Life of E's

Are you busy?  Are you working on MANY projects?  Do you have enough help to get your work done (let alone keep your personal projects moving forward)?  Is it worth it to hire an assistant (even out of your own pocket)?  Here are four specific questions on this topic I was asked along with four [...]

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Sometimes you are fortunate enough to have people who work for you and you are the only one who is delegating to them. More often, however, you are one of many who delegates to these people. When this is the case, different strategies must be employed for maximum productivity. Be sure you are delegating to [...]

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Al Gini noted that the word ‘power’ comes from the Latin posse: to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. He says that ‘To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power. The central issue of power in leadership is [...]

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Everyone in business talks about delegating and unfortunately, very few are good at it. You can immediately increase your effectiveness as a delegator by integrating these tips into your repertoire. Delegate selectively. First, you have to consider whether a particular task even needs to be done at all. If so, you then have to determine who [...]

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Delegating is an essential part of being productive both at home and at work. There are certainly tasks that I am sure you have done where you asked yourself “did I earn a master’s degree to qualify me to stuff these envelopes?” Other times, you wonder, “Hmmm….why am I doing this when a machine can [...]

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In a recent *E*mail *E*xtravaganza, one of our members asked me some great questions and I wanted to share those questions and my answers so that they might help you, too. Q. Dear Meggin, you suggest that we hire someone to do things that can be done by someone else. How does one assess how [...]

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What happens when your calendar is just crammed? Should you quit using a calendar? Should you just pitch the calendar? No, of course not. You have to figure out how to make more room so you can get your projects done. The way that you make more room is by eliminating part of what is [...]

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In our last post we mentioned 5 Tips to help you in forming new habits to start your journey to a more productive future and today we’re sharing 5 more to help you get there. Take it one day at a time. You are making changes today. Tomorrow you can continue. Today, just focus on [...]

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You may have heard the quote from Mike Litman: “People form habits and habits form futures.” If you are ready for a future that is more productive, consider these first 5 of 10 tips to help you form your new habits – and thus, your future. Choose one habit to replace. It may be that [...]

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Learned about this great resource recently.  Love the name and love the concept: https://www.2placesat1time.com/index.aspx We all need to delegate and this looks like one resource that will give us some support!  Let me know your experiences with this group.  I’d be interested. If you want more ideas and direction on delegating, here’s a link for [...]