It’s no secret, Outsourcing is a godsend for any business big or small and for what you pay with money, you get back in time, time to … yep, make more money. Last year I bought the 4 hour work week upon hearing all the rave reviews and oh my, was it a good purchase. I was completely blown away by the insight into the author’s skill of delegating tasks and basically not having to run his business like “normal people”. His business was virtually running itself and he was making a lot of money.

I have been successfully outsourcing small tasks for a good few months now and I couldn’t be happier with the results. Sure you do have to spend a bit of time writing up briefs and yes, there is a bit of guidance for the contractor, but in doing this, I have saved countless hours (and headaches) that are used for doing what I love doing, designing.

For 2009 I have big plans, and outsourcing is going to play a big part in my business. For a one man band, I hope that in having more time, I can get more work and also work on my side projects and niche micro sites some more. After shifting my way of thinking about how a business should be run – Thank you Tim! – I will be investing more into outourcing and thus generating even more passive income, and so rinse and repeat.