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Step 1 of 5 · You found the pattern.

The pattern

Decisions always come back to me

A question comes up
It escalates
It waits on your desk
Work stalls
More questions come up

This isn't a delegation problem. It's a decision design problem.

If every decision returns to you, that isn't evidence of your importance. It's evidence that decisions have never been given anywhere else to live: no clear owners, no clear authority, no clear line between deciding and doing.