The Alignment Audit

Before you scale, make sure it’s still you.

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Justin Glover
September 29, 2025

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Today’s Perspective Shift

From: Growth as default
To: Growth as reflection

Theme for the Quarter: Tools With Soul
Theme for the Week: Alignment Over Achievement

Quote of the Week:
“Alignment isn’t a luxury. It’s what makes achievement feel like success.”

✨ In Today’s Episode:

  • Why founders outgrow the very thing they built

  • How “successful” systems can secretly become cages

  • A simple 3-part audit to get back to your true growth path

  • What to fix first when growth starts feeling off

The Alignment Audit

Before you scale, make sure it’s still you.

🧠 ONE Smart Idea

Most founders don’t scale out of alignment on purpose.
They do it through momentum.

  • A client wants one more feature

  • A team member suggests a new offer

  • You say yes… again

  • And again

  • Until suddenly, you’re growing…but it doesn’t feel good anymore

“Just because it grows doesn’t mean it belongs.”

This is the quiet founder crisis:
You built a machine that works.
But you no longer want to run it.

Time for an alignment audit.

📖 Story Spark

A founder I coach scaled fast:
Courses, clients, speaking gigs, 6-figure months.

But when I asked how she felt?
“Exhausted. Out of sync. Like I’m succeeding at the wrong game.”

We stripped it all back:

  • What offers still sparked joy?

  • What client work felt like play?

  • What calendar blocks felt like her?

Within a month she cut her offer stack in half.
Revenue dipped 12%.
Then… surged 30% with less effort.

She didn’t pivot. She realigned.

⚙️ Tactical Application: Run Your Alignment Audit

1. Calendar Check
Look at last week. Highlight what felt draining vs. energizing.
Then ask: What percent of your time reflects your zone of truth?

2. Offer Audit
Rate each offer 1–10 on:

  • Energy: Does it light you up?

  • Excellence: Are you exceptional at it?

  • Edge: Does it differentiate you?

If it scores low in all 3; cut, delegate, or redesign it.

3. Org Chart vs. Soul Chart
Write two org charts:

  • The one that exists

  • The one you’d build from scratch

What’s misaligned?
Where are you still the bottleneck?
Where are you not needed, but staying out of habit?

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🧭 Intelligent Elevation

The most dangerous kind of growth is the kind that works, but erodes your joy.

So here’s the real success question:
Does the way you're growing still feel like you?

If not:
Pause. Audit. Realign.

“Misalignment doesn’t show up in metrics. It shows up in your energy.”

💬 Closing Insight

Don’t just build what works.
Build what reflects.

Because alignment isn’t fluff.
It’s the only thing that makes the work worth scaling.

“Success without alignment is just achievement without satisfaction.”

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— Justin Glover