Interview
and understand that your client is purchasing
other services. And btw, you don’t need to
create a new department to provide these
services, you can simply Joint Venture with
another entrepreneur who can do the work
and you get a commission for the introduction.
Once the business is successful,
how can I remove myself?
By not being afraid of hiring great people. This
is a challenge I see with so many entrepreneurs
and business owners. They think that ‘only they
can do the job or the task in a good and proper
way’. The key to creating wealth is leverage.
And now that the business is successful it is
time to realise that the more, great people you
hire and have around you and, on your team,
the more leverage you will have. However,
hire strategically. Because what you don’t
want to do is to become a ‘back end’ heavy
organisation. On the flip side you don’t want to
be hiring only ‘offensive players’ on your team.
Because then a lot of sales will be made but
nobody to deliver the actual service. I believe a
healthy balance of hiring is what’s needed. And
the more you delegate your tasks the easier it
will be to remove yourself. Always remember
growth can kill a business. Removing yourself
too early can kill a business. On the other
hand, not removing yourself from the business
will make you feel like a slave and imprisoned.
There are critical things to understand and
more importantly how to do them. This is
exactly what I teach in my business trainings
and coaching programs.
What is the best way to optimise
work/life balance?
Focus on what you’re really great at. Putting
your effort and energies behind what your
strengths are. That way you can do what
you’re naturally good at, hire other people to
do the jobs you hate doing and that cause
you pain doing them. This way you will be
able to optimise your strengths, avoid your
weaknesses and by doing so giving you more
inner peace. I see so many people trying to
push a boulder up the hill, struggling with
tasks that they simple dislike doing. And this
mental strain causes them to upset a work/
life balance. To summarise, focus on your
strengths and get someone else to deal with
your weaknesses, that way everything will get
managed and you will sleep well at night.
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