This is part 6 of a series of 18 articles I wrote for Entrepreneur.com.

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There’s a special kind of burnout reserved for founders who refuse to let go. I call it the founder’s trap — the belief that if you don’t do it yourself, it won’t get done right. Spoiler: it will. Just differently.

I break delegation into three levels. Level 1: routine decisions that are clearly in someone’s wheelhouse. Just hand them over. Level 2: decisions that stretch someone’s capacity but still have guardrails. Level 3: specialized work where your involvement actually makes things worse because you’re not the expert.

The hardest part isn’t the framework — it’s accepting that delegated work won’t look exactly like yours. That’s a feature, not a bug. Different perspectives make better outcomes.

Read the full article on Entrepreneur.com

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Previously: Why You Have to Let People Fail | Next up: Quit Chasing Vanity Metrics