The 4 hour work week rubs off on me

Writing by aj@lecraic on Monday, 28 of April , 2008 at 9:56 pm

I’ve mentioned in another post that I’m reading a book called the 4 hour work week at the moment. Won’t bore you with the details of what it entails but one of the things it drives home is to question everything you do.

There I was on Saturday morning about to sit down and do some work on a 21^st birthday invite for 2 Dublin lads who wanted a design in the style of Nuts magazine. I bought a copy of it on way home on Friday evening to make sure I got a good idea what the magazine is all about (for the record, just 3 things – beer, tits and football).

Aaanywho. It was a nice enough morning and I thought to myself, “Do I really need to do this myself?” – the answer was of course “no I don’t”. Before reading this book I would have spent an hour or two designing the invite but this time I delegated the task to someone who I was paying to work the day anyway. I took a wander down the town and had a nice relaxing Saturday morning instead.

I came in this morning to take a look at the finished design and it was as good as or probably better than I’d have done myself.

This may not sound like anything special – but for someone who always feels he has to do everything for it to be perfect, it’s a step forward…

Nuts magazine though.. It’s a classic.

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2 Comments

Made Tuesday, 29 of April , 2008 at 7:36 am

I can see some similarities with my own learning curve regarding self-employment. It still isn’t easy to let go of something, but the art is picking the right person to do the right job.
I do try not to bring everything down to The Apprentice (honest!) but watch this week and see how few of them really understand the art of delegation.
It is also the same with your post on haggling and the use of the name of the person you are dealing with - do it subtly and it is successful, but watch the Apprentice mob overdo it to the point it just becomes annoying.
Like most things in life, finding the right balance is very important.

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Made Wednesday, 30 of April , 2008 at 10:11 am

Subtlety is the key definitely. Although the lady I mentioned in the art of haggling wasn’t very subtle, it definitely did work on me and it really was only after she left that I figured out why!