"If I want it done right, I have to do it myself. It's faster and no one can do it as well as I can. Besides, I don't have time to baby sit and I just can't tolerate all this incompetence! I can't believe I pay people money for the kind of work they do - they should be paying me for the privilege of working here!"
Sound familiar$%: Of course it does. You are an entrepreneur with a vision and a gazillion things to do. You are swamped, stressed, and the weight of the world is on your shoulders. You have revenue to generate and expenses to pay. No one understands and no one really cares - after all it's not their business.
And this is exactly the kind of thinking that keeps most entrepreneurs spinning their wheels and struggling to grow. Well, here's a reality check: you can't do it all and expect to get anywhere significant. You MUST transfer your knowledge and your skills to other people in your organization. There is no other way. Your ultimate goal as an entrepreneur is to continuously replace yourself and move toward working on more and more challenging opportunities.
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Think about how many things you do each day that you'd rather not be doing- it's probably overwhelming and even frustrating at times. How much time does that leave for the important stuff$%: The truth is there are other people who are just as talented as you (and some are even more talented) who can do those things with greater ease and efficiency. So hire them and let them do it!
You are probably thinking "Yeah, but training someone is not that easy - and it's time consuming." You are right - but creating a system for transfer of knowledge and documenting it is the single most important investment you can make. And it's the single greatest contributor to the resale value of your company. The most amazing part of that is that when people feel that they have an important function and they are trusted to do it, they truly rise to the challenge and treat your business as their own.
You are building your company to serve you - not the other way around. It's time to lighten your load, pass things off to other willing candidates, and turn your life into the life you imagined as an entrepreneur.
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