# What do you think?
- URL: https://www.petrikajander.com/purpose-n-clarity/what-do-you-think/
- Author: Petri Kajander
- Date: 2022-02-14
- Language: en
- Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/7330d180/podcast/play/45112634/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-12-20%2Ff44caa8d95fb057ac4a89e1f1cb464f9.m4a
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZHPE2OqO4

The entrepreneurial bottleneck might be you.

## Transcript (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZHPE2OqO4, YouTube's automatic captions)

[0:03] Welcome to business purpose and clarity with petri I'm your host we talk about startup life insights practical tips mistakes failures and everything between is it a good feeling that a lot of people your employees are asking your advice and your all the time the questions come in in emails and every possible way if the answer is no I hate it I really want want them to do the decisions themselves that's why I have hired them that's their job to do it's not my job to do decisions for them then this episode is for you make other people think themselves how to make that to happen.

[1:06] I don't think you can make that to in an instant it's a process you start to become like a socratee asking questions helping them to come up with the answers it is not that they don't know what to do but they just want to get some your blessing 2 36 but you have to get rid of that safety comfort blanket but it's important that you also provide the overall the mission where we going so that they can make the decisions the good decisions the right decisions based on the and where the company is heading which is to give that direction.

[2:15] Then it's natural that people are asking you to make the decisions because they are lacking the right if you're doing your job and they still wanna involve to you to all the emails all the decisions possible then you have to start to really coach them help them and make yourself scarce there's also or in addition to helping and coaching people I truly believe on that coaching part but you can also start to recruit new type of people those who are really proactive entrepreneurial types and have a good chargement not a sprint put another marathon like the whole company building.

[3:20] It's a step-by-step process gain some and then you're frustrated maybe walking a bit backwards but you start to have more time to do the things you need to do and let the people who have the best knowledge those who are closest to the information those who are closest to the customers those who are closest to the to let them solve them with the knowledge and the expertise they have because after all you cannot be the jack of all trades you don't know all the answers to all the questions in the world why should that's why it's teamwork that's why there are so many people that everybody can focus on day and take part in the whole make other people think.

[4:23] And let me know how does it go.