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Alas, as entrepreneurs, we neither have the divine advantage of eight hands like Goddess Kali nor the strength that the immortals do. The ground reality presents a different scenario of course. Entrepreneurs are relentlessly putting in 80 plus hour weeks in the hope that they will be able to scale their business to potential. They think<\/em><\/span> they are scaling their business when in reality they are trying to grow the business. They think that being away from their business would be sacrilege. They have a team and think that they are delegating<\/em><\/span> tasks appropriately.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Truth be told, entrepreneurs spend most of their time in ‘ contractor<\/em><\/span> ‘ mode, wherein it becomes incumbent upon them to be deciding for others<\/em><\/span>, what one call ‘ the deciding trap<\/em><\/span> ‘ , where you are task rabbiting as outlined by author Mike Michalowicz<\/em> <\/span>in the updated edition of his book \u00a0Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself \u2013 Revised and Expanded .\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We have all heard this before but it is still worth reiterating- when a business doesn\u2019t depend on the owner, it becomes more profitable and saleable. The inability to delegate effectively<\/em><\/span> is a serious achilles heel amongst business owners. This applies to leaders in large organisations as well and hence not typical to entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A growth mindset( more time, more effort, and hopefully better results) limits the possibility of the business realising its true potential which will come from having a scaling mindset<\/em><\/span>, where they leverage resources to achieve the same or better results with less effort.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Working\u00a0is\u00a0Not\u00a0Productivity<\/span><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0The message once(and even now) was loud and clear.\u00a0Relentless self-optimisation\u00a0was a way to cope, but is it really?\u00a0Humans are NOT search engines<\/em><\/span>\u00a0!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There has been always something obscene about the\u00a0cult of the hustle<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0the\u00a0treadmill\u00a0of\u00a0alienated insecurity<\/em><\/span> that tells you that the moment you stop running for even an instant, you will be flung flat on your face. Arbeit Macht Frei<\/em>.\u00a0Meaning work sets you free<\/em><\/span>. These words first appeared in an 1873 German novel. And later got adopted by the Nazis<\/em><\/span> as a slogan. The mantra of work as freedom or a magical route to happiness has proved incredibly resilient. The reality is that for billions of people around the world ,\u00a0work is a tightrope walk oscillating between indignity and survival<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Entrepreneurs suffer from the ‘ hero-trap<\/em><\/span> ‘, a delusional state that tells them that they are Hercules<\/em><\/span> + \u00a0Machiavelli<\/i><\/span> combined. Sorry to disappoint the Type A Alpha, you are not. So, time to stop playing the Queen Bee<\/em><\/span> role and start welcoming support and inspiring others to excel.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, contractor, ready to enter into a contract with the architect in you? So that you can design, decide, delegate? 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