# You are the dashboard.

> What it looks like when a real business runs on gut feel, and why it happens.

Source: https://andrewsponsler.com/garden/you-are-the-dashboard

The revenue is real. The team is real. And when someone asks what your numbers are, you open five tabs, text your bookkeeper, and say it's been a good month. You think.

It's what happens when a business grows faster than its systems. The data lives in six tools that don't talk to each other. Nobody's job is to pull it together. So it lives in you.

Then ask your team which number they're responsible for. Most can't say. They're working hard. They just don't know what winning looks like on a Tuesday.

When the business lives in your head, it owns your life. Every decision routes through you. You can't take a real weekend, because you are the dashboard.

## The way out

You can see it, so you can leave it. Get the picture out of your head and onto a screen, give each number an owner, and the business stops needing you in the room. Start with the sixty-second test (https://andrewsponsler.com/garden/pull-up-your-numbers).