Delegation Challenge – Day 2

The 30-day delegation challenge is well underway now. Today is Day 2. Day 1 – Getting Started My daily commitment is to invest at least one hour on delegation and outsourcing activities. Yesterday I invested a little over two hours, mostly researching services to try. I decided to start with some personal tasks since I figured that would be a good way to ease into this. Here’s what I did on the first day: I showed Rachelle how to use our newest floor cleaning robot that we’ve had for several weeks, so she now knows how to run it whenever she desires. Our kitchen floor has remained a lot cleaner thanks to this little guy, whom we nicknamed Schmoppie. This took only a few minutes, but it means I don’t always have to be the robot manager guy. This felt like a nice, easy step forward, helping me get into the mindset of sharing more responsibility and inviting help. And it empowers Rachelle since now she can run Schmoppie whenever she wants. I also spent some time reviewing simple personal tasks that I can start outsourcing. I already had a list of these sitting on my laptop, so I just went over my pre-existing list. I need to hire a new monthly landscaping service for my house. There are 3 underwater pool lights that are burnt out and need changing. A broken hot water recirculating pump needs replacing. And so on. I know… first world problems… but this helped me load in the mindset. Some of these items have been on my to-do list for many months. Even though I&...
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