The Delegation & Elimination category focuses on creating more time in your schedule by eliminating and delegating activities. Also included is techniques on how to say no.

How to Find More Time With Strategic Delegation

2020-08-20T11:50:30-04:00By |Awesome People, Delegation and Elimination, Financial Advisors|

The way to really grow your business is to stay in your Zone of Genius, doing the work in which you excel and moving the rest off your to-do list. Let’s face it – you can only do so much by yourself. At some point, you run out of time and mental capacity! After all, when you try to do EVERYTHING, something suffers. Your [...]

“Delegating Sucks the Energy Right Out of Me!”

2019-08-28T08:02:53-04:00By |Delegation and Elimination|

A fantastic woman left this message in one of my Facebook groups: "Something occurred to me about my delegation habits... I delegate, but I still OWN the task, like I'm the one checking up, and it takes so much energy. Almost more than just doing the task myself. Anyone else experience this?" First, this is NOT unusual! Especially for high performing individuals. You KNOW in [...]

When is “Safe” Bad?

2019-07-03T10:10:17-04:00By |Delegation and Elimination|

It’s easy to keep doing things the way you’ve always done them. In fact, it is super safe. (Think “wearing a big huge bomb diffusing suit to wave a couple of sparklers around” safe). And . . . it is the one thing that is guaranteed to keep you STUCK in your business! When you keep doing the client work yourself so no one makes [...]

#1 Go-To Resource for Delegating

2019-05-03T09:12:53-04:00By |Delegation and Elimination|

A lot of my blog posts and eblasts talk about delegating. WHY? Why am I spending so much time sharing information on delegating? The bottom line – you can only do so much by yourself. At some point, you run out of time! The way to really grow your business is to stay in your Zone of Genius, doing the work that you excel [...]

The Importance of the 6 Levels of Delegation for Your Business

2021-12-02T10:27:30-05:00By |Delegation and Elimination|

In my last post, I shared a strategy to reduce the number of questions you receive after you delegate: delegate the OUTCOME instead of the TASK. Often people get caught up in the details of the process so they have tons of little-picture questions. However, when you delegate in the big-picture (giving them control of the process and holding them responsible for the outcome), [...]

Busted! The Delegating Myth Revealed

2019-02-14T07:42:09-05:00By |Delegation and Elimination|

Do you know the book Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz? I'm obsessed with it . . . so obsessed that I have sent the book to clients, who have then purchased extra copies and sent them to some of their clients! In fact, I even started the Impact Time Collective Mastermind Program based on the concepts in this book! One of the concepts that Mike stresses in Clockwork is [...]

How A Virtual Assistant Is An Affordable Asset In Your Digital Marketing Efforts

2018-05-21T15:20:52-04:00By |Awesome People, Delegation and Elimination|

Laura Licursi Marketing...some of us love it, some don't. Some are great at it, some are not. It takes time, expertise, and energy to create an effective marketing campaign, but it's a necessary part of doing business. Laura Licursi, owner of the VA service Elite Virtual Assistants, says that the first question she is usually asked is how a Virtual Assistant can help [...]

Is Delegating to Friends and Family a Good Idea?

2018-02-13T09:33:13-05:00By |Awesome People, Delegation and Elimination|

Laura Licursi If you've been following me for any length of time, you know that one of my favorite ways to increase capacity is to delegate. (Read this post or this one.) You may be considering hiring a friend or family member - is working with that person in your best interest? You want and need great service, but not at the [...]

When “Good” Crowds Out the “Great”

2018-02-13T10:51:45-05:00By |capacity, Delegation and Elimination|

We allow so much “good” into our lives, that these activities often push out the room for the “great.” Here are some real-life examples from some of my clients over the past month! You say “yes” to hanging out with some work acquaintances after work (you had a free night, and you like your work pals, so good), but then are unable to take your [...]

How To Grow Your Law Practice With A Virtual Assistant

2017-08-28T13:28:10-04:00By |Awesome People, Delegation and Elimination|

There's a common thread among business owners I meet and work with: they feel they must handle everything themselves. An important capacity-building step is to learn how to delegate tasks. And my friend Lisa Licursi of Elite Virtual Assistants has some important guidance on this step for lawyers! Laura understands that small or solo practices want to keep as much of their money as [...]

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