{"id":1730,"date":"2021-06-08T14:47:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T19:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.encore-consultants.net\/StagingSite\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2021-06-08T14:58:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T19:58:39","slug":"how-to-know-what-to-let-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.encore-consultants.net\/StagingSite\/how-to-know-what-to-let-go\/","title":{"rendered":"How to know what to let go"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>Phil&#8217;s dairy has been growing fast over the last ten years.\u00a0 He started with 200 cows and is currently milking 3,200 cows.\u00a0 Obviously, he is good at growth, good at adding on.\u00a0 He has added more barns, more cows, more bunkers, and more acres.\u00a0 So today, he feels successful but exhausted.\u00a0 Phil commented he is constantly running from one task to the next, making it hard to work ON his business. Does Phil need to be everywhere and oversee everything?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 His time, like yours, is valuable.\u00a0 But he&#8217;s been holding onto tasks that aren&#8217;t necessarily the best use of HIS time.<\/p>\n<p>All owners and managers come to a point when they must let some things go. \u00a0There just isn&#8217;t enough time to get it all done.\u00a0 The answer to this problem is prioritization and delegation. But how?<\/p>\n\t<h5>Everything you do is NOT equally important to your success.<\/h5>\n<p>Prioritizing things that are the most important, not necessarily urgent, is key. It&#8217;s not always easy prioritizing tasks when everything seems important.\u00a0 \u00a0Author and leadership expert, Stephen Covey, has a time management matrix that helps <em><strong>prioritize<\/strong><\/em><strong> tasks in relation to their importance and urgency to YOU as a leader<\/strong><u>.<\/u> \u00a0It helps you decide whether you need to do a task yourself, delegate it to someone else, or eliminate it altogether.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.encore-consultants.net\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Time-Matrix-by-Encore-PNG-300x300.png\" alt=\"Time Matrix by Encore PNG\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" title=\"Time Matrix by Encore PNG\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\n\t<p>Currently, you may be doing important things that other people in your business are capable of doing. These tasks, while essential, take you away from your main priorities of leadership.\u00a0\u00a0 Delegation will help free up some time.\u00a0 Delegation is the act of letting go, and it is not easy.\u00a0 Letting go allows someone else to do things you once did.\u00a0 There is a good chance they may mess it up the first couple of times.\u00a0 Although that is hard to watch, even expensive, it is necessary.\u00a0 Letting go of these lower-level tasks allows you to focus your effort on working on the business. These essential tasks that only you are qualified to do.<\/p>\n\t<h5>Only after getting unimportant tasks off your plate can you look at the really important things that will propel your business forward.<\/h5>\n\t<p>Only after getting unimportant tasks off your plate can you look at the really important things that will propel your business forward and focus on your core duties as an owner. Maybe it entails working on another expansion or researching milk marketing options.\u00a0 Finding the right people and makings sure they are in the right roles.\u00a0 Penciling out ways to squeeze a little more cost out of production, knowing your numbers better than the banker, and getting a favorable loan.<\/p>\n<p>Letting go is hard to do. But remember, not all work is equally important, and letting other employees step up allows them to grow as well.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0When Phil was approached with ideas of items to &#8220;let go,&#8221; he was instantly nervous.\u00a0 As we talked through the benefits, he understood where his time was better spent. Phil was able to achieve more time to spend On his business and with his family.\u00a0 He has obtained the wisdom to know what to hang on to and what to let go.\u00a0 Once you let go, you will have room to reach out for the new.<\/p>\n\t\n<h3>Do you have questions on how to move ahead?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.encore-consultants.net\/StagingSite\/contact\/\">HERE<\/a> to schedule a free short call with Liz.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil&#8217;s dairy has been growing fast over the last ten years.\u00a0 He started with 200 cows and is currently milking 3,200 cows.\u00a0 Obviously, he is good at growth, good at adding on.\u00a0 He has added more barns, more cows, more bunkers, and more acres.\u00a0 So today, he feels successful but exhausted.\u00a0 Phil commented he is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - 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