Read rich dad poor dad 15 years ago and it changed how I thought about business but now I realize I built the wrong kind of asset

This is going to sound philosophical for this sub but bear with me because I think a lot of business owners probably deal with this and don't talk about it.

I read rich dad poor dad when I was about 30 and it completely rewired how I thought about money and work. The whole "build assets don't trade time for money" thing hit me hard and within a year I had quit my corporate job and started my own company. Fifteen years later the business does well, good revenue, consistent clients, solid reputation in our market. On paper it looks like I did exactly what the book told me to do.

But here's the thing I've been slowly realizing over the last year or so. What I built isn't really an asset the way Kiyosaki meant it. It's a high paying job that I own. The business revolves around me, client relationships are mine, the big decisions all flow through me, and if I got hit by a bus tomorrow the whole thing would probably collapse within a few months. That's not an asset. That's just self-employment with extra steps and a nicer office.

The difference between owning a business and owning a job is something I intellectually understood for years but I think I was in denial about which one I actually had. An asset generates value independently of you. Mine doesn't, and I'm looking at this thing I spent 15 years building and wondering how I even begin to turn it into something that could function without me, something that someone would actually want to buy someday, not because they're buying my skills and relationships but because they're buying a machine that runs.