The most dangerous sentence in business is:

“We’ll fix it later.”

Later is where standards go to die.

Later is where small misalignments turn into culture problems.
Later is where top performers quietly disengage.
Later is where founders wake up wondering how things got so messy.

The truth?
What you tolerate today becomes tomorrow’s norm.

• A missed deadline you don’t address.
• A client boundary you don’t reinforce.
• A role you know isn’t clearly defined.
• A team member who’s overwhelmed but says “I’m fine.”

None of these explode overnight.
They compound.

Strong companies aren’t built on grand strategy alone.
They’re built on small corrections made quickly.

The best leaders I know don’t avoid tension.
They shorten the time between noticing and addressing.

Not aggressively.
Not emotionally.
Just clearly.

If something feels slightly off right now,
it probably is.

The question isn’t “Can we live with this?”
It’s “Do we want this to become the standard?”

What you fix early becomes strength.
What you delay becomes friction.

Choose wisely.