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On becoming a boss

As an entrepreneur for 5 years, I’ve always held onto the belief that no one could do the job as well as I can and my clients would never tolerate anyone else coming to help them out. Over the last year or so, I found that belief wasn’t really serving me or my clients well. I found myself exhausted and approaching burnout. Because I believe so strongly in providing the best computer service experience to my clients, I knew that I needed to make some changes.

Once I made that decision, a great thing happened. A former colleague contacted me about a possible employee. I spent several months interviewing, background checking and just putting them through my paces. As it turns out, I’ve gone ahead with hiring this person and I look forward to the benefits my clients will experience with additional support.

Feel the fear and do it anyway!

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One Comment

  1. Posted August 10, 2010 at 12:44 am | Permalink

    Luckily, I found a business partner that I trust early on, but now we’re trying to hire more, and I don’t trust anyone I haven’t known for a
    long time.

    How did you do your background checks? I have a candidate, but he said something one night that made me worry that he might rob my clients.

    What can I do about that? Confront him about it? Interview/check references?

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