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Originally Posted by Roberta  Steve: You are an inspirational writer and thinker. And, I know making a good
life for you and family is important. But, try not to bring chaos into your life.
Once you hire a staff, you become the employee of and organization. You have responsibilities as the ‘boss’ ceo, president etc. If your business is small you run the risk of your small staff becoming ill, pregnant etc right in the middle of a deadline...then you have to take over. Having passive income seems ideal for a writer. Besides you and Erin have organized your household to be ‘self employed’ not employees. Just something for you to think about. |
Not necessarily. Hiring a few people to take over some of the more "less creative" tasks on your plate can help to save your energy for creative endeavours. For example, in a company I work for, the first thing I did when given the role of running things was to hire an assistant who does all of my spreadsheets, and runs all my numbers. This is something I used to do myself (and hated it). She loves to do it and it frees me up to provide more value with my time.
Steve's next level of income he will be going for is probably in the $1M+/year, which means he's got to be making $3000-$4000/day. It's hard to do that when you spend half the day doing administrative things that someone else would HAPPILY do for $15-$20/hour (not sure the rates in Vegas).
My advice to you Steve would be to be REALLY particular of the attitude of the person you're hiring. Skills can be taught, but attitude is almost impossible to change. Make sure you hire someone who contributes to your level of positive energy, not the other way around. Even if it takes months to find the right person, in the end it's worth it. Once you find good staff, treat them really well because human beings offer the absolute best rate of return on investment. Just my two cents.