Kit BarberOwner, Kit Coaching · Business Coach and Mentor

The real reason you can't delegate

5 Jun 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief advice video, the speaker explains why many professionals struggle to delegate tasks: they avoid the upfront effort of training others, mistakenly believing they are saving time. The speaker frames this avoidance as "borrowing time" from the future, which accrues interest. The core recommendation is to invest a few minutes now to record a Loom screencast that walks through the task, thereby creating a reusable training resource. This small upfront investment (about five minutes) is presented as a way to save many hours later, freeing the viewer from repetitive work and enabling true delegation.

If you're drowning in your own to-do list and the thought of stopping to train someone feels like a luxury you can't afford, that feeling is exactly what's keeping you stuck. Every time you grab the jog back because it's quicker, you skip the only step that actually frees you. You're not saving time, you're borrowing it from your future self, but with interest. Next time you catch yourself doing it, stop. Open Loom, record your screen, talk through it once. 5 minutes today is going to save you 5 hours next month.