Deciding what needs to be done when everything is important
Sometimes, it’s hard to see what’s most important when you feel like everything is important.
You feel compelled to do everything.
Business books tell you to do everything.
Gurus are telling you their thing is the most important.
When you’re finally ready to hire an OFS, you don’t know where to start.
Like, you know you need to hire someone to do something you already know how to do and teach, but there’s also a bunch of stuff you don’t know that needs to be done.
Or you may already know a lot and want to train your OFS on everything so they can start doing everything.
STOP. Just stop.
Just choose one task. A task you know you can teach. It doesn’t matter which task. Pick the one you think you can most easily get someone else to do.
The point of giving your OFS one task you can teach isn’t just about giving your worker a manageable task, it’s also about giving you time to breathe.
It’s about you delegating and teaching so you shift gears. So you make the paradigm shift from doing everything yourself, to delegating everything.
Because it’s an easy task to teach (and your OFS can do it because of your training), it’s practically guaranteed that this task will be off your plate soon.
Once you have that time to breathe, you tackle the next challenge. Find another task you can teach that’s as easy or slightly more complicated than the last one.
The point is to start learning to work differently.
Don’t have that training with you, no worries! Just use whatever we have at VAsMadeEasy.com.
I know what I’m asking is easier said than done. When you’re overwhelmed and you feel like everything is important, it’s difficult to give time, attention, and focus to any task.
So, give yourself permission to focus on getting stuff on your plate. Here’s what you need to do:
1. Write a job post and upload it to Onlinejobs.ph.
2. Hire an OFS.
3. Train your OFS.
4. Let them do the work on their own when they’re ready.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 to get more off your plate.
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I’ll show you my hiring steps that helped me (and thousands of other business owners) find their rockstar OFS.
John
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