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Are You Running Your Business Into The Ground?

Two of the key focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. In any business, it’s important to know when you’re making decisions to help your business, or if your decisions are hurting it. What kinds of things can hurt your business? The following contributed post is entitled, Are You Running Your Business Into The Ground?

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There are few things more appealing when it comes to running a business than the idea of getting to be in charge. After all, many of us start our own businesses specifically because we get sick of having to listen to orders from people above us who clearly don’t know what they’re doing. However, becoming too attached to this idea of yourself as a business owner with all of the answers can actually be pretty dangerous for your business as a whole. Here are some things that you can do in order to make sure that you’re running your business properly rather than running it right into the ground.

Learn to outsource

Outsourcing has been the saving grace of so many businesses, big and small. Part of the reason that Apple has been so successful over the last decade is that they outsource almost all of their manufacturing to other companies. This means that they have more in-house resources to use on research and development as well as branding and marketing. From SEO to outsourced IT support, being able to hand different parts of your business over to the experts with the most experience is one of the best things that you can do. Leaving you free to focus your energy on the areas of your business where you have the most skills.

Stop micromanaging

If you want to get the most out of your employees, one of the most important things that you need to do is to trust them. If you spend all of your time staring over their shoulders and nitpicking every little thing they do, they’re going to end up getting extremely frustrated. That’s going to kill their motivation entirely and leave them feeling pretty resentful of your business as a whole and you as an employer in particular. Remember that you hired these people for a reason, let them do their jobs.

Take a break

For some reason, a lot of people seem to entirely forget that a work/life balance is important as soon as they start running their own business. They assume that they need to dedicate all of their time to their business no matter how much of a negative impact it has on their life and their health. The truth is that taking a break can be just as good for your business as it is for you. It means that you’re able to come back to your business with fresh eyes and you’re far less likely to end up getting burnt out.

The idea of letting go of any part of your business can be incredibly stress-inducing. However, one of the most important lessons that you can learn as a business owner is that your ego has no place within your business. You need to make decisions that are right for your business first and foremost. If you’re making decisions based purely on what you want then your business is always going to suffer for it. Make sure that you’re keeping your ego in check and always do what’s right for your business before anything else.

How To Choose The Business Model That Suits You Best

Two of the focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. Depending upon which business you’re in, one of the first decisions you’ll have to make is what model you will choose. It’s a critical consideration as it will dictate how you carry out your operations going forward. The following contributed post is thus entitled, How To Choose The Business Model That Suits You Best.

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One of the first things you’ll decide when you’re starting your business is the business model that you’ll use. The business model is simply the way in which you’ll deliver your services or products.

For example, you could choose a more customized and one-to-one service based model that’s often used by people like coaches and consultants, or even by companies like praxent.com – or you could go for something that’s more hands-off such as a subscription based model like that of Dollar Shave Club, or even something like Affiliate Marketing.

The point is, when it comes to choosing your business model, there’s really no right or wrong way to go about it – it’s just about finding what fits with your overall business vision, your goals, and your current lifestyle.

So, in this post we’re going to share with you how to choose the business model that suits you best.

Think about your solution:

The solution is basically the thing you offer, so your product or service, and ultimately this is going to determine a large part of your business model. So, for example, if you’re looking to sell custom t-shirts online, then you’re obviously going to be looking at an e-commerce model. Now, this doesn’t mean you need to be constantly designing all day long and splitting your focus between designing and then getting online to sell – there are things you can utilize online such as dropshipping and building a team or just developing systems and processes to help sell your products online.

Of course, you’re not going to be fully restricted to an e-commerce model – well, not in the traditional sense, anyway. If that’s not really what you want to be doing, but you really want to get your t-shirts out there, then you don’t have to it just because that’s how it’s always been done. You could go for a subscription-based model. Plenty of fashion companies offer this, so subscriptions aren’t just for digital products or services – in fact, some of the most successful subscription businesses, such as Dollar Shave Club are offering physical products.

Think about your customer:

The next step is to think about your customer – who they are and how they like to shop. Of course, your decisions shouldn’t be based fully on this, but it’s important to consider them in the process somewhat. If you know your ideal customer well, and you should do by this point if you’ve taken the time to do your research, then it’s important to think about the way they like to experience their purchasing – for example, do they want a one-to-one experience, or do they want downloadable materials and products that they can use in their own time?

