Recently, I received an email from a CEO who listed out their problems. It included the comment “I know this is not the exact line of work you do, but I trust you”.
The most impactful word in that email was trust.
In 2023, I have had an increasing amount of conversations with entrepreneurs and business owners wearing too many hats and carrying too heavy of a work load. One of the reasons behind this is that they have not found the right person to trust in order to allow a full view into their financial data. They continue to stretch themselves too thin and wear too many hats, including that of bookkeeping.
In the book Who Not How, authors Dan Sullivan and Dr. Ben Hardy advise that in order for you (the entrepreneur or business owner) to achieve your largest potential, you have to start letting go of less meaningful tasks. They challenge you to find folks more talented at these tasks than yourself who can take these mundane things off of your plate. This gives you the gift of time. This clears up time to focus on your business, dreams and goals and the formula ultimately leads to business growth rather than burnout.
Timea Parker
CEO & Founder of PAS Consulting, LLC