How Valuable is Your Time?

I was talking to my mentor a few weeks ago, complaining about how messy my house was, and also how I was too busy to clean (yeah I know, good excuse!).  We discussed me hiring a cleaner to come and clean my house once a week.  Now this is something I would not even have considered several years ago.  Cleaners are expensive!

But let’s look at it this way….

Let’s just say that when I am working on my business I make around $60 per hour and what I earn is a direct reflection of my efforts (no passive income).  If it was going to take me two hours to clean the house, then I would lose $120 of income ($60 per hour x 2).  If I spent those two hours working, I’d make $120 for the same amount of time, right?

Ok, now what if I were to hire a cleaner to come and clean my house for me?

I don’t know where you live, but I can tell you now that I do not personally know of any cleaners anywhere who make $60 per hour – if there are, then I congratulate them for standing out amongst the rest.  But for the majority, even $50 per hour is a big ask.

But let’s assume I were to hire a cleaner at $50 per hour.  To clean my house, this would cost me $100 for two hours, right?

This means I’m out of pocket $100, but I actually made $120 because I worked for those two hours, so I’m actually $20 in front!

Can you see the difference?  Ok, I’ve not kept my entire $120, but I did keep some.  If I’d decided to clean my house myself, then I would not have made a cent during that time, so the obvious choice here (assuming I can’t bribe my husband/children/neighbour to do it for me) is to hire somebody to come and do it for me, so I can concentrate on making money in my business.

While many people may not like the idea of handing over their hard-earned money to an outsourcer, consider what you hope to gain from the transaction. By freeing up this extra time, you can either work on other aspects of building your business, or you can take some time out to relax – if you’re a business owner, you deserve it!

Look at those who inspire you in a business sense, and notice that they do not carry the entire workload of the business – they’re too smart for that!

I recently learned how wonderful it was to outsource some of my work to somebody else and I will continue to outsource becuase the benfits of doing so are huge!

Unless you’ve got an internet marketing degree (is there such a thing?), then you will find yourself stuck spending hours in front of your computer finding ways to drive traffic to your website.  Why do this when you can pay somebody else to do this hard work for you?

We have on offer a huge range of Marketing and Design services to help any business owner who wants to free up some time so they can concentrate on making more money, so please feel free to check them out at our Services page and Contact us if you have any questions.

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