The System Breakdown
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The System Breakdown
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About this listen
It's the first Monday of 2026. You open your email. 217 unread.
You try everything: archive and pray, skim and hope, delegate to your VA. Nothing works.
In this episode, I map an email management system twice - once without a VA, once with a VA - to show you why adding people to broken systems makes them worse, not better.
In This Episode:
- 00:00 - Why do my inbox management "solutions" keep failing?
- 01:27 - How do I break down the system?
- 07:40 - Why does hiring a VA usually make inbox overwhelm worse?
- 11:22 - How does a VA become a constraint?
- 13:01 - How do I actually redesign this system?
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About Diane:
Diane Mayor is a fractional COO who helps 7-8 figure founders escape Success-Induced Chaos. With 10+ years in investment banking and nearly a decade running small business operations, she thinks like a COO and understands money like a CFO. She specializes in operations designed around how founders actually work—not someone else's template.
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