Still Doing It All Yourself Does NOT Equal Value

Recently I lost my VA. We had been working together for over 2 years and she had my processes and schedules ‘down to a tee’. She knew what needed to get done and she did it. She took so much off my plate. But, her life changed and she had to leave. It was a tight time in the business, so I thought, “this is good timing for me, I need a little financial wiggle room. I know what has to get done, and I know how to do it. After all, I had set up all this process in the first place.” But what I forget, and my lesson for this article is, that, what I was doing, and how efficiently her and I worked together, was different than me doing everything myself.

I forgot how long it took me to do the work she was managing. I am not an expert at CANVA, in fact, it is probably easier for me to work in Adobe Elements. Easier, but not quicker. Reviewing the process, logging in to software I haven’t had to use in a while, gathering all the resources and identifying all the collateral required, designing images and social shares, scheduling, editing video, branding posts, etc. Yes, I could do it, but it quickly became a distraction to whatever else I needed to do. These “other things” I could only do when I had the time to do it, which now I did not. It was not a viable way to run a business.

If you are trying to do everything yourself, take note of these things you are stopping your business from accomplishing.

Growth beyond what you can do with your 24-hour day.
Adding more revenue to your business.
Discovering more opportunity and choice, to expand beyond your current focus.
Creating sustainable and consistent business operations.
Increasing the value of your business for the future.
Building something you can sell.
Attracting more buyers with the value and predictable income you create.

Buyers want to see a history of not only profit, but cash flow and growth opportunity. They want to be able to predict the future of the business, which is only really possible when they can see how successful it can run once you leave the company. This is success you cannot reach on your own. This is important because you cannot sell you.

Start now to remove yourself from the picture, so that one day, you are not the main asset in the business. Think of it this way. If your business is a structure, like a building, and you are the main load-bearing beam of the building, if you are removed, the structure is unsound, and will likely collapse. If you replace ‘you’ as the main beam, and everywhere you are holding up a structural wall, your building will stand when you are removed and it can continue to serve its clients, provide jobs, and contribute to the economy. Your legacy will continue.

“This article is 100% original content – The articles you read in this blog are created by Barb Stuhlemmer, not by AI.”

Still Doing It All Yourself Does NOT Equal Value

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