445: How To Get Your Life Back In A Seven-Day-A-Week Construction Business

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style= "color: #0000ff;"><strong>This Podcast Is Episode Number 445, And It's About How To Get Your Life Back In A Seven-Day-A-Week Construction Business</strong></span></h1> <div>Construction business owners already have a time-consuming and challenging job running their business. If their business is open five days a week, they usually need the weekend to catch up on paperwork, pay bills and manage any tasks they didn't get to during the week. </div> <div> </div> <div>For those with a seven-day-a-week business, there's even less time off. They often feel the need to be onsite whenever the company is open to deal with unanticipated issues, help the staff out, and ensure all tasks are completed. </div> <div> </div> <div>Being onsite seven days a week isn't healthy or productive, however. It can cause burnout and result in errors being made. It affects the construction owner's personal life and quality of life, not to mention their overall well-being. </div> <div> </div> <div> <div> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Here are three tips for getting your life back when you operate a seven-day-a-week business. </span></p> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0600ff;">1. Hire a trusted manager</span><br /> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">The next best thing to having you onsite all the time is to have a manager with authority similar to yours who can be onsite when you aren't. Invest money in hiring a manager to deal with operations so you can take days off. Train that person to deal with any issues you anticipate and make sure they know and understand the business inside and out. Give them the authority to make decisions in your absence. It might take a little time to build up trust with that manager, but they will be invaluable to you when you have them.  </span></p> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0600ff;">2. Delegate tasks you don't need to do</span><br /> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">As a small business owner, you have regular duties that need to