# The Expansion Myth — Why Scaling a Dental Lab Exposed What I Didn't Know About Leadership

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Podcast: [Margins & Meaning with John Wilson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123)
Published: 2025-12-18T23:45:49+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1573

## Resource

Growth doesn’t fix problems, it exposes them. In Episode 5, John reflects on how expansion revealed leadership lessons no one talks about.

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