{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-brain-vault.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-moment-you-decide-gnaTi8rI","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Moment You Decide","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8e9924e1-11bc-4a57-a132-527409de3039/c3322457-648c-4e8b-bc92-c1f00c55ff77/episode_cover_art_23.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"What if the reason your business cannot scale is not your team, your strategy, or your market. It is you.\nRajesh Nagjee is a business physicist. Over more than 30 years, he has worked with over 350 CEOs across 15 countries to solve what he calls the founder bottleneck. That moment when a company is ready to scale but still depends on the founder for decisions, clarity, and stability. He is also the creator of CEO Freedom OS, a leadership architecture designed to help CEOs scale without losing control.\nIn this conversation, Larry Olsen sits down with Rajesh to talk about how the very person who built the company becomes the one holding it back. Not because they are not capable, but because the way they think, decide, and operate has not evolved at the same speed as the business itself.\nWhat you'll hear:\n• Why Rajesh believes recognition produces a fixed way of being (and how it locks founders into identity traps)\n• The 1989 breakdown that reshaped Rajesh's entire methodology\n• The observer effect in quantum physics applied to founder-run businesses\n• The five default states of survival that keep leaders stuck (cynical, skeptical, resigned, cocky, arrogant)\n• The two intersections: where whining lives, and where possibilities live\n• Rajesh's father's line that shaped his life: the moment you decide, you will succeed\n• What Rajesh learned from meeting Mother Teresa about ruthless compassion\n\nABOUT RAJESH NAGJEE\nRajesh Nagjee is a CEO mentor and self-described business physicist with over 30 years of experience and work with more than 350 CEOs across 15 countries. He is the creator of CEO Freedom OS, a leadership architecture designed to help CEOs scale without losing control. His methodology was forged through personal breakdown in 1989 and refined over decades of working with founders and leaders. Based in Dubai.\n\nABOUT LARRY OLSEN\nLarry Olsen is a Two-Time Vistage Speaker of the Year and Fortune 50/500 Executive Performance Advisor with 40+ years of client work at Toyota, PepsiCo, Starbucks, Harley-Davidson, Honda, American Airlines, State Farm, Frito Lay, Lexus, and Tropicana. He is the author of Get a Vision and Live It! and the founder of Performance Driven Neurology.\n\nIF THIS LANDED FOR YOU\nThe next step is Larry's Brain Hacks Intensive. It is a guided practice that walks you through the foundational mindset shifts Larry teaches Fortune 500 executives.\nBrain Hacks Intensive: https://neuromindedcollective.com/brain-hacks-challenge\n\nFOR EXECUTIVE LEADERS AND FOUNDERS\nIf you want to find out which patterns are currently running your leadership, take Larry's free 5% Leadership Assessment. Less than 5 percent of leaders operate from the patterns it measures.\n5% Leadership Assessment: https://tally.so/r/kde74r\n\nCONNECT WITH LARRY\nWebsite: larryolsen.com\nLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larry-r-olsen\n\nCONNECT WITH RAJESH NAGJEE\nLinkedIn: Rajesh Nagjee (posts regularly)\nWebsite: RajeshNagjee.com\nEmail: Rajesh@RajeshNagjee.com\n\nSUBSCRIBE FOR MORE\nNew episodes of the Brain Vault Podcast publish every other Wednesday.\n\nYours in growth,\nLarry"}