What happens when you hit your limit? It could be either at home or in the business.
In fact, let’s take each one and run through both examples, so you know exactly what you need to do *next* time you’ve run into a decision-making capacity limit – because I don’t want you to just barely skirt the edges of burn out and call that good enough.
I want you to *thrive*.
Which can’t be done on low fuel reserves and “just hanging in there” make-it-work strategies.
So. You ready to radically re-orient your delegation strategies? I thought so.
Here goes.
First and foremost – no matter *what* the specific situation is – remember this. When you hit your limit, hand off the essential tasks to someone else and do the stuff that only you can do.
Let’s back up a moment and clearly define what your limit is.
You know you’ve hit your limit when….
You literally can’t process *another* thing being added to your to-do list
Your speed of response is noticeably slowing down, even when you’re *not* multitasking
Thinking about tomorrow’s to-do list (or heck, even later today’s!) is just too much of an ask – you don’t have the brainpower
In other words, your brain’s computer has run out of RAM, and everything has to slow down. ‘Cause you can’t just buy more RAM for your brain.
Now. You *can* start deleting processes off your internal Task Manager – and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
So. Here’s the decision matrix for what to hand off. Remember, you’re outsourcing anything and everything that *has* to get done, that *you* don’t need to be the person doing.
Home example: You’ve got to shop for next-size-up clothes, plan the menu for the party, scrub bathrooms, make bread, get a shopping list going for tomorrow, *and* switch seasons in your closet for this weekend. ‘Cause it’s about to start snowing and you don’t want to be caught unprepared.
Now. What all of these tasks take *you*? Which ones can be outsourced?
Well, you can probably ask someone else to at least pick the next-size-up options for you to make final decisions on. (Maybe your mom likes shopping and would *love* deal-hunting the Kohls clearance section for your daughter!)
Next, you can definitely ask that friend who always brings the best desserts what *her* recommendations for a party theme, menu, and easy-to-source shopping list are – you just have to tell her “it all has to be crock-pot-able” or something so that she doesn’t get too fancy on you.
Okay, what about delegating the bathroom scrubbing to your 9-year-old? He’ll get some good scrubby-dubby practice, and you’ll for sure get a layer of grime off. Hey, it’s better than it was before!
All right then, we’ve still got bread making and shopping list and closet switching. Bread: hit the bread machine. Take 7 minutes to dump in ingredients and you’re good. (Bonus points if you’ve already taught one of your kids to read the instructions and do this!)
You just need a few less things on your plate.
Go delegate.
Shopping list? You might have to do that one yourself. (Unless you only have a few categories you’re checking in the pantry and freezer. Otherwise, do your own walkthrough – it’ll probably take you like 3 minutes, and it’ll go super fast.)
And finally, the closet switch out. You know, you could always ask your husband to fetch that bin from under the bed and scoot it over to your side of the closet – then the clothes are there for you, ready to reach into on the first cold day this weekend.
No, they’re not all hung up nice and pretty, but they *are* accessible. Which was the bare bones of what you needed.
Basically, you’re going to recenter yourself on what only you can do, and go do it (knock it out style).
Now, let’s wrap up with some business examples of this very same principle. Because maybe it’s not your home that’s stressing you out, it’s your business.
So. You’ve got a launch coming up, #allthethings to prep for it, and you’re feeling completely overwhelmed. Totally understandable.
I’ve got you.
First, brain dump a list of all the separate tasks you need to happen. It’s okay if this also includes “someone make me lunch” and “prep my smoothies during launch week” as support tasks.
Then, look your list over line by line and star whatever you can hand off to your VA.
- Scheduling emails in Kajabi? Got it.
- Adding graphics and formatting those emails after you sent her the base sales copy? Also a great idea (do this one first!).
- Adding launch calendar reminders to your personal calendar or to-do list? Your VA can totally handle that! (DM list of people that clicked my launch link – list prepared daily by VA.)
- Choosing your open and close cart dates and adding those to all your content CTAs that week? VA can do it!
- Publishing your content, with earlybird vs. regular price vs. almost gone links included? Off to the VA!
- Recording and/or writing any of that content ahead of time? Yep, that one stays with your to-do list. (Hey, that’s only one so far!)
- What about choosing which order each of those emails/posts/podcast episodes/reels should go in for maximum pre-launch efficiency? Depending on your VA, either you tell her to do it (with a list of ranking criteria), or you do it yourself. Should take you 10 minutes tops.
- Lunch prepped and breakfast smoothie made by someone other than myself for each day of launch week? Better ask your husband a week ahead of time and enlist “honey do” buy in (as he supports *you* bringing in money during this launch).
You see how this works? You don’t have to do everything yourself.
In fact, you *shouldn’t* be doing everything yourself!
Most of what’s on your to-do list can probably be delegated off to your team or family members, no problem.
And hey, you might even want to keep this “doesn’t have to be done by me” attitude when you’re *not* launching, too!
So take heart, start starring that to-do list, and let’s get you out of your overwhelm, *back* to crushing that business owning #momlife.
You’ve got this.
You just need a few less things on your plate.
Go delegate.
