At its heart , delegation means focusing primarily on the work only you can do by transferring everything else to others who are more passionate about the work or proficient in the tasks . The most depressing excuse for not delegating I ’ ve ever heard is this one : “ I ’ ve tried delegation , and it didn ’ t work .” If people tried something once or twice and gave up , there would be no art , no music , no technology , no production , no medicine — nothing . If you ’ re letting one or two failures keep you from implementing a major productivity solution ,
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