Think about the lifestyle you want:

This part is very important when coming up with your business model and is actually the part that many people overlook when they’ve considered the parts above. Remember you started your business so that you don’t feel like you’re working in a job, so you get the luxury of designing your business model to suit the kind of lifestyle you want. If you don’t want to have your schedule dictated to by private client calls, then perhaps a one-to-one business model isn’t going to be the best for you.

How to Collaborate with an Outsourced IT Company

Three of the focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money, Business/Entrepreneurship and Technology. Outsourcing can be very helpful to your business operations. In some instances you can use an outsourced IT company and it’s important to understand how to get the most out of the collaboration. The following contributed is thus entitled, How to Collaborate with an Outsourced IT Company.

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It is now quite evident that many businesses are reliant on IT to be successful but what many aspiring entrepreneurs don’t understand is that they don’t have to be IT geniuses – they just need to hire an IT genius to realize their vision.

Outsourcing is now so fundamental to business that almost any function can be outsourced from PR, HR and Accounting to Cloud Computing. It stands to reason that even the heart of your business idea could be successfully outsourced if you find the right professional to help. Then all you need to focus on is coming up with new ideas and strategies for growth.

Many IT companies such as http://www.sabioit.com/services-solutions/it-consulting-cio-services/ offer a wide range of services from CIO services right through to email management. However, finding the right company and working well with them can be two mutually exclusive ideas.

Here’s how to manage your relationship and make the most of your outsourcing.

Be Clear With Your Vision

As an entrepreneur you really only have one main job: to have awesome ideas and be able to explain them to other people (preferably people with the cash to buy into it!). This is a fundamental skill and yet for so many of us, finding the language to explain a complicated idea so that it can be translated into an IT solution is tough.

If you can’t explain your idea to a company – either because they simply don’t understand or because you don’t have the right approach – your project is going to stand still until you can. A good IT company will try to suggest what you might mean but a great IT company will ask questions until they are sure they know what you mean.

Clarity isn’t always immediate so work on your relationship to develop a common ground you can work with. This should make future collaboration easier.

Welcome Alternative Ideas

Of course, it could be that you are struggling to communicate your idea because your IT company knows that there is a simpler solution. In this case, it is vital that you are able to let go and welcome new ideas. Being more open minded and focusing on the results is the best way to work. Does it really matter whether you use your idea or their idea to get to what you want?

If you are not an IT expert yourself, it is very likely that the company you outsource to will have all kinds of alternative ideas for you to consider. To work well together, you might find that it is actually easier to present them with a problem first rather than a solution. Compare and contrast the solutions you both come up with and you could just find a game-changing alternative to bring to your industry.

Collaboration with an outside company may not seem as sensible as bringing in your own employees but when you are right at the beginning, it is important that you save money where you can but also get the highest quality product you can afford. It makes sense.

Why You Need to Become Comfortable with Outsourcing in Your Small Business

Two of the focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. When running a business of any kind, no one can possibly know everything, and no can has the time to do everything. This underscores the importance of outsourcing. The following contributed post is thus entitled, Why You Need to Become Comfortable with Outsourcing in Your Small Business.

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You know, entrepreneurs are pretty notorious for being desperate to micromanage absolutely everything in their lives. This isn’t too surprising when you consider the fact that they put themselves in the uniquely difficult position of having to be solely responsible for the success and performance of an entire business.

Of course, any entrepreneur worth his salt will need to be able to take responsibility and ownership for what happens in his professional life. That being said, though, there is such a thing as too much.

Entrepreneurs who fail to become comfortable with outsourcing elements of their business at some point, inevitably end up sabotaging themselves and having a much more difficult life than is necessary.

Here are some reasons why you really need to become comfortable with outsourcing in your small business.

Your time is a limited resource — you’re only human — so you need to be able to focus on what will really move your life forward

Have you ever looked at an extremely successful figure in business, such as Warren Buffett, and asked yourself the question “how is it possible that one person can achieve so much?”

Well, a major part of the answer is that these people treat their time as the most valuable resource they have.

