As women move up the career or business ladder, they must begin to shed some of the details of their business and focus on gaining visibility and creating alliances. Don't let yourself be either burdened or distracted by continuing to do work which you've long ago outgrown. To regain perspective, get more accomplished and make the best use of your time and talents, learn to delegate. Many women are reluctant to delegate. It's human nature to like to do what we're good at doing.
Successful women are often perfectionists.
If we do it ourselves, we know it will be perfect, or, at least, as perfect as we can make it. Although all these reasons, and more, are understandable, they also form a self-created barrier which holds us back. As women move up the career or business ladder, they must begin to shed some of the details of their business and focus on gaining visibility and creating alliances. That's hard to do, if you still cling to accomplishing even the smallest tasks yourself. Eventually you get drained, overwhelmed and lose focus.