Yesterday,
I talked about
how we shouldn’t delegate tasks
that we love.
We also shouldn’t delegate tasks
that will never
save us time.
Yes, initially,
it will take longer
for us to delegate
a task
than do it ourselves.
We have to train
the person
and likely quality control
the output.
But once training is complete,
delegation of that task
should save us time.
If it doesn’t save us time,
we either have the wrong person
doing the task
or the task shouldn’t be delegated
at all.
For example,
a family member sends me emails
asking me to order items
for him
from a large online store.
He gives me
detailed instructions.
He picks up the item
from me.
And he gives me cash
for the item.
It would be MUCH faster
for him
to simply order it himself.
(He refuses to do this
for some unknown reason.)
His delegation
is not only costing me time
but it is costing him
MORE time.
Don’t delegate tasks
that will never
save you time.