This experience led me to believe I had to get more work off my plate, so I would hire another person. And another. And another. Until I was making decisions for an entire team and trying to do my work at night, on weekends, at the crack o’ dawn. As a result, the company became more inefficient, because all of those people were waiting for me to make decisions. Instead of capturing and utilizing the most powerful resource I had—their brains—we were all dependent on mine. As an added bonus, all those salaries drained my bank accounts.
