Starting a business is hard. Running a business is hard. Growing a business? That’s next-level hard.
Except…
There is an easy button. A way to sort out the chaos. So instead of looking like a scene from a disaster movie, your business operates with the cool precision of a surgeon.
Friend, let us introduce you to business operating systems.
Ah, the lengths we go to for more productivity. You’ve got a drawer full of abandoned planners and bullet journals, half-a-dozen productivity apps you never log into – maybe even a closet of black turtlenecks you bought in pursuit of that whole “Steve Jobs wore the same thing every day” hack.
And you still feel like your business is running you.
Running a business is a lot of things – empowering, stressful, rewarding. One thing it shouldn’t be? Chaotic.
As an entrepreneur, of course your life is going to be busy. You have the final say in every aspect of running your business, so there will always be a lot of issues competing for your attention. Throw in any effort to have a life outside of work, and it’s easy to get snowed under.
A small-business owner might work even more than the 70 hours a week the average CEO puts in. That’s not counting all the hours you spend thinking about work while trying to enjoy downtime.
Business owners know there’s a big difference between “busy” and “productive.” But for all the talk, busy work seems to be winning. A study last fall found people spend more than half their day doing “work about work” instead of work that actually means something.
(That probably wasn’t part of your mental picture when you imagined running a business, huh?)
Have you thought about hiring an executive assistant but hesitated because you’re not sure if you really need one?
What does an executive assistant do, anyway? And can they do it remotely? Part-time?
The short answer: they save your precious time so you can work more efficiently.
They might just save a bit of your sanity, as well.
