Only two activities actually generate revenue in any business
Most business activities — from Fortune 500 management to small business administration — are expenses, not revenue generators. Only two specific activities in any business actually create money: creating products and services that solve urgent problems, and marketing and selling those solutions. Everything else should be outsourced or eliminated because it doesn't generate substantial revenue. This means most of what feels like working is actually overhead. If you have cash flow and your bills are paid, doing anything worth less than $50 to $100 an hour robs you, your team, and your business of your highest-value contributions. The discipline is to ruthlessly protect your time for these two categories, and delegate everything else as quickly as possible.
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Only Two Activities Create Significant Money in Any Business
Only two activities create significant money: creating products and services that solve urgent problems, and marketing/selling those solutions. Everything else should be outsourced because it doesn't generate substantial revenue.
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Most Business Activities Are Expenses, Not Revenue
Most business activities, from Fortune 500 management to small business administration, are actually expenses rather than revenue generators. Only a very few specific activities in any business actually create money.
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Doing Low-Value Tasks Robs Your Business of Highest Contributions
No, if you have cash flow and bills paid, doing anything worth less than $50-100 per hour robs yourself, your team, and your business of your highest-value contributions.