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<\/a>to. It all sounded wonderful until\u2026<\/p>\n\u2026they started telling us about their work schedule.<\/p>\n
Bob was at the restaurant by 7:30am in the morning, cooking breakfast for the guests and prepping for the evening meals. Then late in the afternoon, just as he was finishing up, his wife Lori would arrive to take over with managing dinner at the restaurant.<\/p>\n
Most days they hardly saw each other except for those where Bob worked from 7:30am until 10:30pm.<\/p>\n
Bob and Lori were living in paradise but with little time to enjoy it and despite having built up a successful business in a few short years, were trying to sell it and move.<\/p>\n
What went wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n On the face of it, Bob and Lori were doing everything right. They\u2019d picked a great location, paid attention to all the details, were focused on their customers \u2013 and always willing to put in whatever hours it took to make it work \u2013 and in doing so had become slaves to their business.<\/p>\n Are you a slave to your business too?<\/strong><\/p>\n Almost every entrepreneur and small business owner I know makes the same mistake. When in doubt, they work harder putting in endless hours so that while their business may be successful, they don\u2019t have time to enjoy the fruits of their labor.<\/p>\n How about you? Is your goal to work harder, put in more hours and have little time to enjoy family or friends or\u2026<\/p>\n \u2026is it to do the opposite?<\/p>\n Instead of working harder, wouldn\u2019t you like to work smarter, to manage your business so that you could quit at 4pm every day. Or take weeks off at a time to take vacations with your family and friends?<\/p>\n Discover how to work less, and make more >><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n One last tip.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re a control freak with your business \u2013 welcome to the crowd. Most entrepreneurs and small business owners are too. According to Bob\u2019s wife Lori \u2013 he even insists on making his own applesauce when he bakes applesauce cake.<\/p>\n Paying attention to the details is important \u2013 but more important is setting up systems so others can do it for you even if it\u2019s finding someone else to make applesauce that meets your standards.<\/p>\n