How You can Go Beyond Your “Zone of Genius” & Delegate Better

In This Episode…

Today our guest is Laura Renner, founder of Freedom Makers, a company that helps military spouses with virtual assistant positions, thereby helping small businesses with their overflow.

We talk about:

• How would you go about figuring out what to delegate? Or figure out what is “delegatable”?
• What types of things do people usually delegate?
• What’s the most surprising thing one could delegate?

So, how would you go about figuring out what to delegate? Or figure out what is “delegatable”? 

START WITH YOUR TO-DO LIST

[Laura/Guest] The simplest way to start is to simply look at your to-do list and figure out the things you don’t want to do or that immediately someone else could do. Could the tasks on your list be easily transferable? Therefore, you can have someone else do it. That is the easiest, low-hanging fruit to figure out. Just look at your to-do list right now, and see what are the things you could have someone else do. Think, “What’s outside my zone of genius.” If you can’t immediately delegate it, read on…

Download the quick notes for more about delegation OR listen/watch the full Videocast and learn more about building systems, levels of delegation, and exploring your expectations.