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I do try to do that. I have wondered if it some type of psychological problem I have that I want to be good at everything and thus am always feeling inferior. My brain is filled with all these ideas that I want to execute but I want them all to be executed in a polished manner and I want to do it all! Not gonna happen. I need to learn to delegate to experts and not feel inferior.

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The reason we have teams and build organizations is because no one is great at everything. The skill comes in knowing how to accentuate your strengths and mitigate your weaknesses. The best mitigation is to attract people who are far more talented than you in those areas. Then as you start to lead the skill comes in knowing how to accentuate your team's strengths and mitigate their weaknesses. This will often come through outsourcing, strategic partners or acquisition.

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