Think About It

          Have you ever found yourself just flat worn out ... and then been asked to do just one more thing?   Sometimes it seems like there is no end to what we are asked to do – or is there?   I have often found myself brooding about this, but upon closer inspection I realized that I was the one who put myself in that predicament.   It wasn’t necessarily that other people weren’t holding up their end of the bargain – the truth is that I wasn’t allowing them to do so.   It wasn’t that others weren’t wanting to do something, the issue was that I wasn’t allowing them to do so.   So, how can we take some of the strain off of ourselves and spread the responsibilities?   Here are a few suggestions: 1.   Give others permission to do things .   Micromanagers are continually overworked because they won’t delegate.   When we give people the ability to make decisions and undertake actions, we do a favor for both them and us. 2.   Teach others to do what we do .   It is tempting to be self