If you want to be more efficient, learn to delegate

Entrepreneurs know only too well that attention to detail is critical in business, including having an innate understanding of all aspects of a company’s activities such as cash flow, product manufacturing, operations, customer management, sales and marketing. But that doesn’t necessarily mean trying to myopically do everything yourself - that could be a recipe for disaster and inevitable burnout as an entrepreneur/founder. If you are trying to juggle every aspect of running a business, chronic fatigue is not simply on the cards, but the chances are you will inevitably miss a key task or client deadline if you are trying to pack too much into every waking hour. The key is learning to delegate key tasks and specialist areas of business operations to others who are skilled and experienced to deliver what is needed. Build a trusted team if you want to free up valuable time and energy to focus on more critical parts of your business. Or alternatively, look at the possibility of outsourcing key tasks to specialist suppliers, freelancers or solopreneurs. Finally, harness the power of technology to fulfill those mundane tasks that can be carried out automatically with the right systems in place. As serial entrepreneur Richard Branson says, “If you really want to grow as an entrepreneur, you’ve got to learn to delegate.”