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Tear Down the Prison You Built


By Iron Path Coaching LTD


You didn’t build a business.You built a cage.And you locked yourself inside.

When you started, you had fire in your gut and freedom in your sights.But somewhere between “I’ll just do it myself” and “No one can do it as well as me,” you forged bars out of your own effort.

Now you’re the warden and the inmate.

The Cell You Live In

Most business owners think they’re running a company. In reality:

  • They’re chained to email like it’s life support.

  • They make every decision, big or small.

  • They spend their days putting out fires instead of building the future.

They don’t own a business.The business owns them.

The Materials Your Prison Is Made From

Every cage is built from the same three steel beams:

  1. Control Obsession – The belief that if you don’t touch it, it will break.

  2. Reaction Mode – Jumping every time something beeps, dings, or “needs you.”

  3. Scaling Fear – The silent terror that delegating will collapse everything.

Break the Walls. Burn the Keys.

You don’t work your way out of a business prison.You destroy your way out.

Here’s how:

1. Shred the “Hero” Mindset

Stop being the one who saves the day.Build the system so the day doesn’t need saving.

2. Delegate Like It’s Survival

Every task you hold onto is a brick in your own wall.Document it. Hand it off. Never take it back.

3. Install Self-Sustaining Systems

If a process needs you, it’s broken.If it runs without you, it’s freedom.

4. Protect the CEO Zone

Your battlefield is strategy, growth, and leadership — not fixing printers, chasing invoices, or managing every detail.

Freedom Isn’t Given. It’s Taken.

Your business will not set you free out of kindness.It will keep you locked inside as long as you feed it with your time and attention.

So stop polishing the bars.Pick up the hammer.Tear it all down.

At Iron Path Coaching LTD, we help leaders destroy the business prison they’ve built — and forge a company that thrives without them.

📧 coach@forgedforsuccess.com📞 (862) 407-6116The walls won’t break themselves. Let’s start swinging.

 
 
 

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