MP Mueller published Holding the Business Owner Accountable addressing problems business owner have holding themselves accountable to deadlines and tasks when there is no one above them to keep them on track.
Part of the problem, of course, is that there’s no one to tell me that if I don’t get those tasks done, it’s going to affect my annual review. After all, I am the one giving me a deadline or ultimatum, and I have found that I can almost always cajole myself into an extension or distract myself with another “look over there!” But this seems to be changing.