Stop Doing Everything | Zee Barfoot | Growing Money with Sean Trace

In this episode, I sat down with Zee Barfoot to unpack one of the toughest lessons in entrepreneurship: just because you can do everything doesn’t mean you should. We get into the real difference between owning a business and just owning a high-stress job, and why so many skilled technicians struggle when they step into the founder role without the systems or support to match. We talk about how tracking your time can expose the low-value tasks quietly draining your energy, and how replacing those tasks with the right people can completely change your growth trajectory. We also dive into hiring the right way, why paying great people more is often the smarter move, how to build structure when no one else is creating it for you, and the power of niching down so you can serve the right clients at a higher level. There’s a big focus on shifting from doing everything yourself to building something that can actually run and scale without burning you out. If you’re in that stage where you feel busy all the time but not moving forward, this conversation is going to feel very real. What’s one thing you need to let go of so you can finally focus on what actually moves the needle?