When you find that a task takes more of your day than you’d like it to and wonder if you’ll ever get it done then remember it’s actually OK to ask for some help because asking for help is a vital part of having more time for yourself.

Asking people do help is a simple thing to do but sometimes it can feel so daunting tat you don’t actually ask for what you need and struggle on, hoping that someone will be able to read your mind and realise that you’d give anything for some assistance with the task in hand.

Yet for many people and maybe it is for you to, actually asking someone else to help is an incredibly difficult thing to do.

Maybe it’s because there is no-one available whom you could make a request for help. Or maybe you don’t like the idea of having to explain to someone exactly what is expected if they help you.

Your resistance may also be because you believe rightly or wrongly that you have to be capable of completing what you set out to do without getting any outside help. You may have deeply ingrained messages in relation to not giving up or sloppy work producing sloppy people

Yet there are tasks which you could easily ask for help from someone else. They are those tasks which you are doing yourself at the moment, but actually although they have to be done it’s not vital they done by you.

To delegate more effectively you have to be very clear about exactly what you want to other person to do, you have to teach them how to do it, watch how they perform and then let them get on with it but supervise them by having regular checks, especially initially, to find out if they are doing what you want them to do.
The result of getting some help and delegating part of the tasks you do routinely are that you free up enough time each week to have more fun at the weekend.

The benefits of getting help mean you become less stressed, more relaxed, more able to think more clearly. That means that you will not only free up considerable amount of time, after the initial training you have to provide for the person helping you, but you will feel more relaxed and generally better and more confident.