I'm The Real Jason Duncan, back with another edition of Beyond the Grind – helping entrepreneurs like you stop being slaves to your businesses. 🚀

Here's what I've learned after working with hundreds of entrepreneurs:

The tactics are easy. The systems are straightforward. The delegation steps are simple.

But your mind?

Your mind will sabotage every single one of them if you don't understand which tier you're trapped in.

The Real Problem

Napoleon Hill wrote in Think and Grow Rich: "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."

Most entrepreneurs read that and think it's about positive thinking.

It's not.

It's about the fact that your mind literally cannot conceive of a reality it doesn't believe is possible.

And that's why most entrepreneurs stay stuck in what I call Tier 1 – forever.

Let me show you the Three Tiers of Entrepreneurship:

Tier 1: Owner-Operator You ARE the business. You do the work. You make every decision. You solve every problem. Revenue stops when you stop.

Tier 2: Owner-Manager You manage the people who do the work. You oversee operations. You're still the bottleneck for big decisions. Revenue slows when you're absent.

Tier 3: Owner-Investor You own an asset that operates independently. Others make daily decisions. You focus on vision and strategy (if you want). Revenue grows whether you're there or not.

Most entrepreneurs think moving from Tier 1 to Tier 3 is about hiring people and building systems.

Those are the tactics.

You can't move to Tier 3 with a Tier 1 mind.

Your Tier 1 mind says: "Nobody can do it as well as me."

Your Tier 2 mind says: "I need to oversee everything."

Your Tier 3 mind says: "The asset is more valuable than my activity."

That last one – Asset Over Activity – is the mindset shift that changes everything.

Why This Matters

See, Napoleon Hill understood something most people miss when he wrote about the mastermind principle.

He said: "No mind is complete by itself. It needs contact and association with other minds to grow and expand."

You literally cannot think your way from Tier 1 to Tier 3 with the same mind that got you stuck in Tier 1.

It's not a knowledge problem.

It's not a strategy problem.

It's a conception problem.

Your Tier 1 mind cannot conceive of a business that runs without you because it's never seen it, felt it, or believed it.

That's why Edward from my book stayed trapped even though he had the money to hire people.

That's why Cheryl worked herself to exhaustion even though she knew how to delegate.

That's why most entrepreneurs build their own prisons and then wonder why they feel trapped.

The XOS™ Method isn't just seven stages of tactical implementation.

It's seven stages of mental evolution.

Stage 1 teaches your mind that others CAN do the work.

Stages 2-3 prove your mind that others WILL do the work.

Stages 4-5 show your mind that systems WORK better than you do.

Stage 6 lets you experience what Tier 3 actually feels like.

Each stage doesn't just change your business.

It changes what your mind believes is possible.

Now What?

If you're reading this thinking "I need to make this shift," you have two choices:

Choice 1: Try to figure it out alone

Read the books. Watch the videos. Try to think your way to Tier 3 with your Tier 1 mind.

Some people make it work.

Most don't.

Choice 2: Borrow better minds

Surround yourself with people who've already made the journey.

Let their experience rewire your beliefs.

Use the mastermind principle the way Hill intended.

 NOTHING – compares to rewiring your mental operating system alongside other entrepreneurs doing the same thing.

That's what workshops are for.

That's what masterminds create.

That's what changes everything.

Words of Wisdom

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind." – The Apostle Paul as recorded in Romans 12:2

Paul understood what Napoleon Hill would write about 1,900 years later: transformation doesn't happen through behavior change.

It happens through mind change.

You can't act your way to Tier 3.

You have to think your way there first.

And you can't think your way there with a Tier 1 mind.

Until next time...

Go beyond the grind,
The Real Jason Duncan 🚀