Warren Buffett may have far more money than you think you could ever even dream of owning yourself, but he only has the same 24-hours in his day that you do. What makes the difference, is that he knows how to leverage time as effectively as possible.

Outsourcing allows you to focus your time and energies on those areas where you can make the biggest impact. By allowing companies such as Outsourced IT Support to handle your IT support, for example, you may save hours in a given week that can then be spent on more fruitful activities.

If your business ever grows beyond a certain point, you will likely need to be able to comfortably defer tasks anyway

When you first start your business, it may seem almost inconceivable that it will one day become large enough that you absolutely need to bring in additional team members.

Nonetheless, if you are running your business right, and it becomes as successful as you might hope, it is almost inevitable that you will need to learn to work with employees sooner or later.

Suffice to say, unless you become comfortable with outsourcing tasks to other people, you will end up being one of those bosses who everyone hates, who tries to micromanage it all, and who stalls the progress of the business as a result.

Certain third party professionals will simply do a better job in certain areas than you would

If you are an entrepreneur, you are likely a very enterprising person.

But no matter how enterprising you may be, there is no chance that you are going to be the best at every possible dimension of a given business.

Inevitably, certain third-party professionals will simply do a better job in certain areas then you, yourself, would.

Outsourcing, therefore, may actually improve the overall performance of your business. You just need to have the humility to step back a little bit.

What Really Matters About A Product

Two of the focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. It’s important to know what customers value most about your products. This will ensure that they come back for repeat business. It’s important for all business owners to ponder their products and what customers like. The following contributed post is thus entitled, What Really Matters About A Product.

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Any business that creates products to sell needs to have a strong idea of how to design those products in a way that will actually, well, sell. This simple enough fact is nonetheless very often hard to really grasp the details of, and for that reason most entrepreneurs find that they struggle for a long time before they manage to actually create products which sell well and which customers get a lot out of. If you are keen to try and better understand what your products need to have in order to sell better, then read on. In this post, we will discuss some of the things that really matter about a product, and what you can do to make sure that you have fully considered them when you are designing your own products.

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Originality Of Purpose

First of all, you will want to make sure that any product you develop actually has a strong purpose, and that it is highly original in this more than anything else. Having an original purpose is hugely important in ensuring that people are actually going to buy and enjoy using it, and so you will want to think about this when you are first sitting down to start designing product ideas in the first place. As long as a product has an original purpose, you will find that plenty of people buy it and find it useful, which is ultimately what you are going for here. So make sure that you lead our product design with the question of what you are hoping to achieve first. If you work that way around, you are bound to much more easily satisfy this aspect of product design.

Packaging

Although you might consider it to be something of a last minute decision, actually the packaging that you choose for your product is hugely important in terms of whether or not it will actually sell. If you want to make sure that customers feel a sense of affinity with your product in the moment when they actually see it on the shelf, then packaging is going to need to be just right. A big part of this too is the labelling, which you will probably want to leave to professionals such as Pro-Motion Industries to make sure it is just right. The label itself, as well as conveying important information, becomes an important part of the marketing process, and ensures that the product is much more likely to sell.

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Professionalism

The more professional a product is, the more likely it is that people will respect it and want to try it out, yet this is something which a lot of businesses and entrepreneurs fail to really pay attention to. The truth is that you need to make sure your product is as professional as possible if you are going to sell plenty of units, in part because professionalism displays that you take it seriously and that you actually put effort into the product and in part because it will make it look more impressive as an end result. Be professional, and the rest will surely follow.

How To Make Your Business More Eco-Friendly

Three of the focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money, Business/Entrepreneurship and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Whatever your business is, its important to think about how you can make your operations eco-friendly. The following contributed post is thus entitled, How To Make Your Business More Eco-Friendly.

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With global warming becoming an increasing concern, it’s more apparent now than ever that more businesses need to do more to help the environment and be more eco-friendly. So here are a few ways you can make your business a little greener!

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Go Digital

A lot of businesses can end up using monumental amounts of paper and other stationery every year. Not to mention the cost of it can really impact the profits made on a business. Therefore, it’s beneficial to go digital with as much of the organization as possible. If documents can avoid going to print then save them on your computers. A lot of businesses are going digital because there’s plenty of positives to it. It’s greener, and it’s much more cost effective.

