Hi Clive
on average 3 hours window cleaning per week and 112 hours working on the business.
I am not saying for one minute I am successful, but I know 100% I will be.
This year has been a major milestone in my business, I have picked up so much work my head cant keep up with it all.
IMO if you want to get where you want to be quickly, you have to get off the tools.
I am in a similar situation where I have to get out of the office dutys, I am getting bogged down with the trivial, when I should be thinking of the bigger picture.
As Duncan Bannatyne says there is no substitute for hard work, that is the biggest factor in any successful business, not luck, just plain old hard work.