Tag: building a business that lasts

Make It As Easy As Possible

One of the reasons
I’ve posted here
on clientk
(and before that RoadToForbes)
for decades
is…

it is dang easy.

I don’t have graphics
to search for.
I don’t have thousands
of words
to write.

I drop a thought,
likely linked
to some research
I have already done
for another project
and I’m done.

When setting up a task
or a process
or a system
or, heck, a business,
make it as easy as possible
to do, to use, to maintain.

That will increase
the probability
it will continue
to exist.

Don’t Delegate Tasks That Won’t Save You Time

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.

Don’t Delegate The Tasks You Love

One of my writing buddies
LOVES crafting covers.

Her self-publishing business
is growing.
She has a lot to do
and is delegating tasks.

Other writers are telling her
to delegate cover creation.
(I’ve delegated this task also.)

I told her to keep it
on her task list.
She loves it.
There are other
less wonderful-for-her tasks
to delegate.

We need tasks
that give us happiness.

That feeds our souls
and it will help us
find the willpower
to continue building our businesses
when times are tough.

Keep the tasks you love.