02 · The real cost
Delegating shouldn’t cost more than doing it yourself.
Forty minutes explaining a fifteen-minute task. Checking it twice anyway. Redoing it on Sunday night. Somewhere in month two, you quietly took it all back.
That usually isn’t a work-ethic problem. It’s a handoff problem. Nobody ever wrote anything down.
Explaining the task again
0:40
Checking because you’re not sure
0:25
Redoing it Sunday night
1:15
The task itself
0:15
An illustration, not a statistic. You already know your own numbers.
03 · What comes off your plate
Your week on the left. Mine on the right.
Calendar & inbox
Inbox triage and replies
Handled · documented
Scheduling and follow-up
Handled · confirmed
Meeting notes and actions
Handled · assigned
Books
Bank and card reconciliation
Handled · reconciled
Invoicing, AR and AP
Handled · scheduled
Month-end close pack
Handled · prepared
Operations & dispatch
Load coordination and ETAs
Handled · updated
BOL, POD and delivery orders
Handled · filed
After-hours shipment triage
Handled · escalated
Difference
14:00
Three columns most owners hire two or three people to cover.
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Twenty minutes, and you’ll know.
Bring the two or three things you keep pushing to Sunday. I’ll tell you which one I’d take first, how I’d write it down, and what it would cost.
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