What is the Best Use of Your Time?

​How are you today?  Energized - optimistic - well-rested?

Or, your schedule could be busier than that. You might have work on your mind - or maybe your actually in the office!  I hope not.  However, sometimes that's just the way it goes in this day and age. Right?  

I have a question for you...as a business owner what is the best use of your time? 

If we find ourselves stressed at work - working longer hours - burdened by the weight of it all. Is that the life we really want? 

Here’s a thought - and most of us know this situation very well...

We go through the day busy, but at the end of it our pile of “to do” items actually grew larger. You thought you made progress, but possibly you went backwards - or, at best, sideways. Sure, important meetings  happened -  emails went out -  printer toner was purchased -  important decisions were made! Lots happened and things got done.  Then why the nagging feeling that not enough of the right kind of work got done?
Again I ask...what is the best use of your time?

Typically, when we sense that not enough progress is happening, what usually follows is we redouble our efforts. We work harder - take on more responsibility - we work even longer hours. This depressing, burn-out scenario plays out over and over again.  

Here’s something we must ask ourselves… 

• Are we acting like true leaders by delegating work that is more appropriate to be handled by other team members?
• Do we trust our team to take care of important matters?
• Have we properly trained our team so they naturally grow into greater levels of responsibility?

Or…

• Do we feel that we have to do it all by ourselves? 
• That nothing will get done if we don’t do it. 
• That no one could possibly do a better job than we would. 

One path leads to professional and personal freedom - business success - greater wealth.

The other does not. Which path do you want? It’s a decision we all have to make day by day. 

If you want business success and real work & life balance - you have to surround yourself with a strong team.  

We can’t do it alone. 

If you want help building a strong team click here to learn more about our approach to business coaching.