Today, I want to talk with you about why doing everything yourself in your business is a bad habit and how to break it.
I’ll readily admit: I am a recovering DIYer.
For a long time, I chose to do most tasks in my business myself instead of outsourcing to someone else. Someone who could do it better than me and much faster than me.
A lot of times, I chose to teach myself how to do things in business instead of purchasing courses or joining programs that would give me a step-by-step process to follow. Because of this, it took me months to cobble together certain systems and strategies in my business, whereas it would have taken maybe two weeks if I had simply invested in a course or coach to give me a proven process to follow.
Maybe you can relate?
Doing everything myself or teaching myself everything was a bad habit that took a long time to break. But now that I’ve broken it, I have so much more time to focus on my zone of genius and focus on the needle-moving tasks that have the biggest impact on my business.
I’ll admit, it’s still not a problem that has gone away completely. But I have improved because I learned this:
Outsourcing a task or investing in courses and mentors would get me where I want to go much faster and easier than trying to get there alone.
I think what stops many of us from outsourcing the task, purchasing the course or hiring the coach is fear.
I know for me, I feared investing in a course or mentor because I was scared that their course or program wouldn’t work for me. And I feared it would be a waste of my money.
When I really dug into my fear, I realised it was unfounded because I only had to read or watch testimonials about a course to know if the content was good. I only had to check the refund policy to feel reassured that if it really did suck, I could simply ask for a refund.
And when it came to bigger investments like team members and coaches, I realised I had to rely on self-trust and intuition, because my intuition leads me to the right people at the right time. And if they in fact they were not a good fit, it was always OK to change my mind, find someone new and take lessons from the experience.
Fear of investing in myself and my business was halting my personal growth and causing me to waste time inventing my own systems and doing everything by myself.
I also feared hiring someone to take over a role or task in my business because I was scared that they wouldn’t be as good at it as I am.
I think it was James Wedmore who made a point about this that changed the game for me. He said, “it’s not about hiring someone who can do it better than you. Even if they are only 70% as good at it as you were, it’s still better than you doing it yourself.”
He is absolutely right.
Listen to this episode to learn how doing everything yourself in your business can and will lead to:
Pride and ego issues
Business stagnation, not growth
Burnout and stress
Your or your business looking amateurish (which is crazy because I KNOW you’re a pro!)
This is the perfect podcast episode for anyone who is having a hard time investing in themselves and their business!
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Hey there! I’m Nesha, the host of The Simple Business Show. I teach solopreneurs how to organize and simplify their business so they can do less and earn more. When I’m not podcasting or helping my course students, you’ll find me sipping caramel lattes in Starbucks, binge-watching This Is Us or traveling the world with my backpack and my laptop!
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