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Find the one thing holding your business back

Score seven parts of your business from 1 to 10. A 10 means it's working so well it isn't limiting anything. A 1 means it's actively holding the business back. Be honest; an honest 40 is more useful than a hopeful 60. Your lowest score is your likely constraint.

This is the FREEDOM Diagnostic, the seven-part check from Steve Kopshaw's book From Traction to Freedom.

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Is the business profitable enough and disciplined enough with its money to fund its own growth?

1105

Can your sales and acquisition engine bring in the right customers without you pushing every deal?

1105

Are your people healthy, retained, and actually in the right seats?

1105

Does the team execute consistently, or do things fall through the cracks the moment you look away?

1105

Are you making decisions from accurate numbers, or from your gut and your mood?

1105

Is your org built for the business you're growing into, or the one you accidentally cobbled together?

1105

Does the right person know who you are, and exactly why you're the one to choose?

1105

Your total

35 / 70

That's your total. The full result names your likely constraint, gives you a quick check to confirm it and lists the first moves for the next 90 days.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask

What does the FREEDOM Diagnostic measure?

Seven domains where a service or education business gets stuck: Financial Foundations, Revenue Systems, Employee & Team Health, Execution & Operations, Data & Metrics, Organizational Structure and Market Position. It comes from Steve Kopshaw's book From Traction to Freedom.

How do I score it?

Score each domain from 1 to 10. A 10 means it's running so well it isn't limiting anything. A 1 means it's actively holding the business back. 70 is a perfect score. The goal is not a high score but an honest one.

How do I find my constraint?

Take your lowest score. If two are tied, pick the one upstream: Financial Foundations and Execution & Operations tend to sit above the others. Then ask whether a 3-point gain there in 90 days would make the others easier.

What do I do with my score?

Fix that one constraint, and only that, for 90 days. Then re-score. The constraint will have moved.