Letting Go of the Day-to-Day: Why You Need to Focus on the Big Picture
Congratulations! You did it. You started your own business, and things have never been better. Your business is a success, all your hard work is paying off, and you are busier than ever.
This was always the dream. You can be flexible with your time, enjoy the fruits of your labour, and focus on growing and upscaling — right? If you’re not quite there yet, don’t worry. Here’s how outsourcing can help you shift your attention away from day-to-day tasks and towards the bigger picture.
Could your day-to-day admin tasks be stopping you from achieving the life and business you really want?
Instead of focusing on your area of expertise, getting creative, meeting clients, and networking, do you find yourself weighed down by a never-ending admin task list?
From replying to emails from customers, clients, and suppliers to updating your socials on a regular basis, it’s easy to see how your diary can quickly feel unmanageable.
The truth is, whilst these tasks are necessary and vital to the smooth running of any business, they could distract you from focusing on what really matters — the tasks that bring you value, enhance motivation, and grow inspiration. These are the areas that get you out of the rut of the minutiae and let you embrace the big picture.
What are the benefits of outsourcing?
Outsourcing can help you reclaim time and freedom to focus on your bigger picture. In this way, it can save you from the fiddly admin tasks that could be taking you away from building your success.
Taking back control and having a say on where you focus your expertise is the most significant benefit of outsourcing.
When you outsource using VA services, you can benefit from true control, allowing you to focus on innovation, development, productivity, and efficiency.
How do you know when it’s time to delegate?
If you constantly think about everything you could be doing once you have completed that all-consuming admin list, it might be time to free up your mental load and precious time with a helping hand.
It’s important to remember that delegating is not ‘cheating’ or ‘being lazy’ — and it certainly does not mean giving up control. At the end of the day, you are the boss and always will be, and the best managers know how and when it’s time to delegate.
Think about all the tasks you have on your list that someone else could do for you, with minimal effort or input on your part:
Onboarding document creation
Invoice management
Data entry
Customer research
Social media creation
Blog uploads
All of these tasks are routinely required in the running of any business — they’re essential, but they can also be repetitive, time-consuming, and potentially holding you back from focusing on your overarching goals.
What is the ‘bigger picture’ and how do I find it?
What dreams and visions make you buzz with excitement?
Why did you start your business or passion in the first place?
Monotonous daily admin tasks can chip away at these all-important visions and inspirations, leaving you feeling unmotivated, stressed, and under time pressures.
Thankfully, finding your bigger picture again only takes a few steps:
Take some time to note down what you love about your business/passion and the good things it brings you, your employees, customers, or clients.
Think about what you could do with your business if you had the gift of more time.
Reflect on how far you have come since you started your journey — what are your strengths? What have you learnt? What lessons do you want to carry forward with you and why?
Plan ahead for short- and long-term goals (and update these when needed).
Are you ready to rediscover your bigger picture?
Remember that dream you had when you started your business? It’s time to make that into an achievable and believable reality.
Bizzybee is here to help business owners and freelancers focus on the bigger picture again with virtual assistant and social media services. Take a look at all the different ways I can act as your helping hand, and if something you need isn’t listed, then let’s chat — we can always find a workaround together.
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