114 - What No One Tells You About Delegating (And Why It Keeps Not Working)
The Life Coach for Working Moms PodcastShow Notes
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me to "just delegate more," I'd be retired by now. But how do you actually delegate when it's faster to just do it yourself?
That's exactly what I'm digging into in this episode, because delegating has been coming up constantly in coaching sessions lately. The truth is, most of us aren't failing at delegating because we're control freaks. We're failing because no one ever taught us the actual mechanics of it. In this episode, I walk you through the specific steps I give my own coaching clients: how to audit everything you're holding (including all those "quick questions" people keep pinging you with), how to build a process so delegation doesn't create more work for you, and how to start small so you can actually build trust instead of burning it.
If you've ever said "I'll just do it myself", this is for you.
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