The Cash Flow Contractor 272 - Stop Juggling Everything: How Contractors Can Buy Back Their Time with John Nieuwenburg
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Sep 11, 2025 Business coach John Nieuwenburg, an expert in helping construction owners in British Columbia, shares valuable insights on reclaiming time. He emphasizes how contractors often waste 5-7 hours a week on low-value tasks. John discusses the importance of delegation, particularly using virtual assistants, to foster leadership skills. He introduces the concept of ‘attention’ as a vital resource and offers practical strategies for enhancing team culture and building a reliable talent bench, enabling contractors to focus on high-impact work.
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Dump Your 'Oh Shit' Tasks
- Create an "Oh Shit" list of weekly tasks you dread and stop doing them yourself.
- Delegate those tasks to a VA who will often perform them better and cheaper than you do.
Let The VA Write The SOP
- Train a VA by recording a 15–30 minute screen-share explaining the task and have the VA write the SOP.
- Use that SOP as the contract so future hires can reproduce the work quickly.
Ask A Different Question
- Change your question from "How can I get this done?" to "How can this get done?" to reframe ownership.
- The only thing that must change is who's doing it — it shouldn't be you.
