Let's talk about getting help. How did your business evolve? When did you start delegating? Was it a great employee that could do more, or was it just burn out as an enterpreneur?
I always want to learn and grow and what I love about this community that there are so many great responses. Let's learn from each other. How did you decide to delegate tasks, work and duties?
My email - I'm working on this now but having someone that quarterbacks your email inbox would be soooo helpful. Think about how distracting it is, how much time you spend looking at it.
You have to ask yourself, what is the thing I'm least excited to do? Then that's what you need to figure out how to delegate. For most of us, it's something administrative. You can EASILY find someone to do it for $7-$9/ hr, and they are stoked on it. There's also firms that help you recruit these people for a little more than that.
This has been the hardest I admit, to trust someone to do it.
For me it came down to time. Time is the one thing you can never get back. You can make more money and hire more people, but you can’t create more time.
Early on I did everything myself, like most entrepreneurs. But eventually I realized the business could only grow as fast as my personal capacity. That’s when I started delegating and building a leadership team.
Hiring a COO-type role was one of the best decisions I’ve made. It allows someone to focus on operations while I focus on vision, relationships, and growth.
Agreed, hiring my supervisor was one of the best decisions. :)
