Tag: delegating tasks

The Easy Mode

When I need to quiet
my brain,
I often play
a solitaire-type game online.

I have it set
on the easiest mode.

Why?

Because the rest of my life
can be extremely challenging.

I’m building businesses
and trying to make the world
a better world.

I don’t need challenge
in my entertainment.

There are quite a few
‘easy modes’
in life.

We can do things like
pre-authorize bill payments
or outsource snow removal
or rideshare
instead of driving ourselves.

Every aspect
of your life
doesn’t have to challenge you.

Pick the easy mode
on some activities.

Set Up Auto Reminders

One of the pain in the a$$ tasks
a project manager
has to complete
is reminding team members
to do their d@mn jobs.

This task sucks
a LOT of time.

What I suggest
is setting up
automatic reminder emails
at the beginning of the project.
Base this
on the original project timeline.

Then adjust the delivery dates
as the project timeline changes
and delete future emails
when project members complete
their tasks.

These automatic reminder emails
save time
and it also saves aggravation.

Set up automatic reminder emails
for the tasks
and team members
you manage.

Delegate That Task

I delegated a blog blitz
to a third party.

The third party didn’t contact
many of the blogs
I would have contacted.
They didn’t craft the promo images
exactly the way
I would have done.

At one point,
I was tempted to take it
back from them.

But I resisted that urge,
allowed them to handle it
their way,
and you know what?

It was a raging success.
Books (products) were sold.
New readers (customers) were obtained.

They didn’t need me
or my input.

And it allowed me
to write more words
on the next story
(work on the next product).

Seth Godin
shares

“It’s easy to use
our indispensability
as fuel.
Fuel to speak up
and contribute.
That’s important.

But it’s also possible
for that same instinct
to backfire,
and for us to believe
that if we don’t do it,
it won’t get done right.

That’s unlikely.”

Delegate tasks.

They won’t be completed
exactly the way
you would have done them
but they WILL be done,
freeing you to do other things.