THE CASE FOR GOOD ENOUGH
When you hold onto every task because “no one will do it as well as me,” you’re making a trade-off you probably haven’t done the math on. What if you were to hire a virtual assistant?
Ask yourself this:
What is your time worth per hour? Now multiply that by every hour you spend on tasks someone else could do at 70%. That’s the real cost of perfectionism.
By hiring a virtual assistant, at 70%, a delegated task still gets done. Emails still go out. The bookkeeping still happens. The content still gets posted. And while those things are handled, you’re freed up to do the $500/hour work — the strategy, the relationships, the vision.
✅ HOW TO ACTUALLY LET GO
Here’s a simple framework to start delegating without your stomach dropping:
1. List everything you did last week. Every task, no matter how small.
2. Mark what only you can do. (Be honest — it’s probably fewer things than you think.)
3. Pick one task to hand off this week. Just one. Done imperfectly still moves the business forward.
4. Resist the urge to redo it. Feedback is fine. Redoing it yourself defeats the purpose.
Remember: your team (or contractor, or VA) can improve over time. But they can’t improve if you never give them the chance.