Comments on: The Trick to Doubling Your Efforts http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/the-trick-to-doubling-your-efforts/ ThoughtShot Consulting offers business consulting & coaching to small business owners who are ready to develop solid, proven strategies for marketing, managing and growing a business. You will work directly with owner and Business Cultivator, Karrie Kohlhaas, as she teaches you how to...Grow Your Business. Smarter. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Karrie Kohlhaas http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/the-trick-to-doubling-your-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-13535 Karrie Kohlhaas Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:42:42 +0000 http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/?p=9#comment-13535 Hi Lara, I see task hording like any addiction: you have to continually keep an eye on it or it can creep up and take over again and again. Since you and I are both detail-types, it can be especially challenging to let go and let others do things for us. It can feel like free-falling to actually let go of a task when the control freak within wants to hold on so tightly. The more I witness clients let go, the easier it gets and the more their business soars. Thanks for your note. Hi Lara,

I see task hording like any addiction: you have to continually keep an eye on it or it can creep up and take over again and again. Since you and I are both detail-types, it can be especially challenging to let go and let others do things for us. It can feel like free-falling to actually let go of a task when the control freak within wants to hold on so tightly. The more I witness clients let go, the easier it gets and the more their business soars. Thanks for your note.

]]> By: Lara Feltin http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/the-trick-to-doubling-your-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-13176 Lara Feltin Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:14:25 +0000 http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/?p=9#comment-13176 I love how you break this down. I'm guilty of all four (as you well know). And despite your awesome coaching, I'm still hoarding more tasks than I should/need to. This post serves as a great reminder of that. Thanks! I love how you break this down. I’m guilty of all four (as you well know). And despite your awesome coaching, I’m still hoarding more tasks than I should/need to. This post serves as a great reminder of that. Thanks!

]]> By: Karrie Kohlhaas http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/the-trick-to-doubling-your-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-10218 Karrie Kohlhaas Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:22:18 +0000 http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/?p=9#comment-10218 Hi Andrea. It is such a temptation to try to do it all, isn't it? I have had to pry clients' hands off of certain "comfort tasks" when I could see they were really using the task to avoid the work they really needed to do. DIY is fun if you want to make some candles as holiday gifts, but DIY is also a very effective way to hold a business back from substantial growth. I really enjoyed checking out your website! Fun and informative posts. Thanks for your comment. I hope to hear more from you! Hi Andrea. It is such a temptation to try to do it all, isn’t it? I have had to pry clients’ hands off of certain “comfort tasks” when I could see they were really using the task to avoid the work they really needed to do. DIY is fun if you want to make some candles as holiday gifts, but DIY is also a very effective way to hold a business back from substantial growth.

I really enjoyed checking out your website! Fun and informative posts. Thanks for your comment. I hope to hear more from you!

]]> By: Andrea http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/the-trick-to-doubling-your-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-10197 Andrea Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:09:25 +0000 http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/?p=9#comment-10197 You hit the nail on the head- and thank you for the reminder. I finally realized I can't be a writer, can't be the organizer, or my own bookkeeper. Taking the time to work on my business plus do the work means I need to be efficient. Lucky me - I have a great organizer who doesn't require color-coded filing and an amazing bookkeeper. I'm glad you take on the challenge of helping business owners realize that DIY doesn't cover everything. You hit the nail on the head- and thank you for the reminder. I finally realized I can’t be a writer, can’t be the organizer, or my own bookkeeper. Taking the time to work on my business plus do the work means I need to be efficient. Lucky me – I have a great organizer who doesn’t require color-coded filing and an amazing bookkeeper.

I’m glad you take on the challenge of helping business owners realize that DIY doesn’t cover everything.

]]> By: Karrie Kohlhaas http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/the-trick-to-doubling-your-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-2042 Karrie Kohlhaas Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:37:58 +0000 http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/?p=9#comment-2042 Lee, great subtext. Yes, and similarly, if you hand something off to an assistant or employee or service provider, then make it worth your while and go do your own thing--let them handle their part instead of standing over them! People tend to step up and own their part if you get out of their way. In psychology there is a conversation about "over-functioning" and "under-functioning" which states that if you are over-functioning (in this case task hording) in some area, it will cause the other person involved to under-function in that area, and vice versa. And let's face it, don't we all work better and happier when people trust us to do our part? Lee, great subtext. Yes, and similarly, if you hand something off to an assistant or employee or service provider, then make it worth your while and go do your own thing–let them handle their part instead of standing over them! People tend to step up and own their part if you get out of their way. In psychology there is a conversation about “over-functioning” and “under-functioning” which states that if you are over-functioning (in this case task hording) in some area, it will cause the other person involved to under-function in that area, and vice versa. And let’s face it, don’t we all work better and happier when people trust us to do our part?

]]> By: Karrie Kohlhaas http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/the-trick-to-doubling-your-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-2035 Karrie Kohlhaas Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:47:11 +0000 http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/?p=9#comment-2035 Right Rick, in larger companies there are departments to handle all of the various projects and topics and tasks in the business. But solo-preneurs and many small business owners try to take it all on themselves and forget that they need to be the visionary--to set aside time to think about and develop the business--not the guy inside getting the details done. There are lots of people who can handle the details but no one else knows the vision, the intent and where you want to take the business, as well as you do. This is one of the biggest things small biz owners neglect when they are running around task hording. Thanks for the note! Right Rick, in larger companies there are departments to handle all of the various projects and topics and tasks in the business. But solo-preneurs and many small business owners try to take it all on themselves and forget that they need to be the visionary–to set aside time to think about and develop the business–not the guy inside getting the details done.

There are lots of people who can handle the details but no one else knows the vision, the intent and where you want to take the business, as well as you do. This is one of the biggest things small biz owners neglect when they are running around task hording.

Thanks for the note!

]]> By: Lee Mozena http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/the-trick-to-doubling-your-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-2032 Lee Mozena Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:54:45 +0000 http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/?p=9#comment-2032 Karrie has all the right points and I want to add a subtext. Women and mothers especially are the worst at delegating. We get used to doing things for helpless little people then fail to notice how soon and how much they can do. We yell and foam at the mouth yet haven't taken the time to teach and delegate. Even pre-schoolers can pitch in. List all the tasks you're still doing for each child that they can do instead. Sit down with each of them (separately) and work out an agreement on how and when they'll complete those tasks. Don't rush in and take over or nag, just let it go unfinished (it will at first), until they take responsibility. Remind them of the agreement you made. Then get back to work- your work. Karrie has all the right points and I want to add a subtext. Women and mothers especially are the worst at delegating. We get used to doing things for helpless little people then fail to notice how soon and how much they can do. We yell and foam at the mouth yet haven’t taken the time to teach and delegate. Even pre-schoolers can pitch in.

List all the tasks you’re still doing for each child that they can do instead. Sit down with each of them (separately) and work out an agreement on how and when they’ll complete those tasks. Don’t rush in and take over or nag, just let it go unfinished (it will at first), until they take responsibility. Remind them of the agreement you made.

Then get back to work- your work.

]]> By: Rick Sader http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/the-trick-to-doubling-your-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Rick Sader Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:19:47 +0000 http://thoughtshotconsulting.com/?p=9#comment-1643 Good points Karrie. You remind us of WHY there is a division of labor. As we talked about tonite, it's easy to find yourself working IN your business when instead it's actually more important to be working ON your business. Rick Good points Karrie. You remind us of WHY there is a division of labor. As we talked about tonite, it’s easy to find yourself working IN your business when instead it’s actually more important to be working ON your business.
Rick

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