How to Know When You’ve Outgrown Your Circle

Nov 25, 2025

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Most business owners don’t fail because they’re untalented - they fail because they stay surrounded by people who keep them small.

This episode breaks down exactly how to audit your circle, upgrade your environment, and build rooms that match your ambition.

Here’s what we’re covering:

- Why even the most talented business owners stay stuck (and how to break out of it)

- The six silent killers of growth: fear, control, comfort, environment, systems, and identity

- How fear of success keeps you playing small - and how to rewire it into momentum

- The truth about control freak founders and why being “the best at a small game” keeps you broke

- The “Blame = Broke” mindset shift that separates winners from victims

- How to audit your circle, upgrade your environment, and find rooms that pull you forward

- The power of permission - what happens when you finally give yourself space to dream bigger

- Real client stories of owners who stopped surviving and started scaling

- Identity work for founders: how to stop being “just a trainer” and start being a real CEO

- Why playing small isn’t humble - it’s selfish, because the people you could have helped will never find you

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Chapters:

⏳ [00:00] It’s Easy to Think You’re Great… Until You Have to Prove It

⏳ [00:01:57] Meet Matt: The Silent Killer Coach Unlocking Results

⏳ [00:02:14] Why Most Business Owners Stay Stuck (Even When They’re Talented)

⏳ [00:06:00] Outgrowing Your Circle: The Price of Playing Bigger

⏳ [00:08:47] Lack of Vision: Why “Maintenance Mode” is Death

⏳ [00:11:01] Permission to Dream: Reclaiming Ambition and Ownership

⏳ [00:13:21] Comfort in Control: Why Letting Go Feels So Hard

⏳ [00:16:47] Poor Environment, Wrong Frequency: The Circle Audit

⏳ [00:18:36] Blame = Broke: The Hardest Truth About Leadership

⏳ [00:23:10] Systems, Support, and the Operator Trap

⏳ [00:28:32] The Story of Katie: From 20 Years Stuck to 65k Months

⏳ [00:31:33] Identity Shift: From “Just a Trainer” to CEO

⏳ [00:35:05] Why Growth Feels Lonely - and How to Find Bigger Rooms

⏳ [00:38:46] The Real Divide: Coachable vs. Comfortable

⏳ [00:40:04] Playing Small Isn’t Humble - It’s Selfish

⏳ [00:43:04] How to Stop Playing Half a Dream and Start Scaling for Real

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