You say you want growth.
More revenue.
More visibility.
More scale.
You set goals. You make plans. You decide that this is the year.
Then you notice a pattern.
You stall on the moves that would actually change things.
You delay sending the offer.
You hold back from being seen.
You complicate decisions that could be simple.
On the surface, it looks like procrastination or self-sabotage.
Underneath, something else is happening.
In this episode, I explore the concept of Immunity to Change, based on the work of Harvard psychologists Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey, and translate it directly into the world of founders and entrepreneurs.
Immunity to Change explains why very intelligent, self-aware people can say they want one thing and consistently do something else.
Inside the episode, we walk through:
- Why intelligent founders unconsciously resist the next level, even while declaring they want it
- What “competing commitments” are, and how they quietly cap your revenue and visibility
- How hidden assumptions distort your business decisions and keep you circling the same strategies
- Why you cannot outstrategize a protection system that is still operating underneath your goals
If you have been stuck at the same level despite “doing everything right”, this conversation will help you see why growth keeps stalling at the exact point it would start to change your identity, capacity, or sense of safety.
Growth does not usually fail because of effort. It fails because of structure.
Not only the external structure of your business, but the internal structure of your beliefs, commitments, and protections.
My intention with this episode is to give you a clear, grounded way to understand your own resistance, without turning it into a moral flaw, so you can start working with it instead of fighting against it.
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