomes your ceiling.

The common belief is: “No one can do it like me.” But the truth? There are people who can do it better—and freeing yourself up is what takes your business to the next level.

🙋‍♂️ “Who Not How”: A Game-Changing Mindset

This week I talk about the powerful shift from How can I do this? to Who can do this better than me?

This isn’t just about outsourcing—it’s about upgrading your business with specialists who unlock real growth and give you back your time and freedom.

📊 Focus on the Right 20%

Enter the 80/20 Rule: 80% of your results come from just 20% of your actions.

Start here:
✅ What work do you love doing?
✅ What actually moves the needle?

Spend more time there—and let go of the rest.

🧠 Use This Matrix to Prioritise

Stephen Covey’s Time Management Matrix helps you focus on what matters most:

That’s where your real progress comes from—not the day-to-day firefighting.

⚡️ Bonus Tip: Protect Your Energy

Forget time management—manage your energy.
Work on tasks that fuel you, not drain you. The more energised you are, the more productive and fulfilled you’ll be.

✨ Final Thought

Want to grow your business without being glued to it 24/7? Start doing less and doing it better.

Find your 20%. Find your “whos.”

And remember—your business should work for you, not the other way around.

Until next week—keep putting Profit First!

Stephen Edwards 

Profit First Accountant & Business Coach 

We Are Gro Accountants 

P.S. If this helped you, forward it to a fellow business owner—it might be the nudge they need. 🚀

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