Recycle

It’s no surprise that a lot of businesses, particularly those within cities, may not be so hot on recycling. If your business is unable to print less, then at least you can make an impact by recycling it. The paper and waste you do recycle can go back into making recycled products and materials that are biodegradable. Encourage this practice around the workplace, having clear bins for general waste and recycling. Put up signage and tell heads of departments to take charge of their own area’s waste.

Energy Efficient Equipment

Nowadays, there’s a lot more choice in equipment for the workplace whether that’s a certain type of printer used in the workspace or a kettle for the kitchen. If you have the budget, try buying new appliances for the office that are energy efficient. Yes, it might be an expense, to begin with but over time it could end up saving you a lot of money on utility bills and overall running costs within the company. It’ll also cut down those scope 1 emissions if you’re currently using a lot of fossil fuels in your business.

Introduce Flexible Working Hours

Fewer people in the building means less energy used in the workplace on a daily basis. Introducing flexible working hours has plenty of benefits if it’s something you are able to do within the organization. A lot of employees are after the right balance of work and life, and with flexible working, this gives them the freedom to work smarter and enjoy life more. The business will earn more loyalty and respect, but it’ll also mean the cost of running the office will be noticeably less.

Encourage Staff To Go Green

As a business, you have a certain influence over your employees, and if you promote a greener environment in the office, you could also make a change to your staff’s own lifestyle at home. Do your best to encourage a greener living environment from giving incentives like cycling to work schemes or gift cards for promoting greener living.

Being more eco-friendly is going to save money for business, helps with the health of your staff and benefits your local community. So what are you waiting for? Go green today and contribute towards a better earth.

How to Make the most of Your First Business Expo

Two of the focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. Business Expos are important events for getting the word out about your business, products and services. They’re also important for getting to know others in your sector – both allies and competitors. The following contributed post is thus entitled, How to Make the most of Your First Business Expo.

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Exhibitions can be a great way of getting your brand known. You generally have a captive audience who are attending because of an interest in your line of business, and shows can produce new customers and extra sales.

If you have never been a part of an exhibition or trade show before, you may need some pointers to ensure that you make the most of the opportunity.

Exhibitors Are There To Sell

Don’t try to sell to other exhibitors unless they approach you. This is the biggest complaint that comes out of trade shows as they feel they could be losing out on potential sales while they are talking to you.

Overcome Fears Of Approaching People

Don’t be afraid to approach people that may be interested in your products. They may well reject any assistance and tell you they are only looking, but do not be put off by this, as just as many visitors could turn into customers.

Be Prepared To Accept Payments

This might sound like advice you do not need because of course, you will accept payment for your goods. The problem is that you need to be able to accept all types of payment, as there are many consumers that will only pay with a card. Choose a mobile POS system that will allow you to take payments wherever you are. This may not be the only exhibition that you take part in, and a device such as this could well be useful for future events too.

Be Pleasant And Polite

Greet anyone that approaches your stand with a smile and always be polite. Civility costs nothing but could gain you some new customers. Make sure that anyone assisting you acts in the same way.

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Use Social Media

Show the event on your social media pages, as this could well bring more people to visit. If they are aware of your business they will look out for your stand, and once again you have more potential new customers. You could share valuable content if someone makes an interesting speech, if something funny happens or perhaps if there are amazing new innovations.

Follow Up

The next day you should send follow up messages to any new contacts you have made at the expo. You should also respond to anyone that follows up with you. These connections can be useful in business and who knows when you may meet them again at future trade shows and exhibitions.

Take An Ample Supply Of Business Cards

Make sure you have an ample supply of business cards to hand out. This is one thing you should make sure you do not run out of as potential customers may leave it a while before they come back to you, and without a card, they may lose your details. You should also collect them from other people, and make a small note on the back of each one as a reminder of who they were.

Exhibitions are not always the cheapest of marketing strategies but they can be the most effective if you utilize all the different ways they can help your business to grow.

Why Your Business Will Benefit From Outsourcing

Two of the focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. In order for your business to go to the next level, you may want to think about outsourcing. Not only can you leverage the skill sets of others in certain areas, but it can free you up to focus on other important tasks. The following contributed post is therefore entitled, Why Your Business Will Benefit From Outsourcing.

