1.) Do myself: All client deliverables & outreach (pitch proposals, communication, etc.) + whatever I'm creating on the side (right now, it's a creative studio with video games)
2.) Delegate: Nothing. I just don't take on client work I don't want to do, so I avoid a lot of the shitty stuff maybe some other people can't. I do make clients hold up their side of the agreement, though, and I don't take on extra (unpaid) work just because the client is lazy, so in that way, I guess it's kind of like delegation.
3.) Automate: My calendar (through SkedPal), client scheduling, and email marketing (not pitches because ew--those are always personalized and written by me--but more like traditional email marketing). Probably more, but those are off the top of my mind.
4.) Ignore: Feelings π I want to be joking, but I'm not. Even if I don't feel like it, I work. Or if I'm going through a particularly difficult rough patch in my life (heartache, etc.), I ignore it and stay productive instead til it stops hurting. As far as worky work things, I ignore all distractions other than the one task I'm doing in the moment (monotasking), shiny objects, my inbox (it's bad lol), and whatever fears I have about my current abilities (whether founded or unfounded). Fears/feelings are just information to know what to do to move forward, but staying stuck in that is a choice so I ignore the bullshit stories most people have when their current abilities don't yet measure up to the needs of the project/task/goal (I.e. feelings of inadequacy keeping them stuck/small).
1.) Do myself: All client deliverables & outreach (pitch proposals, communication, etc.) + whatever I'm creating on the side (right now, it's a creative studio with video games)
2.) Delegate: Nothing. I just don't take on client work I don't want to do, so I avoid a lot of the shitty stuff maybe some other people can't. I do make clients hold up their side of the agreement, though, and I don't take on extra (unpaid) work just because the client is lazy, so in that way, I guess it's kind of like delegation.
3.) Automate: My calendar (through SkedPal), client scheduling, and email marketing (not pitches because ew--those are always personalized and written by me--but more like traditional email marketing). Probably more, but those are off the top of my mind.
4.) Ignore: Feelings π I want to be joking, but I'm not. Even if I don't feel like it, I work. Or if I'm going through a particularly difficult rough patch in my life (heartache, etc.), I ignore it and stay productive instead til it stops hurting. As far as worky work things, I ignore all distractions other than the one task I'm doing in the moment (monotasking), shiny objects, my inbox (it's bad lol), and whatever fears I have about my current abilities (whether founded or unfounded). Fears/feelings are just information to know what to do to move forward, but staying stuck in that is a choice so I ignore the bullshit stories most people have when their current abilities don't yet measure up to the needs of the project/task/goal (I.e. feelings of inadequacy keeping them stuck/small).