Chapter 5

Do I own a business, or just a job?

Công ty của tôi, hay công việc của tôi?

The chapter's question

If I disappeared for two weeks without contact, what would break first?

Big idea

The only test of a system is the absence of the person who built it.

In this chapter

  1. Part 5.1

    Two Days Before Two Weeks

    What did my last two offline days reveal as depending on me?

  2. Part 5.2

    The Call List

    Who called me last week, and who should have handled each call?

  3. Part 5.3

    The One Bottleneck Worth Keeping

    After letting go, which single job do I keep, and why that one?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 3 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of Only I Can Do This is free to read right here.

Read in Conan School

Chapters of Only I Can Do This

  1. 1.I'm busy all week, but doing whose work?
  2. 2.Why shouldn't I hand off what I hate first?
  3. 3.Which decisions should I let go of?
  4. 4.Did I hire wrong, or not know what I needed?
  5. 5.Do I own a business, or just a job?