Growth is exciting. It means your product is landing. Your customers are responding. Revenue is climbing. On the outside, things look like they’re working. But here’s a question few business owners stop to ask: Is your business growing in a healthy way—or just getting bigger? Because there’s a big difference.

When your business starts to feel like it’s running you—not the other way around—it’s easy to slip into survival mode. You’re putting out fires. Juggling cash flow. Reacting to every problem. And wondering how something you worked so hard to build became so… chaotic.

There’s a silent killer in business—and it’s not poor sales, rising costs, or even market disruption. It’s inaction.