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Even I mess this up sometimes

Published 8 days ago • 2 min read

Lead Well. Work Simply. Scale Smart.

I have a confession. I’m actually bad at delegating… sometimes.

There are times when I’m super clear—
“This is not worth my time and I straight-up don’t wanna do it. But it’s gotta get done.”

And then there are times when I fall into the trap of:
“Well… this might not be worth my time, but if I don’t do it, it won’t get done right.”

I’ve been burned before.
Like the time an editor didn’t cut out a very embarrassing section of a podcast episode. After that, I started pre-editing everything before sending it over—which completely defeated the point of having help in the first place.

Or the time I couldn’t figure out how to explain what I wanted done, so I spent two full days hyper-focusing on a project that my assistant probably could’ve finished in two hours.
Meanwhile, everything else on my plate—like, I don’t know, running the business—got ignored.

All that to say: even when you know better, it’s still hard to practice what you preach.

So when I nudge you to let something go or stop doing it all yourself, it’s not coming from some idealistic “just delegate it!” place.

It’s coming from the “Dude… I get it. But you still have to let it go” place.

Going Live With Bonnie Schutz Tomorrow

I’m excited for this week’s LIVE conversation with my friend Bonnie Schutz, host of the Delegate 2 Elevate: Get Sh*t Done podcast and owner of Tandem Resource Solutions.

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This is live is with Strategy, Solutions, and Sanity where we discuss the moments that have made other owners lose their sanity in business and then exact strategies and team shifts they use to get it back.

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Catch The Quickcast: What to Have in Place Before You Hire an Assistant

Think you need polished SOPs and a full-blown game plan before you hire help? In this super short episode, I’m breaking down what actually matters—and what’s just perfectionism in disguise.

(Seriously, it's less than 5 minutes. You can finish it before your next meeting starts.).

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​Read The Blog Version​

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The Quickcast Gist

You don’t need a perfect plan to hire help—you just need a starting point and the willingness to let someone in.

Put It Into Practice

  1. Write down what you want your day-to-day to look like.
  2. List the top 3 tasks you don’t want to keep doing.
  3. Ask yourself: “What’s really stopping me from letting someone in?”

That’s your delegation starting line. It doesn’t need to be polished. It just needs to be honest. I dove deeper into this concept in "Self-Sufficient Leaders Struggle With Delegation".

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Here’s to letting go of the busywork,

Sam, Your No-Fluff To Making Business Simple

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