Delegate!

There are lots of reasons to delegate and many times we will use the argument of growing and developing others as an incentive to get someone to take things off of their plate and to give to others. It is a great reason and maybe the most important one, but there is even a more baseline reason. This is; if we try to do it all ourselves we are setting ourselves up for burnout, overload and ultimately failure.

No one can take it all on their own shoulders and succeed. The underlying reason we don't delegate is our own insecurities around the work not getting done and reflecting poorly on us or the fear that if we have others do the work then we won't be valued as much. In this day and age that translates into a fear for job security. This is a real fear, but if we are prioritizing correctly then we can offload the little stuff, or the less strategic and then get back on track in getting the bigger work and projects completed.

Believe me, if we show that we can multiply ourselves we will have more work than we know what to do with.

(For an expanded faith based application of this post, you can visit: http://purposedworking.blogspot.com/2013/07/day-1182-delegate.html)