Most business builders
struggle with
delegating tasks.
We usually start
with only one employee
– ourselves.
We do everything.
We make every decision.
The business is ours
and we are in
every part of it.
In order to grow,
to not strangle
our own businesses,
we have to learn to delegate.
We have to
come to terms
with not knowing
everything about our businesses.
Because knowing everything
about our businesses
was merely an illusion
in the first place.
“When you first encounter
a new web service,
go on Slack
or get back to your computer
after a break,
it’s natural to feel overwhelmed.
Too much to sort.
We want a foundation
to stand on,
but firm footing eludes us
for a while.
And then we find it again.
Because we intentionally
make ourselves unaware
of the rest of it.
Right now,
orbiting a distant star,
the folks on Planet 10
are having a conflict
about something or other.
But we have no idea.
And right now,
someone who works for you
has a question,
or the store you’re not in
is having a problem,
or a co-worker is doing something
without your oversight
–and it’s all proceeding
without you,
because total information awareness
is a fiction.”
You will never know
everything about your business,
the factors that impact it,
the people you partner with,
the customers you serve.
Accept that
and let go.