Running a business or department can often a person stretch to the limit. To be effective in doing what you do best, it is imperative to look at the tasks you can delegate or outsource. Delegate This is an interesting word. For some people this means letting go completely of their responsibilities and get someone else to do the job. Now that is all very well if you train them about the way he has been handling those tasks. Show them how it was done first. For many entrepreneurs and managers, the media delegation completely abdicate responsibility for a particular task to another without showing how. They expect the person to know? Immediately. Well, forget it. No wonder we hear often: “I tried to delegate that task, but nobody was as good as I do!” Or “I could not find the right person who was able to assume these responsibilities.” That’s an interesting comment. Often people are given responsibilities for which they have not had training and then expected to know how to perform these functions. Add to your understanding […]

At one point my practice partners took to calling me 'the baker'. I have to have established some kind of record with the number of donuts that I took in the game of the tournament. I was so tired of hearing the question: "Man, what happened?" that developed a personal policy not to mention the score from outside the racquetball court. Whether you went ahead on the scoreboard or not, I never talk about it. Period. This policy of not recognizing the score grew within me a total lack of interest in it. Many writers such as Jim Rogers offer more in-depth analysis. I like going to parties with personal goals that had nothing to do with what was in the score or how the party turned out. What I began to find was that the less energy I put into keeping score, the more I had to put in the game. What I think made me a better player, because the best I received in the control of this approach have played Saturday and Sunday. (That's a good thing.) […]