Comments on: Do It, Delegate It or Dump It

By: @DavidStonesmith

@DavidStonesmith — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:57:53 +0000

Hi, I have a problem that is kind of the reverse of many of the problems on here. I run a small but very business – we’re doing quite well and I have a team of 15 really good staff. However, I think I may have been delegating too well. So well, that I don’t actually have much work to do myself anymore. I know this probably sounds a bit ridiculous and I probably sound ungrateful but what am I supposed to actually do now. Everything is organised, including finance, wages, marketing, recruitment, training, IT, staff development, new business / markets. I probably have about 10 hours of stuff a week that I actually need to do. This is all very nice but I do like to be in the office for most of the week but I don’t like sitting around doing nothing plus it’s probably best for everyone else if they think I’m busy helping the business. Any suggestions?

By: Cut Peonies

Cut Peonies — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:01:31 +0000

That is a great philosphy. Myself, I need to get better at dumping things.

By: Extreme John

Extreme John — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:47:47 +0000

@JennD, I appreciate that Jenn. Ya know I can remember a time when I would tell people I worked for Home Depot and I felt proud, I felt proud because I probably really “got it”. However, not many people that I proudly said that to “got it”.

Now because Home Depot is massive everyone knows about it, and to work there or have worked there for an extended period of time is automatically respected.

I feel that very same thing now when people ask me what I do, those that don’t know will be like “Oh”. It’s like… “Oh???? Really OHHH?”, those people don’t “get it”.

By: JennD

JennD — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:12:29 +0000

I think these are some great pointers you through out. It’s great to hear a story like yours, for many who consider places like Depot as a “dead end job” you more then prove otherwise that with the right dedication and determination you can accomplish anything you put your mind to and use it to your full advantage to get to the top!

By: Dragon Blogger

Dragon Blogger — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:28:39 +0000

I am constantly facing "Do it" or "Delegate it" at my day job being a lead and having many engineers who work for me. Unfortunately when projects are put on your lap I rarely get the opportunity to Dump it and face a near never ending queue of work piling up as usual. .-= Dragon Blogger´s last blog ..Work Out and Get Fit with Melt it Off! =-.

By: Gail @ Business Blogging

Gail @ Business Blogging — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:18:53 +0000

Great tips John. I do as much as I can as fast as I can. Someday I may have people I can delegate work to when I can afford to pay them.

The best productivity tool I use is Tomboy Notes. Instead of reading everything that interests me or adding links to posts throughout the day I save them in keyword searchable notes.

Then when I’m ready to edit posts to add new anchor text or links to benefit other bloggers or write a new post or research something I’ve been meaning to do I already have excellent reference material organized by subject. I just passed 1200 notes this week.

I hope you and your readers will consider participating in my new BizLuv MEME that will benefit them and small and online businesses and causes they support. See the post in KeywordLuv for more details.
.-= Gail @ Business Blogging´s last blog ..MEME: BizLuv in Support of Small Businesses =-.

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:43:17 +0000

So in the online world, that would be DO IT – OUTSOURCE IT – DELETE IT!
.-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..Theme Construction Part 2 – What Should Go WITHIN The Blog? This Is The FUN Part! =-.