One further technique you can use to prioritize your time is to identify the tasks that you don’t actually need to perform yourself. Many of us are guilty of trying to do everything on our own. It may be because we feel that it would be faster just to do it ourselves than to try to explain how to do it to someone else. Or maybe we are concerned that no one else will do as good a job as we would. However, none of us has endless time and endless energy. If we can delegate tasks to other people, why not do it?
There are a number of benefits to you, to the person that you delegate your tasks to, and to the organization as a whole when you learn how to properly delegate.
The benefits for you include:
• Additional time to dedicate to tasks that you truly need to work on yourself
• Practicing the skill of effective delegation
Benefits for the other person include:
• The opportunity to learn something new
• The chance to feel useful and part of the team
• The chance to show you what they can do and earn accolades for that achievement
Benefits for the organization include:
• Having more than one person who knows how to perform the given task
• Adding a new perspective to a situation
• Having employees that are less stressed due to sharing their work duties
