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Epic Success with Dr Shannon IrvineAuthor: Dr. Shannon Irvine
In this show, Dr. Shannon and her guest experts share actionable strategies and practical steps to master your life and business so you achieve Epic Success! From proven systems to achieve big goals, master productivity and time management shortcuts, to achieving mindset and habit mastery, leadership prowess, motivation strategies, and believing God for dreams for your Epic life and Business. Grow Smarter, stronger, happier, more integrated, faith filled, and build an Epic Life and Business that you LOVE! Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Why Your Work Addiction Is Capping Your Business (And How To Lead Like a Scaled CEO) with Dr. Shannon Irvine
Episode 367
Wednesday, 18 March, 2026
FREE Self-Scaling Business Workshop: https://getepicsuccess.com/registration-yt WORK With Me: https://getepicsuccess.com/ceo-org If your business only works when you are in the middle of everything, you don't own a company. You own a very stressful job with overhead. In this episode of the Epic Success Podcast / Scaled CEO Show, I'm unpacking why your work addiction is quietly capping your next level and how to shift into a Scaled CEO identity without your business falling apart. Because here's the truth: the same in‑the‑trenches, workaholic identity that built your business is now the thing holding it back. Inside the episode, we walk through four big shifts: ● Shift 1: From Operator to Architect Why your brain wired "me in the middle" as safe and profitable, why stepping out of the trenches feels so disorienting, and how to recognize that "floating / where is my place?" feeling as a sign of growth, not failure. ● Shift 2: From Work Addiction to a New CEO Identity How overwork becomes a very respectable addiction (everyone claps while your life shrinks), what happens when you finally systemize and feel lost, and how to use a simple "I am…" identity sentence to retrain your brain to lead differently. ● Shift 3: From Control to Systems That Catch Red Before It Burns You How to lead from a dashboard instead of dopamine: red / yellow / green metrics, owners for every number, and a simple question loop ("Why do I want to grab this? What am I afraid of? What system would fix this next time?") so you install systems instead of taking work back. ● Shift 4: From Firefighter to Mentor With a Calendar That Matches Your Life Why your team can't become heroes if you're still rescuing everything, how to put "mentor energy" on key team members, and how to finally schedule the life your business is supposedly for (family, health, margin) instead of giving it the leftovers. If you're the top 2% founder whose revenue, team, and calendar are still wired around you being in the trenches… If you feel guilty when you're not busy, even though you say you want freedom… And if you're ready to become the kind of CEO who leads from above with systems, not sheer effort… This episode is for you. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.shannonirvine Website: https://drshannonirvine.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drshannonirvine/?hl=en Podcast (Apple): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epic-success-with-dr-shannon-irvine/id1238559008 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/13gkDSIPRz47ut5eshIynY
