Entrepreneurship feature: The Addiction to Being Needed
The Aubrey Masango Show · 2 June 2026 · 43m
Speaker 1: I'm shutting you a shed. Fourteen minutes after nine o'clock and Jack repalize my guest. Speaker 1: I call him Bra Jack. He's owner and director of mole Ety Solutions. We're talking Speaker 1: about the addiction to being needed, or the addiction to indispensability. He joins me now Speaker 1: to discuss this, Bro Jack, Good evening to you, and thank you so much for Speaker 1: joining us. Is it possible will be addicted to indispensability? Grieving to you. Speaker 2: Good evening, bros. Thanks for having me. Yes, absolutely it is. Being needed is not Speaker 2: the problems, but being needed for everything is the problem. And this is the mistake Speaker 2: that most leaders make, or most business owners make. You need to create a space Speaker 2: where within your business where your subordinates or your staff can function independently and confidently. Speaker 2: So and this type of addiction by leaders or by business owners perhaps is influenced Speaker 2: by ego. It can be linked to ego, and ego is very clear because it Speaker 2: doesn't always appear as arrogance. Sometimes it appears as sacrifice. We say I'm doing this Speaker 2: for everyone else while secretly enjoying the feeling of being needed all the time that Speaker 2: without me they can't do this, or that they cannot function independently my presence. I Speaker 2: must be present. So my perspective or my opinion is that those who are under Speaker 2: you, your staff, should be able to function both in your presence and absence. They Speaker 2: shouldn't only be able to do well particularly or only when you are present. Your Speaker 2: business should be able to run smoothly and function at its…
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