Build with Leila Hormozi Your Team Is Busy. Your Priorities Are Dying. Here Is Why | Ep. 339
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Mar 5, 2026 A rapid look at how unnoticed pet projects and quick favors steal focus as companies scale. Stories reveal hidden side quests that sap resources. Learn why top performers and founders unintentionally create distractions. A simple priority rule is offered to keep teams aligned and protect the roadmap.
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Leader Firing Revealed Hidden Projects
- Leila fired a leader after two quarters because their MITs (most important tasks) were all red despite long hours.
- Post-termination she discovered multiple full projects nobody else knew about that never appeared on the roadmap.
What Side Quests Really Are
- Leila defines side quests as favors or pet projects that aren't tied to business priorities and lack owners.
- They accumulate as half-baked messes and cause organizational disarray because no one prioritized trade-offs or capacity.
Top Performers Create The Biggest Distractions
- Side quests usually come from top performers, not lazy employees, because high performers want to help and avoid saying no.
- The curse of competence makes your best people the dumping ground for unfocused work that steals business momentum.