The Hardest Part of Growing a Business Is Becoming the Person It Needs
The Hardest Part of Growing a Business Is Becoming the Person It Needs  
Podcast: Business, Bourbon & Cigars
Published On: Thu Jul 09 2026
Description: Eighteen months from now, your business will need a different person in your chair. Not a harder-working version of you. A different one, good at the decisions you're avoiding today.In this episode, you'll write the job description for the owner your business will need before a crisis hands it to you: define the role by what it decides and what it puts down, block the time before you can fill it, and turn your one missing skill into a project with a teacher and a deadline. You'll walk out with something to build, not a list of what's wrong!Topics discussed:The person your business will need in 18 months (00:00)Why most leaders meet that person the hard way (00:41)Meet Dana: "who does the business need me to be?" (04:08)The job description for a $35 million version of her company (05:47)How Dana built the calendar and the skill before she was ready (06:45)Move #1: define the role by what it decides, not its title (10:09)Move #2: put the role on your calendar before you can fill it (11:47)Move #3: turn the missing skill into a project, not a hope (13:23)Why the real build is getting deliberately worse at your best skill (14:46)The weekly discipline and the 90-day question (15:32)Read the job description on purpose, before a crisis hands it to you (17:03)Apply for the Me Plus Ultra Mastermind to connect with elite entrepreneurs who solve real problems together: https://MePlusUltra.com/hotseatSubscribe so you don't miss any episodes:Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3SN2fHnSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/74bfJL9J2fjevQEvi17ekUYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MePlusUltraNetwork/Connect with Me Plus Ultra:https://www.instagram.com/me_plus_ultra/https://www.facebook.com/MePlusUltra/https://www.facebook.com/groups/1011061052968028/https://x.com/Me_Plus_Ultra/Connect with Scott Joseph:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ScottJosephhttps://www.instagram.com/scotttjoseph/https://www.facebook.com/ScottTJoseph/https://x.com/ScottTJoseph1This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com