Post by Zirtual

Most executives wouldn't pay someone $50/hour to schedule meetings, yet they do it themselves every day. A professional earning $100K annually has an hourly rate of roughly $50. Yet many are routinely spending hours on tasks–email management, calendar coordination, expense reports–that could be handled for $15-25/hour. The Problem: When senior talent does administrative work themselves, organizations lose what matters most: strategic thinking time. Studies on executive effectiveness consistently show that the highest performers protect their cognitive bandwidth for decisions only they can make. Everything else is a liability on the balance sheet, even if it doesn't show up there. A Different Question: Instead of "What can I get done today?" perhaps the better question is "What am I doing that prevents someone else from growing into it?" The cost of doing everything yourself isn't just your time. It's the strategic opportunities you miss and the team development that never happens. Worth considering where your $50/hour is actually going. #productivity #virtualassistant #financialplanning #finance #money