Q. I recently expanded my business – I now have another broker on staff and a person in a support role. While it’s great to have people to delegate to, I often find myself getting involved in ‘their parts’ of the deals instead of the strategy stuff. How do I stop this?
When people start scaling their businesses, they often encounter this challenge and it’s not necessarily that you don’t ‘trust the team’ or are struggling to ‘let go’.
When you’re choosing these more familiar tasks, it’s more likely you’re actively avoiding the newer pieces of running the business.
Essentially, you’re procrastinating.
Avoidance procrastination is a form of coping where a person changes their behaviour to avoid thinking about, feeling, or doing difficult things. For example, chasing up supporting docs or settlements instead of finalising the forecast for the next financial year ... Sounds familiar?
But – as we all know – avoiding stress tends to exacerbate anxiety rather than alleviate it. We typically don’t stop thinking about whatever it is that needs to be done. Rather, we continue to feel stressed about it until it gets done.
