I have a tendency to follow the "do everything yourself" mantra, where everything refers to things I actually enjoy doing but may include an excessive number of

I have a tendency to follow the "do everything yourself" mantra, where everything refers to things I actually enjoy doing but may include an excessive number of tasks for a single person to do with great efficiency or skill. Did you ever watch "Jack Of All Trades?" Well, I'm Jack, but not as awesome as Bruce Campbell. Man that show rocked. Where was I again? Oh, right. So I'll code, design, sysadmin, and all this other stuff. I'd be a genius if I weren't so average at all of them. The problem becomes, though, that since I've been doing all this stuff for so long I'm very reluctant to actually let someone replace me. What if they're incompetent? What if they're really smart but lazy? How do I manage them when I can't even reliably manage myself? What do I do about the fact that I've become so used to being in complete control of everything? I think there's something to be said about just finding someone smart and talented to do something you have no idea how to do. I definitely take this approach with all business matters as they are forever deferred to Dan; I have no desire to gain more than a cursory understanding of how that stuff works. Sometimes I'll want to learn a bit more about what caused the financial crisis or what some business term is and I'll ask, but it's only out of curiosity, not because I want to actually use that knowledge for anything. A prerequisite to buying a microwave isn't knowing how it works, at least for me. I only care whether or not it heats shit up.