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🔥 You're Not Bad at Delegating. You're Bad at Expectations.
Business owners come to me burnt out, doing everything themselves, and they want to hire help. Great. We build them a team. And then 60-90 days later they're frustrated because their new VA isn't doing things exactly the way they would.
Here's what I've learned after placing hundreds of virtual assistants with over 650 companies. When someone is churning through VAs and can't keep anyone, 9 times out of 10 the problem is the owner, not the assistant.
That sounds harsh. But let me explain.
When you build a system and you're the one doing everything, you develop muscle memory. You know all the shortcuts, all the context, all the little judgment calls that you make without even thinking about it. And then you hand it to someone who has less context and expect them to perform at your level in a few weeks. That's unrealistic.
It takes time for someone to grow the muscles to replicate your output consistently. Not weeks. Not months. Years. I'm telling you from experience. The people on my team who are exceptional today were not exceptional on Day 1.
They grew into it because I gave them the space to grow. And this took YEARS.
An employee is not an entrepreneur. They will never care as much as you do. They won't have the same grit or obsession that drives you. That's not a defect. That's just the nature of the relationship. And if you can't accept that, you will keep burning through people and convince yourself that delegation doesn't work. And you will continuously saying “this person sucks”, “that company sucks”…. Etc. etc. etc.
So this guide isn't just about how to delegate. It's about fixing the expectations that are keeping you stuck.
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🔥 You're Not Bad at Delegating. You're Bad at Expectations.
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