Get a Life: How to Delegate

I came across this article teaching business owners how to delegate. It’s pretty long so here are a few snippets that you might find interesting: Entrepreneurs often try to do it all, believing they must handle many tasks themselves or that they can’t afford help. But that impulse can be self-defeating, both personally and professionally.…

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Myths About Work-Life Balance and What to Do Instead

I came across an article listing 10 Myths about Work-Life Balance and what to do instead. Here are a few highlights if you’re interested in reading about it:  Work-life balance is all the rage these days. Unfortunately, it seems that most of what we have been told is a lie. Here are 10 myths regarding…

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How to Optimize Your Business Resources

This article I found talks about optimizing your business resources. Here are some highlights: You may be bringing down the morale of your employees by overworking them. The solution is to optimize your business resources, so that you can extract greater productivity from your team before you start recruiting new people. Value over volume One…

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Outsourcing Trends That Will Impact Businesses in 2020

I’ve been reading articles about emerging BPO trends, and this one raises some ideas for this year’s trends. Here are a few points: This makes it important for companies to recognize which trends can help them meet the business goals of their organization and their clients, with a focus on technology, value, and methodologies. Here’s…

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Work-Life Balance: What Does It Really Mean In 2020?

I’ve been browsing around for some articles and I thought I’d share this one defining what work-life balance really means in 2019. Here are some snippets from it. It’s been 20-some years since work-life balance discussions went mainstream. Back then some bosses sent salaried employees home at 5 pm sharp because research showed that work-life…

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Outsourcing

Sharing this article I found defining outsourcing – just thought that it might be helpful to avoid confusion about what outsourcing really is. What Is Outsourcing? Outsourcing is the business practice of hiring a party outside a company to perform services and create goods that traditionally were performed in-house by the company’s own employees and…

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Why You Need a Virtual Assistant in 2020

Thinking of getting a virtual assistant for your business? Here’s an article to convince you that it’s time to get one now:  You can increase productivity, as well as avoid the possibility of burning out There are times when work is just too much, and you wish you could just quit. This is especially true…

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Ways to Justify Spending Money on Outsourcing

I came across this article that lists justifications on outsourcing expenses for business owners. Here are a few snippets that you might find interesting: I learned long ago that I shouldn’t even attempt to do everything myself, and I value my time too much to hem and haw about delegation. However, I know that a…

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Strategies to Painlessly Free up Time and Get More Done

I’ve been reading articles about freeing up time to get more done and came across this article. I thought I’d share with you some highlights. We’re all wearing many hats and trying to fit multiple roles into a single 24-hour day. When new commitments come up, they often get layered on top of already busy…

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Here’s How to Know When You Should Outsource

I found this article on how to know when to outsource and thought it was spot on. Here are a few highlights to get you warmed up: These days, outsourcing helps companies of all sizes shore up skills gaps in their teams, boost efficiency and sharpen their focus. Thanks to technology, outsourcing has become an…

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