What to outsource in your business is a post by Fiona Powell from the blog Chiefette
If you’re feeling overwhelmed in your business and swamped with tasks that you just hate to do (think – filing tax returns), maybe it’s time to audit your workload.
Create a log of all the tasks you carry out in your business… from answering email to client meetings. Everything.
Then create three columns at the end row of your list. Title one column ‘passion’, another column ‘profit’ and the last one ‘goal’.
Now go through your list of tasks and assess each one… ask yourself;
- Do I love doing this task? (if yes, give it a tick in the passion column)
- Is this task profitable? (If yes, give it a tick in the profit column)
- Is this task bringing me closer to my goals? (If yes, give it a tick in the goal column)
Now look at your list. The tasks with three ticks you get to keep (they’re passion activities, they make money and are moving you toward achieving your goals). And probably for now, you keep the ones with two ticks.
Look at the tasks with no ticks, or just one tick… these are the ones to outsource. Can you delegate to someone in your team, hire a Virtual Assistant or a book-keeper part-time?
Your ultimate goal is to spend all your time on tasks that you love doing, make money and are goal orientated.
How fun would work be then, huh?!
