Business owners and career professionals have
a few characteristics in common that allows
them to be successful.
One such trait is their ability to delegate
tasks that can be accomplished better by
someone else.
This action can be the difference in whether
you earn a high income.
And when you delegate correctly, you actually
get more done… by doing less.
Here’s the story…
We have become expert goal setters. We have
clearly defined the action steps needed for
success. We have also changed the way we look
at life, and the happenings in it. Now we
must master the art of avoiding
procrastination.
Procrastination is an action, or lack of
action, that can kill productivity. It can
cripple you in your personal financial
status, and it will ruin the progress of a
growing business that you own.
Procrastination limits your ability to
sustain the momentum you have gained from all
of the other positive life changes.
One way to avoid procrastination is to
remember the lesson of doing what you love.
You can also draw from knowing that you must
limit your daily actions to those special
talents that you are truly good at. Limit
what you physically do to just a few (3 or 4)
things every day.
By choosing only the tasks that you love and
that you are good at, you will have no
problem in accomplishing them in a timely
manner. This productivity is built in, as you
enjoy doing the things you have assigned
yourself. Delegating the other tasks, while
every bit as important as the ones you chose
for yourself, can be performed by a peer or
staff member who may be better suited for
them.
Making the connection between delegation and
procrastination is pretty simple. Say you
have to paint three more paintings for your
art show. The promotional flyers need to be
designed and printed, and the caterer needs
to be notified of last minute menu changes.
You are adequate at writing promotional copy,
and terrible at the software suite that
designs the flyers. You know this task needs
to be done for the show, but you put it off
until the last moment, and then end up
spending double your budgeted amount on the
rush print job and the design help you got
from the printer.
The three paintings that you turned out were
not your best work, and the menu got changed,
but to the satisfaction of the caterer and
not you, the star of the show! By failing to
delegate the flyer work and the event
planning, you procrastinated in getting those
tasks done. It caused your art to suffer, and
cost you money.
This ripple effect can be avoided by simply
focusing your efforts on what you do well,
and delegating the rest. By delegating the
other tasks you would have focused on your
painting, and ensured that the quality of the
art at the show was up to snuff. Your event
also would have been attended by more people
perhaps, and the food would have been to your
liking as well.
Procrastination in the form of failing to
delegate tasks to others is just one way that
you lose momentum in business. No one can be
everything to everyone. That is true in life,
and it is also a wealth secret that many who
earn a high income know.
Love,
Raymond
