I don’t particularly like dealing with finances so I delegate as much as I can to an accountant, who loves this sort of thing and is good at it. However, I keep all my receipts and records in impeccable order so I don’t pay them to do work I can easily do myself.

Similarly, as a team, we all enjoy doing different types of tasks, usually those we are good at, so I’m careful to delegate jobs to the most effective person.

I’m sure you don’t need me to repeat all the statistics we hear about how many hours we spend working or waiting or doing mundane tasks or ironing and other household chores.

Is it worth doing something that drains our energy or makes us miserable?       

What will you do with the extra 5 minutes every hour, or an afternoon per week or a week a year? Would you develop more business – if that’s what you like to do? Would you take a week’s holiday? Would you have more me-time or spend more time with family or friends. Or all of the above?

So is it worth working when you could be having fun doing business?