Editing feedback on The Shy Connector
Here’s the detailed feedback from one of my editors on The Shy Connector. Lots of stuff to work with here! I look forward to improving the presentation. =) I really think the presentation is pretty...
View ArticleWhat do I delegate, and why?
Delegating to virtual assistants started out as an interesting experiment in learning how to tell people what to do. In the ten months since I started, I’ve learned a lot about working with virtual...
View ArticleBook: Beyond Booked Solid
Beyond Booked Solid: Your Business, Your Life, Your Way Its All InsideMichael Port, 2008 (This link is an Amazon affiliate link, but if you’re near a public library, take advantage of it. I borrowed...
View ArticleFrom delegation to automation
It had to happen. I’ve replaced my Timesvr assistants with a collection of Perl scripts. Delegation had been a good experiment, but I’d gotten frustrated by the number of duplicate calendar entries and...
View ArticleDelegation and thinking about what I want to do
Cate Huston’s excellent post on delegation got me thinking about outsourcing things again. I learned a lot when I experimented with virtual assistance. I concluded the experiment when I got around to...
View ArticleGiving myself permission to delegate again
SCHEDULED: 2010-07-23 Fri 08:00 I don’t like spending money. Sometimes it’s hard for me to give myself permission to experiment. I get this urge to invest it for the long term. Darn you, compounding...
View ArticleThinking about getting better at writing
Photo (c) 2009 Markus Rodder – Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives Licence 2.0 I want to become a more engaging, more thorough, and more organized writer. I want to be able to write clear and...
View ArticleStarting up my experiments in delegation again; the difference between what I...
Prompted by my sister Ching, I’ve been thinking about delegating again. She’s looking for a virtual assistant who can help sort out the details of their move to California – research cellphone plans,...
View ArticleSketchnotes: Sal Sloan of Fetching! at the Toronto Public Library: Small...
(Click on the image to see the larger version) The Toronto Public Library hosts monthly networking events for people who are interested in starting a small business. Most people have not yet started a...
View ArticleStarting up my delegation experiments again: data entry from receipts
We decided to skip the community-based and culture program this season, and instead buy the vegetables ourselves. I wanted to track how much we buy of different kinds of vegetables to see if we were...
View ArticleA perspective on outsourcing
Mel suggested that I write about delegation and outsourcing to virtual assistants because I approach it in a different way. I’ve read many of the same blog posts and books that she must have read,...
View ArticleMaking lists of things I do so that I can learn more about delegation
The Great Big Extract of top-rated posts will wait a little while, as I’m working with a WordPress developer (in Bulgaria!) to make a plugin that will allow people to filter my blog by the ratings I’ve...
View ArticleThinking about how to learn how to manage others
I’m curious about this because I’ll need it in order to scale, and because it’s one of those universal things. How do people learn how to manage? How can I learn? I’ve read tons of books and blog...
View ArticleBuying time: Experimenting with scheduling
One of my business validation experiments has suddenly kicked into high gear. People love the sketchnotes I’ve been taking. Since they’re interested in illustration and event coverage, I’m happy to...
View ArticleTweaking my scheduling process for delegation
Scheduling stresses me out. I’ve had several calendar hiccups before: wrong dates, ambiguous locations, no contact information (or incorrect ones!), and so on. I want to fix that so that I can get...
View ArticleDelegation update: Scheduling!
I think we’ve got this scheduling process sorted out, and I really really like it. It turns out that I didn’t have to fuss about with lots of templates or worry so much about exceptions. When I’m...
View ArticlePoach my assistants, they’re awesome
Most companies try to be hush-hush about good people. That makes sense. You don’t want to train people and then have them headhunted away from you. Hiring can be expensive and distracting. I want to...
View ArticleDelegation: How I hire and manage my virtual team
I’ve been helping other people get started with their own experiments in delegation, and one of them asked me how I manage my team in oDesk. Here’s how I do it. Setting expectations I like thinking of...
View ArticleDelegation: Being clear about what you value
In Spousonomics (now retitled as It’s Not You, It’s the Dishes), I came across a brief explanation of David Ricardo’s theory of comparative advantage. Economically speaking, it can make sense to trade...
View ArticleMy next delegation experiment: coaching and editing
I’ve been thinking about how I can reinvest profits back into this blog. My default is to save, save, save. There’s time to learn through trial and effort However, investing in help and tools has paid...
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