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QueenMode · September 1 · 24 min

You're Not the Problem: Your Business Has a Design Problem

Someone names the chaos in your business, and before you can even think, a voice fires off: it's me. I'm the problem. I should be better at this. That reflex isn't humility. It's the thing keeping you stuck. In this episode of QueenMode, Ana takes the whole problem out of your body and puts it back on the table where it belongs. She names the three disguises the self-blame reflex wears, explains why nobody ever designed the business you're currently running, and tells the chapter of her story she doesn't lead with — the year she nearly went bankrupt and decided it meant something about her character. What You'll Learn Why "I should just be better about it" guarantees you'll fix the wrong thing — and hand yourself fresh evidence you can't fix it at all The three disguises: the self-blamer, the projector, and the "but I'm fine" — and what all three have in common Why your business is a magnificent accident: one yes at a time, under pressure, with no time to think The real price of crossing from business-by-accident to business-by-design (it isn't money and it isn't hours) The sentence to say instead of "that's a me thing" Key Quote "You cannot be ashamed of a floor plan. It's a floor plan. You can just… change it." If this episode hit home, share it with a woman entrepreneur who needs to hear it. Leave a review to help more ambitious women find QueenMode. Stuck as the engine of everything? Take The Operator Trap scorecard to find out exactly where your business is running you — and what it takes to take the crown back (link in bio). Prefer to DM? Send "OPERATOR" to @dranacastilla on Instagram and I'll send it to you. When you're ready to lead as CEO, The Reign Advisory is my private 90-day advisory for women founders ready to stop being the bottleneck and reign. Follow @queenmodepodcast on Instagram

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Someone names the chaos in your business, and before you can even think, a voice fires off: it's me. I'm the problem. I should be better at this. That reflex isn't humility. It's the thing keeping you stuck.

In this episode of QueenMode, Ana takes the whole problem out of your body and puts it back on the table where it belongs. She names the three disguises the self-blame reflex wears, explains why nobody ever designed the business you're currently running, and tells the chapter of her story she doesn't lead with — the year she nearly went bankrupt and decided it meant something about her character.

What You'll Learn

  • Why "I should just be better about it" guarantees you'll fix the wrong thing — and hand yourself fresh evidence you can't fix it at all
  • The three disguises: the self-blamer, the projector, and the "but I'm fine" — and what all three have in common
  • Why your business is a magnificent accident: one yes at a time, under pressure, with no time to think
  • The real price of crossing from business-by-accident to business-by-design (it isn't money and it isn't hours)
  • The sentence to say instead of "that's a me thing"

Key Quote

"You cannot be ashamed of a floor plan. It's a floor plan. You can just… change it."

If this episode hit home, share it with a woman entrepreneur who needs to hear it.

Leave a review to help more ambitious women find QueenMode.

Stuck as the engine of everything? Take The Operator Trap scorecard to find out exactly where your business is running you — and what it takes to take the crown back (link in bio). Prefer to DM? Send "OPERATOR" to @dranacastilla on Instagram and I'll send it to you. When you're ready to lead as CEO, The Reign Advisory is my private 90-day advisory for women founders ready to stop being the bottleneck and reign.

Follow @queenmodepodcast on Instagram

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