I came across a post on LinkedIn that said something like this:
Most people hire an expert for their knowledge,
then ignore their advice,
tell them how to do their job,
and when it doesn’t work they blame the expert.
That one stopped me.
Because wow… I’ve lived that from both sides.
Back when we ran our agency, we had two kinds of clients.
The first kind hired us, trusted us, gave us creative freedom, and said, “You’re the expert do your thing.”
Those clients were always our success stories.
Their ads worked. Their funnels converted. Their businesses grew.
The second kind?
They hired us for our strategy, then spent the entire project trying to teach us how to do it their way.
They tweaked, they overrode, they micromanaged.
And when it didn’t perform the way they wanted, we became the easy ones to blame.
I see this pattern all the time in clients, teams, partnerships… even in myself.
It’s easy to say we want help but then keep trying to control the outcome.
It’s easy to hire expertise but still hold the steering wheel with both hands.
And if I’m being honest, that’s something I’ve been relearning lately in my own rebuild.
I’ll ask for guidance, get solid advice, and then my ADHD brain jumps in.
Suddenly I’m “optimizing” every suggestion, changing things halfway, overcomplicating what was meant to be simple.
Then when it doesn’t work, I get frustrated not realizing I didn’t actually follow the expertise I asked for in the first place.
It’s such a mirror.
Because it’s not just about business it’s about trust.
Trusting that other people might know something I don’t.
Trusting that it’s okay to let go a little.
Trusting that things can work even when I’m not controlling every detail.
Every client who succeeded with us had one thing in common they trusted the process.
And maybe that’s the reminder I needed right now too.
When you let people do what they’re great at, everyone wins.
When you try to control it all, nobody does.
Closing Thoughts
Lately, that’s been my personal work learning to trust again.
Not just people, but process.
When I stepped back after the agency, I realized how much I had been gripping everything out of fear, fear of things failing, of being blamed, of starting over.
But rebuilding isn’t about re-controlling everything.
It’s about trusting the new foundation you’re creating.
And the more I lean into that, the more I let go of the “I have to do it all myself” mindset the more peace and progress I find.
Sometimes the best leadership is knowing when to lead…
and when to step back and let someone else do what they do best.
That’s the energy I’m bringing into this next chapter.
More trust. Less control.
And a whole lot more clarity.
Takeaway:
If you hire an expert, let them lead.
If you ask for help, take it.
And if you want results stop trying to run every step yourself.
P.S.
Behind the scenes, I’m working on something new that builds on this exact lesson rebuilding with simplicity, not speed. I’ll share more about it soon, but for now… just know this next chapter is being built with more trust, more focus, and a lot less chaos.