Fact: It Takes Time to Save Time

These things certainly aren’t free because your time is worth a specific hourly rate to both you and your customers. But perhaps spending just five hours a month on these types of things translates into 20 hours you don’t have to spend doing the same things next month. You could spend those 20 hours on billable services, and then not only are you saving money, but you’re earning it at the same time. (Here’s a radical idea: You could even spend some of those saved hours on some much-needed downtime. Who doesn’t need downtime these days?)

When you're a business owner, it's tempting to do it all yourself. One of the hardest challenges an entrepreneur faces is learning to put their trust in others so their business can succeed. Trusting someone with critical tasks isn’t easy. You need to form a partnership with your task master. A successful partnership is one where each party holds the other accountable to providing responses, generating ideas, and meeting deadlines.