đź’ˇ Becoming a great delegator requires changing how you think. Some of the behaviors that made you successful in the past are the ones that will hinder your success.
- Letting go of control: Onboarding an EA is like doing a trust fall every day. You need to allow access and let someone else take on the areas you’ve always had control over. The more control you exert, the harder for your EA to succeed.
- Moving from how → who: Moving from jumping into solving the problem yourself to assigning the problem to who is best able to solve it.
- Recognizing the false choice: You will be better and faster than most people for any task you delegate. Of course, you’re you. But 90% of an outcome for 100% of your time better spent is a great trade.
- Breaking domain dependence: Most people think they can separate church and state: that their work and personal lives don’t overlap. Some even think it’s off-limits to ask for help in their personal life. Getting help across all areas of your life — personal, professional, everything — creates more aggregate time and energy.
- Delegation guilt: You may think a particular project or task is too “small” for someone else to do — or that it’s beneath them. But EAs thrive on helping you find leverage wherever it exists.
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