Every agent pays a leadership tax.
Some pay it in time.
Some pay it in stress.
Most don’t even know they’re paying it.
Reality check: Every time you fix what your team should fix, you’re paying the tax.
Every time you repeat a process that should be systemized, you’re paying the tax.
Every time you think “it’s just faster if I do it myself,” you’re paying the tax.
It’s invisible.
But it compounds.
You lose hours.
You lose momentum.
You lose leadership credibility.
The trap: Most agents think leadership = helping more.
It’s not.
Leadership = creating a system that helps without you.
When you do the work for your team, it feels productive.
But the truth? You’re training them to depend on you.
That’s not leadership. That’s rescue.
The shift: Your real job isn’t to do—it’s to duplicate.
Every hour you spend building a repeatable process is an hour you earn back for life.
That’s the compound interest of leadership.
✅ Train once → Save 100 hours
✅ Coach once → Create confidence for a year
✅ Install a system → Never explain it again
The insight: Leaders who automate education grow exponentially.
Leaders who repeat instructions grow exhausted.
Every decision you make either builds a system…
or builds dependency.
You choose the tax rate.
Try this:
Before your next week begins, ask yourself:
What am I repeating that could be recorded?
What am I fixing that could be taught?
What am I tolerating that should be trained?
Answer those—and you’ll cut your leadership tax in half.
Next step:
Stop paying the tax. Start multiplying your time.
That’s exactly what Ignite Agency Training was built for —to help agents lead once and leverage forever.
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Zach Sabin
Founder, Ignite Agency Training