Kit Barber argues that the key to a business that runs without you is asking one question: "If I had to hand this to someone else tomorrow, what would they need to know?" This forces you to document processes and think in systems instead of personal tasks.
And for those items, there's just one more question that's worth asking: if I had to hand this to someone else tomorrow, what would they need to know? Now, you don't have to hand it over yet, but asking the question forces you to think in systems rather than instincts. And that shift from, ah, I'll just do it, to how would I explain this to someone else— that is where the business starts to become something that works without you.
