Doing It All Yourself
Yesterday I made a presentation at the New York City Bar Association on time management and technology. It was attended by about 30 solo practitioners. In a survey of the participants, we learned that the most important time management issue was doing everything themselves.
This is a critical issue for all solopreneurs, microbusiness owners, as well as small business owners with small staffs. The familiar refrain of “I can do it faster/better/easier” results in serious problems.
If you are the talent, the rainmaker, the client server, you can’t take time doing things that could be done more effectively by support professionals (who typically do those tasks better than you do anyway). Holding on to every function in your business or practice is an ineffective use of your time. Here are some things to consider:
- Identify what you could delegate, if you chose to do so
- Identify resources that you can ask for help
- Track your activities for a week, and you’ll find even more things to delegate.
This will be the topic of an upcoming issue of Executive Insight, so stay tuned! And thanks to Dave Rosenbaum of Real-Time Computer Services for inviting me to make the presentation.
