You do NOT have to check this off before delegating in your business (as a mom looking to scale her online empire!)

Let’s play myth busters again with a common concern of growing and scaling business owners: when do I know it’s time to delegate? When am I allowed to outsource?

Here we go. Myth or truth:

• You can only outsource after you’ve learned to do everything in your business yourself.
• You’re allowed to delegate, but only after you’ve had your first successful launch.
• You need to hit your first six-figure year before you’re allowed to delegate anything – because it’s proof of concept.
• You have to be at max personal capacity before you can bring on team.
• You can only bring on team after*you’ve proven you can “do it yourself” and “go it alone” as a solopreneur.

What do you feel like you have to do first before you’re allowed to delegate anything?

(It’s probably untrue.)

You’ve got this!

Alyssa

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Transcript

This is the Unbusy Mom, and today we’re talking about what you *don’t* have to check off before you’re delegating in your business!

Let’s play myth busters again with a common concern of growing and scaling business owners: when do I know it’s time to delegate? When am I allowed to outsource?

Here we go. Myth or truth:

1. You can only outsource after you’ve learned to do everything in your business yourself.
2. You’re allowed to delegate, but only *after* you’ve had your first successful launch.
3. You need to hit your first six-figure year *before* you’re allowed to delegate anything – because it’s proof of concept.
4. You have to be at max personal capacity before you can bring on team.
5. You can only bring on team *after* you’ve proven you can “do it yourself” and “go it alone” as a solopreneur.

What do you feel like you have to do first before you’re *allowed* to delegate anything?

*That’s* the rub. (And it’s probably untrue.)

Look, you don’t need to know how to do every single thing in your business before you can hand it off. Most things, sure. 

But I bet there are some that are so painful to you, you’re just stumbling through them (‘cause they’re not in your gifting). 

No, you don’t have to turn yourself into a bookkeeper extraordinaire before you pay for accounting help. We’re focusing on your strengths here, right?

Number two: allowed to delegate, but only after you launch.

Look, everyone’s revenue strategies are different. 

Maybe you’re never launching because you’re going evergreen! Or maybe you’re already doing pretty well pulling in that income without ever doing a quarterly launch – and you can *already* afford the team.

If you want that support, go get it – you don’t have to “prove” that your business can support a VA based on whether you’re not you’re on launch model. That’s just unrealistic.

Number three – hitting six figures before delegating in order to “prove” your business is a success. Uh, can we just call BS here? 

Your business is a success at 5 figures, honey – six figures is *not* the magic number! 

And if you’ve been growing, and gaining clients, and paying yourself, then the time factor is the one that really matters as to when you should hire your first VA or OBM.

Number four – being at max personal capacity before you’re allowed to bring on team.

This is nuts right from the get-go, and I’ll explain why.

It takes time to train a new person, right? (Think back to your kids doing chores!) 

You’ve got to hover over them a bit, explain your standards for bathroom cleaning (or batch scheduling), check their work before it goes live (or company comes over) the first few times, and generally build trust and rapport with each other.

When you’ve got that history of excellence – you *know* they’re going to check off their tasks without hand-holding from you – *that’s* when you’ve got the finalized, ready-to-go CEO-and-VA relationship. 

Not before.

And all that takes time, my friend. Time that you *don’t* have if you’re stretched to the margins, trying to attend to all the clients and the filming or podcast editing and graphic designing yourself!

Better to hire in *advance* of that “full up” status, and leave yourself margin for training your new hire. Trust me, you’ll feel far more sane that way.

And number five, this idea that you can only bring on team *after* you’ve proven you can “do it yourself” or “go it alone” as a solopreneur.

Ha, ha. Every step of your journey up to this point has been alone.

You’ve *already* been doing this! And so what? For what? What does “I made it to six figures without anyone’s help” actually get you?

A bit of ego, maybe. And a whole lot of stress along with it.

Do the smart thing, and hire *before* you need it – ‘cause a breakdown ain’t anyone’s idea of fun.

Don’t push yourself past your limits just so you can say “yeah, I did it too – all by myself” like it’s some sort of magic badge or something.

You’re *not* a better entrepreneur for refusing to take on help. In fact, I’d say you’re a worse one.

It’s called falling into the trap of pride.

Let someone else help you, and you’ll enjoy the journey of business far more.

(Plus, it’ll help you cut back on your hours if you’re in a kid-heavy stage of your family! Or need more time to take care of an aging parent. Or maybe you’re moving!)

Getting to work LESS means you’ve just given yourself MORE options with your life.

More time with your kids, more time with your husband, more time to put towards your own wellness – more TIME. And that’s exactly what I’m creating with you during this work/life balance program.

So, what do you think? Any of those five myths hit home to you? (Or did multiple of them?)

Let’s retrain your mind to “getting help isn’t something I have to prove I’m worthy of” and call it a day.

Because if you can retain *that* in your head every time you worry about finding the right person and whether or not you’re turning in all your street cred by getting help – I guarantee you that your mental game will be a whole lot stronger for the long run.

And we all know business is a long run.

So get that help, before you need it, and learn to revel in it.

It’s your business’s version of self-care.

You can do it.

(Just not all of it.)