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You’ve probably heard of outsourcing before and wondered why or how it can be useful for your business. Outsourcing is where you pay a freelancer or another business to help you with your business without the need to hire them full-time. So, here’s why your business will benefit from outsourcing.

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Helps lighten the workload

If you’re running a business where you’re in charge of a large chunk of tasks, you’ll soon find (if you haven’t already) that you’re overrun with administrative tasks that although they are important, they simply aren’t a priority. Outsourcing in a situation like this will allow you to lighten part of your workload without having to hire someone full-time.

Peace of mind

There’s likely to be aspects of your business that if and when they go wrong, you wouldn’t know where to turn. Things like the toilet leaking or your computer systems breaking down could indeed, have a negative impact on your business. Did you know that you can get IT consulting for businesses, where they can come out when there’s an issue? Rather than hiring a full-time IT consultant you can have them ready and waiting. Also, you can eliminate the worry of ‘what if’ when you have companies like these lined up.

Cost-effective

We’ve mentioned a fair few times about the benefit of not having to hire someone full-time, and that’s exactly what makes outsourcing so cost-effective. Only paying for their services as and when you need them will save you plenty of money that you could be injecting back into your business.

Increased efficiency

While you may already have members of staff that could take on some of these tasks, will they be completed in good time? It’s likely that everyone in your team has enough tasks on their plate as it is, and that’s why outsourcing can help. The person or company that you choose will be able to complete your tasks and allow for better efficiency in your office.

Expert help

Finally, your team may be packed to the brim of intelligent and skilled people, but nobody knows everything. Outsourcing gives wiggle room for expert advice and help. So, if you’re outsourcing say, a web designer, they’ll be able to give their knowledge across so that you’re getting the most out of your money.

4 Reasons Why You Should Take Focus and Specificity Seriously in Your Life

The first principle of my blog is Creating Ecosystems of Success. One of the keys to being successful is focusing in your goal and not becoming distracted. Approaching your life with focus and specificity can all but ensure you success. The following contributed post is thus entitled, 4 Reasons Why You Should Take Focus and Specificity Seriously in Your Life.

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It’s generally pretty common for all of us — at least at certain times in our lives — to be somewhat chaotic, disorganised, and to lack specificity and focus as we go about fulfilling our day-to-day obligations and moving towards what we hope will be prosperous and meaningful futures.

While it’s understandable, however, to fall into this kind of pattern every once in a while for a limited amount of time, allowing yourself to go through life in a permanent haze of unfocused vagueness, can be absolutely devastating to your ability to live a fruitful, uplifting, and successful life.

If you listen to many of the more influential coaches, advisers, and commentators on personal and professional growth and success out there, you’ll find that there’s a commonly recurring theme that focus and specificity are essential to success and happiness alike.

Here are just a few reasons why you should take focus and specificity seriously in your life.

Often, being precise in how you handle matters can forestall later troubles and complications

It likely won’t take you too much time spent reflecting, to notice that there are just certain things in life which require a high degree of attention, specificity, focus, and care, in order to turn out right.

If, for example, you are installing a new complex network infrastructure at your workplace, failing to have a data cabling installation expert on hand to perform — or at least, oversee — the procedure, is likely to result in some pretty serious trouble if not immediately, then certainly a short way down the line.

When all is said and done, many of the problems that we encounter in our lives — including many of the most pressing and difficult to come to terms with — happen as the result of the fact that we failed to perform our due diligence at the onset of a given project.

In fact, the same is often even true of our interpersonal relationships. When marriages break down, for example, it very often happens as the final straw in a long and drawn out process, during which one or both parties failed to attentively and specifically address the issues that they saw arising in the relationship, when it would have been possible to handle them without them devolving into major crises.

Whenever you’re dealing with something that really matters — you should be as focused and specific as you can in handling it. That focus and precision can often forestall serious problems and complications down the line.

Time is limited, and to achieve meaningful things, it has to be leveraged effectively — therefore, failure to focus can have catastrophic consequences

It can be pretty disconcerting, to say the least, to reflect on your own mortality. And yet the hard reality of life is that life itself is finite, and we each only get a certain amount of time with which to do everything we want, forge meaningful relationships with other people, and leave something behind that we’re proud of.

