Practical Time Management Tips

Earlier this week I was speaking with a friend who owns her own business and is very active in the community.  During the conversation we got on the topic of being so busy because it is very difficult to surrender tasks to someone else. That seems to be a general theme for entrepreneurs or smaller business owners; I’m not sure if it is a control issue or a matter of ego. Allow me to demonstrate the difference between the two: it is a control issue when you don’t want to surrender the task because you want to be sure it gets done on time or in a certain way; it is a matter of ego when you truly believe that no one can do it as well as you.    

 

 

I probably don’t need to tell you about the risks associated with not letting go so to summarize: stress and its’ related health issues, being unable to grow your business because you don’t have the infrastructure to handle it, personal conflict, etc.  There are ways to overcome both contol and ego based challenges. Don’t panic, I won’t ask you to delegate everything to someone else all at once or to trash everything and start building processes from scratch.  Here are some basic ideas to help you let go. Read More