{"id":42363,"date":"2023-10-20T15:20:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/top-10-challenges-faced-by-sole-traders-page-3-of-10-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:20:39","slug":"top-10-challenges-faced-by-sole-traders-page-3-of-10-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/top-10-challenges-faced-by-sole-traders-page-3-of-10-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 challenges faced by sole traders &#8211; Page 3 of 10 &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>3. Time management<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18763\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/feature-working-late.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"230\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re rushing between meetings with clients, setting up systems in your home office or simply tackling the red tape of running a business, there\u2019s one thing in short supply as a solo operator \u2013 time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Soloists often talk of being pulled in several directions at once, with no staff to delegate tasks to in order to relieve the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One way to cut down on the time-sapping tasks that clutter up your day is to outsource things such as admin and IT, <a href=\"jane-shelton\/how-can-i-bring-myself-to-outsource-tasks\/201203125640.html\">as explained in this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But if you\u2019re determined to tackle everything yourself, time management is a critical challenge that you must meet if your business is to grow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The solution?<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Polly McGee, co-founder of Startup Tasmania, says that feeling overwhelmed is a normal part of being a soloist and has put together <a href=\"mumpreneurs\/five-actions-steps-to-avoid-feeling-overwhelmed\/201203145670.html\">five great tips<\/a> on how to manage your time a little better.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverwhelm is a terrible feeling, and one that is easy to fall into when trying to juggle lots of competing priorities, feeling like everyone else is coping except you,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes you need to play hooky from the stress, and remember that some time for play, along with the right action steps, can take the overwhelming feeling and reduce it to the manageable sum of its parts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3. Time management &nbsp; &nbsp; Whether you\u2019re rushing between meetings with clients, setting up systems in your home office or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}