Of course, it should go without saying that achieving meaningful things, and doing meaningful work, is difficult and requires a high degree of focus, specificity, and attention.

When you see people who are very successful in a given area of life, it is typically the case that they have been extremely focused and disciplined with their time, and have dedicated a major chunk of their waking hours to that particular field.

Allowing yourself to exist in a chronically chaotic and unfocused state, on the other hand, only means that your time, and your opportunities, disperse as a result, and that you end up with nothing meaningful to show for things as a result.

Of course, this is a nightmare scenario for most of us. So, for the sake of achieving something meaningful and uplifting with your life, it’s by far in your best interest that you leverage your time and energy effectively, and spend them on the things that matter most.

Being specific and precise in your words and in the formulation of your goals and intentions, can keep your actions in line with your true values

It would be difficult to convincingly argue that living with integrity isn’t one of the most — perhaps the very most — important thanks in life.

No matter what hardships you’re facing, or whatever other goals you may have, if you always abide by your own moral code and stay true to your values and principles, it’s possible to live life in a way that makes you proud of the person you are, and justifies and counterbalances the struggles in life, too.

On the other hand, people who betray their morals and principles for anything else, such as in order to make more money, are always figures of scorn and contempt for the rest of the world — and usually for themselves, too.

Of course, people often go against, or at least fail to live up to, their own values, not due to conscious choice so much as the fact that they just weren’t thinking very clearly about things.

If you always put an emphasis on being specific and precise in your words and in the formulation of your goals and intentions, you can exercise a much greater degree of consciousness over the way you’re conducting yourself through life, and can live with significantly more integrity as a result.

Specificity may force you into a more action-oriented mode of living, which in turn has various benefits

A lot of people are, so to speak, essentially addicted to abstract hypothesising on any number of different topics.

Sometimes this is conscious and intentional, but very often it’s just the consequence of failing to make coherent plans and to construct effective strategies for implementing those plans.

By always holding yourself to the principle of specificity, you are more likely to work through the details of your plans and goals in a systematic manner, and to turn them into things that can realistically be actioned.

The result of this — a more action-oriented mode of living — can, in turn, have various benefits, not least of all greater productivity.

The Benefits of Outsourcing For Your Small Business

Two of the focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. When taking your business from the startup phase to the next stages of growth, it’s important to figure out which tasks you can still handle yourself, and what tasks make sense to outsource. The following contributed is thus entitled, The Benefits of Outsourcing For Your Small Business.

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When you are starting up in business there will be many things that you will be looking at and need to take control with, as well as looking to keeps costs as low as possible. Of course, there will be some things that you do need to spend on regardless of cost, but there will be plenty of other things that you can be more frugal about. And saving in those early stages is such a good idea, simply because it help with cash flow, mean less interest or debt for your business, as well as give you some peace of mind.

One of the things that can cost a lot of money for your business, are employees. You as the owner may or may not have chosen to take a wage from the business. But there may be others working for you that will need just that. Plus, when you become an employer, there can be other things that you need to factor into your costing, such as insurance or pension contributions, depending on what the guidelines are where your business is. So how can you eliminate some of those costs? Of course, you need a team to help your business to grow, as you’ll be unlikely to be able to do it all yourself.

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Outsourcing is something that is pretty big business at the moment, just because of the cost saving benefits. But it is also pretty big business because of the technology that we now have that makes this kind of remote working much easier. And as a result, it means that you are able to hire experts in their field to get the work done, regardless of where they are located. So outsourcing is something that can really help the cost of starting out.

An example, would be outsourcing something like your IT services. If you had to have a person or team dedicated to that, even though it may not be something that is relevant all of the time, then you will be paying them for when they don’t really have much work to do. But if you visit SimplyClouds, for example, it shows that you are just hiring the outsourcing IT team for the jobs that you need to have done (like setting up the cloud or using backup IT services). So in those early days when things are tight, outsourcing really is a great way to go. It can take a little time to find the right people and set it all up, but once you have done so, it can mean there are there to call on when you need them.

As the business owner it is your job to make sure that you are doing the things that can help your business to grow. And outsourcing is a great way to do just that, as it means you don’t have to be doing the smaller day to day to jobs. They still need to be done, and it is important that they get done. But as the business owner, the core focus of the business is what you should be spending your time doing.