Big Dreams. No Follow Through

Bello was a plumber.
A great one. Maybe the best in his city. He dreamed of building a company. Not just running jobs, but building something that could run without him.

He had the skills.
He had the clients.
He had the dream.
But no follow through.

Because every day, Bello got pulled back into the chaos.
Truck broke down. Team didn’t show. Invoice not paid.
Another fire. Another distraction.

Sound familiar?

It’s the quadrant problem.
Bello was stuck

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Big Dreams. No Follow Through.

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He had a Desired Future, he could see it clearly.
But nothing in his day-to-day pointed toward it.

So, we gave him a quadrant. Four moves. One future.

1. Desired Future

We started by naming it.
Not “make more money.”
Not “grow the business.”
But freedom.
He wanted time with his family. He wanted to stop being the bottleneck.

Once he said it out loud, everything changed.

2. Prioritize

We looked at his week.
60 hours of reacting. Zero hours of building.

So, we blocked two hours. Every Thursday.
No jobs. No calls. Just strategy.
Protected time for building the business, not running it.

Tiny shift. Massive impact.

3. Alignment

Next, we checked the team.
Were they aligned with where Bello was going?
Nope. He was still hiring helpers when he needed leaders.

So, he brought in someone who could run jobs without him.
And trained them to think like an owner, not a task rabbit.

Now he wasn’t just fixing leaks.
He was fixing the structure.

4. Allocate Resources

Finally, we looked at the money.
He was spending thousands on tools.
But nothing on systems, coaching, or strategic hires.

So, we shifted 5% of his revenue toward business development.
Not someday. Now.

Because if you don’t fund your future, you won’t have one.

The Lesson?

Big dreams are seductive.
But without priority, alignment, and resources… they’re just noise.

The quadrant helps you cross the gap.

Bello went from busy plumber to business builder.
Not by working harder.
But by working smarter, on the right things, in the right order.

So, ask yourself

Where are you stuck?
And what’s the smallest step you can take… toward real follow through?

Let’s build it.

In all that we do, let us seek wisdom, discipline, courage & justice.

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