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If you’ve ever hit a point in your business where things feel hard and you’re not sure whether you should push forward or pull back, this conversation will bring clarity. In this episode, you’ll learn how to quickly diagnose whether your business challenges are growing pains that strengthen you or signs of disordered growth that weaken your foundation.

In our Monthly Money Talk, Zen Jenn and I break down one of the most overlooked reasons businesses plateau: confusing disordered growth with healthy, capacity-expanding growth.

📝 Top 3 Takeaways from the Episode:

1️⃣Not All Hard Things Are Red Flags, Some Are Capacity Expansions: We unpack the difference between discomfort that signals misalignment and discomfort that signals growth, helping you avoid pivoting too early or forcing unsustainable strategies.

2️⃣Intentionality Is the Marker of Healthy Growth: Healthy growth includes planning, forecasting, and measured decision-making. Disordered growth shows up as reactivity, panic problem-solving, or chasing quick wins.

3️⃣Pressure Isn’t Always a Strategy Problem; It’s Often a Capacity Clue: When growth feels heavy or urgent, it’s often pointing to a gap in time, financial, emotional, relational, or energetic capacity rather than a flawed business model.

🎧 Related Episodes You May Enjoy:

Ep 80: When Growth Stops Feeling Good (Monthly Money Talk with Zen Jenn)

Ep 83: Financial Capacity: The Wealth Shift From Proving to Purposeful Growth

Ep 84: Why Your Business Feels Hard to Grow (Monthly Money Talk with Zen Jenn)

Connect with Jenn Baas:Jenn is an Outsourced CFO with over 15 years of experience helping small businesses bring ease, clarity, and strategic insight to their financial operations. She joins me each month for Monthly Money Talks with Zen Jenn and leads the Financial Leadership Labs inside The Exponential Entrepreneur.

To explore Jenn’s external CFO services, visit: peaktopeaksolutions.com

To work with Jenn inside The Exponential Entrepreneur, DM me on Instagram→ @aleciastg

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Disordered Growth vs. Growing Pains – How to Know What Your Business Needs EP 89