Coming from the tech world, a lot of my focus has been setting up processes, piece-meal outsourcing and letting employees have more autonomy. Recently we even set up a small team in the Philippines to handle data entry.
However, I've grown to appreciate his view as well over the years.
Next step up is stuff outside of your core-competency. So that's where the CPA comes in to take some financial stuff off your plate. This can be hybrid with an admin assistance.
Then you get into the "core" functions. For a media creator, that might mean editing. Again, it's easy to fall into a trap of thinking some other editor won't be able to match your style or voice. But when you hire someone who sees themself as primarily an editor, and they're good at their job, they're really good at adapting and adopting voice.
With all of these things, often the person you're offloading to can't match your output 1:1. But if they can get you 90% completed rough drafts of the final deliverable, there's immense value there all the same.
However, to push back a bit, I think sometimes it’s easy to believe that we’re the only ones who can do something because we’re the only ones who have lived and breathe it for 5+ (Pick your number) years. And one might be surprised if they actually tried outsourcing how competent some folks can be.