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Ten Tips for Delegating

The best time-management tool

Jesse Lyn Stoner
Wed, 07/26/2017 - 12:03
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Jerome said his biggest problem was time management. He was overloaded, deadlines were getting missed, and he was stressed.

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Managing his team was his biggest time drain.

“When they ask me questions, I get stuck spending time with them instead of doing my own work. And when I don’t hear from them, I usually discover they’ve made mistakes that I need to clean up.”

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A seagull is usually off flying around somewhere, but every once in a while, it swoops in unexpectedly, makes a lot of noise, dumps a load, and then flies off again.

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