Don’t hire yourself for everything

Larry Janesky: Think Daily

I always love this idea when I think about it.  It’s liberating.

You ready?

“Every item on your TO-DO list does not have YOUR name on it.”

There are things you need to make sure get done.  Maybe lots of them.  But they don’t all need to be done BY YOU.

Use your team.  They want to help you.  

Instead of doing it yourself, decide who the right person for the job is, and have a little meeting with them or a call.  Tell them the context, the goal, the resources available, and ask them to take care of it, and how/when to report results.

Then move on to the next thing.

You are no “doer-in chief”.  You are the leader of a team.

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