Some expenses are to be expected when you’re running a business: the rent for your office space, your employee’s salaries, the cost of equipment, and so on. But over time, less noticeable, smaller expenses can also add up, quietly sabotaging the financial well-being of your company if you’re not careful.

There are lots of small business owners out there who have reached a certain level of success. We can point to them as examples and say that they are clearly operating successful businesses. And that success can be defined in many different ways. Perhaps they’re making a ton in revenue, they’re simply happy, or their team is strong and capable. The meaning of success is naturally open to interpretation.