Of course I can!

Have you ever thought, “I can do it myself!” Yes, I have been there! For too many years I thought I had to do it all myself! Payroll, accounting, hiring, firing, training, designing, production, on & on…I certainly couldn’t afford it & of course, I know that when I do it, it comes out right! Ever been there?

We all know what it feels like, trying to keep all the plates in the air. We also know what it feels like when one of those plates comes crashing down!

So I’ve come to believe in a few rules from Jack Canfield:

#1 Do it—If it takes 10 minutes or less, get it done!

#2 Delegate it—Let someone else be responsible for it! That’s why they are the experts! Accountants, gardeners, consultants, housekeepers (I’m in for this one!), how about a personal chef? It’s taken me years to get here, so make your learning curve shorter!

#3 Delay it—Set up a filing system for the days of the month & put in each folder the “to do list” for that day! Yea, it’s off the desk!

#4 Dump it—How many times have you thought, I’ll get around to reading that article, magazine, doing that project?? I get trade magazines, about 3 every month, they add up quickly, so the other day I dumped about 20 of them! What was I thinking keeping them in a pile to drive me crazy….& I am crazy enough, just ask my husband…LOL