Counterintuitive but it worked. Opened my salon because I was good at my craft. Spent three years doing client services personally, thought that's what made the business valuable. Revenue plateaued at $180k. Couldn't scale beyond my personal capacity. Started resenting the work because zero time for business development. Hired qualified people. Trained them properly. Stepped back to operations, marketing, systems building. First month was uncomfortable. Felt disconnected not doing client work. Questioned the decision constantly. Six months later: $250k revenue and climbing. Team's performing well. Clients are satisfied. Working fewer hours personally. The business didn't need me doing the services. Needed me building infrastructure that lets the work happen without me. Anyone else struggled with transitioning from technician to actual business owner?