Laurie McAleenan

by Laurie McAleenan, Originally published October 1, 2024 As small business owners and entrepreneurs, we pour our hearts and souls into our business. We create the business plan and do all the things that keep the business operating. We make sacrifices of time, money, sleep, and meals to ensure success. It’s a well-oiled machine. Until it isn’t. What happens when the solopreneur gets sick? A bonus to being self-employed is the ability to create our own schedule, but for most of us, that does...

Years later, I realized that my failed attempts at keeping a daily routine revolved around three primary reasons: I created a schedule based on someone else’s life, I treated everything on my schedule as a priority, and I didn’t include breaks.

The problem, I’ve discovered, is not a lack of capable and committed people willing to help. It’s that people don’t know how to delegate effectively and are afraid to let go, even a little. So they assume there’s no way forward.