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The first thing I really want to talk about is figuring out when you're at the point of something's got to give, and is hiring the answer to that point? Obviously, if you're to the point where you are working constantly, you feel indebted to your business, you don't feel supported by your business, you can't stop thinking about work, or you're kind of just dreading it: Congratulations, you have made your business into a job. That's not the purpose of building your own business. 

You absolutely need to be tracking your time. Sometimes you think that you don’t spend much time on that thing, but if you're tracking your time, you might realize that you’re actually spending more time on that thing than you should. You might even come to realize that you need to outsource this thing, because of funding so much of your time on it. 

After you start tracking your time and documenting everything, you’re then going to look at what you’re doing, and think about whether or not what you’re doing can be systematized or have a better process set up around it. Can this be automated? Can this be outsourced? It doesn't matter if you're not ready to outsource right now. What you’re wanting to do at this stage is go through all of your tasks and identify where you’re at with each project, and if you need a better system or process in place. 

Next, you're going to look if there are tools that you could use to automate your tasks. Those tools are often going to come with budget. But guess what: paying to automate something 9 times out of 10 is going to be cheaper than outsourcing that thing. And then you're not reliant on a human being and managing a human being. 

When you’ve identified what you need to outsource, you will know about how many hours per week or month that you need to outsource that project for, because you’ve already tracked that time. And you have documented the system around that project, so that you can make it easier. 

I know that hiring can be super scary and overwhelming for a lot of people, especially if you're already an extremely busy business owner. But this is the way you get support. This is the way that you build a business that allows you to build the life that you really want to be living outside of your business.