10 Tasks You Should Stop Doing Today (and Hand Off Instead)
Somewhere along the way, being the boss quietly turned into doing every single job in the company. You didn’t start your business to spend your evenings renaming files, chasing invoices, and playing calendar Tetris. And yet, here we are.
One of our favorite reads for clients who can’t let go, Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell, flips the script: don’t hire to grow your business, hire to buy back your time. Then reinvest those hours in the work only YOU can do (and, you know, your actual life).
So let’s get practical. Here are the ten tasks we think every small business owner should hand off first.
Inbox triage. The flagging, the filing, the unsubscribing, the endless just-checking-in replies. An organized inbox is a delegatable inbox.
Calendar Tetris. Finding a time that works for six busy people should not be the CEO’s job.
Invoicing and payment reminders. Awkward AND time-consuming. Hand it off and keep the relationships warm.
Social media scheduling. You dream up the ideas; someone else posts them at the times your audience is actually online.
Email newsletters. Drafting, formatting, testing, sending. A great VA can run the whole pipeline.
Data entry and CRM updates. Important, repetitive ,and one hundred percent delegatable.
Travel booking and event logistics. Flights, hotels, venues, catering. Let an expert sweat the details.
Proofreading. You’re too close to your own words. Fresh eyes catch what you can’t. (Misteaks happen.)
Podcast editing and guest coordination. Finding the hot spots, cutting the reels, wrangling the guests. Yes, that’s a thing you can delegate.
Research. Vendors, software comparisons, competitor snooping. Give the rabbit holes to someone else.
Once you’ve handed these off, protect the hours you get back. We’re big fans of putting real pen to real paper. The Intelligent Change Productivity Planner keeps our days honest and our priorities in check.
Curious what delegation could look like for your business? Take a peek at everything we can take off your plate, then schedule a free 15-minute call.
Your future self says thank you.
