I recently had a startling realization: in a single day, the 375 or so people in my organization put in more work hours than I do in an entire year.
It's an odd place to be for an entrepreneur who is used to the idea that if I want the business to perform better, all I have to do is find a way to work more late nights or weekends. But once you get a business off the ground, at some point you find your role has changed: You're not a doer, you're a leader. And that's a very different job than the entrepreneurial one that probably got you where you are.
This doesn't just apply to entrepreneurs or leaders of very large teams. Even if you manage a team of just 10 people, that group will put in the equivalent of two weeks of your work in a single day.
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