Most useful book i've read for ages

I've just finished reading The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber and I have to say that this is essential reading for anyone running a business who feels they don't have time to do anything!

The point of running a business is that you don't have to do all the technical work yourself. You will probably eventually want to hire staff to do some of this for you, freeing up your time to work ON the business, to develop it, rather than IN the business and trying to do everything yourself.

Many business owners know this but struggle to achieve it. Gerber takes the priciples behind business franchising and applies them to businesses like yours, graphically illustrating how to get staff to do what you want through systems, enabling the business to function like clockwork even if you're not there.

Anyone running a business flat out, and struggling to find the time to do any marketing or business development, or any employer who is constantly frustrated with staff that don't have the same commitment or attention to detail will find this book a revelation.

I've you want to check it out on Amazon, The E-Myth Revisited is in my list of business books to the left. I'm now reading the sequel, E-Myth Mastery, and will let you know if that's as useful when i've finished it.