What Helps You to Consistently Work On vs In Your Business?

A lot of us are tightly tied to our businesses. Without us, not much happens. If there is one piece of advice I would give anyone starting a business is to write down what your role would be in that business 5 to 10 years from now.
My plan is to be only necessary for marketing and sales in the not so distant future. My eventual goal is to have team members replace me in those roles too, giving me the freedom to work on special project that I most like to work. My advice is that from the very beginning (and I didn't do this 9 years back when I started), you should have a plan to over time make you 100% unnecessary in your business.
Let me share with you what works to help me work ON my business versus working IN my business.
Please share what you do that works to keep yourself ON.