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Say you're out of reach for one week this December, with no calls and no email. What stop…
Say you're out of reach for one week this December, with no calls and no email. What stops?
Intuit QuickBooks surveyed 1,305 U.S. small business owners last December. 57% said the business made them miss a personal milestone in the past year. 24% missed a planned family vacation, and 18% missed a critical health checkup.
The same owners were asked what winning would look like. The top answer, at 35%, wasn't a big sale. It was a business that runs profitably without them. Selling for life-changing money came last, at 8%.
That gap usually isn't about working harder. It's about the handful of things only the owner can do, and nobody has written them down.
Before the holidays, make that list. Who can approve a payment, and up to what amount. Who handles it when a customer calls with a problem. Who can get into the accounts that matter with their own login, not yours. Which bills, payroll runs and renewals land that week.
Then hand one item off for real while you're still around to answer questions.
You won't clear the whole list by December. A week away, with one thing handled by someone else, is a real start.
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