“I'll just do it myself.”

It's one email. A quick question. A meeting that needs moving. None of it takes long. And that's exactly why you do it yourself.

The problem isn't the single task. It's the sum. Twenty “quick” things a day don't add up to a clear head – they add up to a morning in which nothing that truly moves your business forward got done.

Small tasks aren't small

Every interruption costs more than the minutes it takes. You have to get back in, remember where you were, reprioritize. That's energy missing from your decisions.

Signs it's time

• You catch up in the evening on what didn't fit into the day.
• You're the bottleneck everyone is waiting for.
• Strategic topics have been postponed for weeks.

Delegating doesn't mean giving up control. It means distributing responsibility so you can work where only you can.