The Harder You Work, The More Your Business Suffers

The Untrapped Podcast With Keith Kalfas · Aug 26, 2026 · 7m

If your business depends on you doing every single task, eventually you become the bottleneck.

In this episode, Keith shares the lesson that completely changed how he approached leadership, delegation, and running a landscaping crew. While working as a foreman for one of the biggest landscaping companies in Michigan, Keith couldn't understand why other crews were outperforming him even though he was working harder than almost everyone else.

A conversation with a former Marine Corps sergeant showed him the problem: working harder yourself doesn't necessarily make the entire team more…