A pattern I see that costs my clients and me time, money and success is doing things for others they can do for themselves.

A pattern I see that costs my clients and me time, money and success is doing things for others they can do for themselves.

One of my patterns used to be I believed I could just quickly do it.

I believed it was just easier or faster if I just did it.

At that point, it made sense to just get it over with and move on to the next thing.

The problem was that the person I was “just doing it for” never learned how to do it for themselves and needed me in the future to “just do it for them” again.

Also, as I was “doing it for them, " my work and responsibilities’ were not getting done or getting the attention required to get it done to the best of my abilities.

At the end of the day, I could say I accomplished a lot, but it was never my best work OR for the highest good for all involved and our futures.

The other problem was that as I moved up in leadership or responsibilities, I was spending time doing things that others were better skilled at and not focusing on higher income-producing activities.

Some of the growth I required was to learn how to delegate, teach others how to do for themselves, or even allow others to fail to grow.

I had to be uncomfortable, allowing others to be uncomfortable and tap into their creativity to get things done.

Sometimes I was amazed and impressed by the creativity of the other people.

Most importantly, when I gave myself enough brain space, creativity, and time to finish my work, the finished products were of better and higher value.

Thus creating more of the results I wanted without working longer or harder than necessary.