You’re Not Stuck. You’re Just Not Trusting Yourself.

What one client’s breakthrough taught me about the silent sabotage of self-abandonment.

For years, my client poured himself into his business. He wasn’t lazy. He wasn’t clueless. He was doing everything the experts said to do. Strategy after strategy, pivot after pivot. And yet, he always felt off.

The results never matched the potential he knew was there.

When we started working together, it became clear: he wasn’t actually leading his business—he was outsourcing his decisions. He’d ask for advice, follow it, feel disconnected, and then look for someone new to tell him what to do. The loop was endless. The real problem wasn’t strategy. It was a disconnection from self.

As a coach who’s worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, I’ve seen this pattern play out over and over: bright, capable people giving their power away without even realizing it.

In this client’s case, the root of the “stuckness” went deep—his beliefs about money, worth, and what success was “supposed” to look like. Buried in the drive to grow was a fear of getting it wrong. Of losing money. Of disappointing someone else’s version of success.

Once he saw the pattern clearly, things began to change. He started running decisions through his lens—his values, his instincts, his desires. And when he finally trusted what he was selling, everything shifted.

The result? In just one month, he sold more than he had in the entire previous year.

That’s not magic. That’s alignment.

So, I’ll leave you with this:

You might think you’re just gathering insight or strategizing. But are you really outsourcing your decisions?

So, here’s your challenge: Do you really need more answers, or do you need to start trusting yourself?