When In Doubt....delegate.

As a mother I am responsible for EVERYTHING. I cook, clean, wash, make lunches,  and manage "the fam". Of course, my boys help, but essentially I hold down the fort. 

As an entrepreneur I am responsible for EVERYTHING. I earn the money, manage the money, pay the employee (me), keep the clients happy, etc. In this case, I am the help, the backup, and the main cheese. I hold down the fort. 

I've recently taken on a volunteer position on my Idaho massage board. While I feel it is beneficial to me, I've bitten off a very large chunk and I'm desperately trying to chew it down to a more manageable size. We had a "Strategic Planning Retreat" this weeked where I learned that while my job entails a lot, it's ok to "Ask For Help."

Now it's not that I'm too stubborn or too proud to ask for help. It's that I want to believe that I really can do it all. 

So I did.  I did it all. 

And, I failed. 

And that's when, at the meeting, I once again heard the words, ask for help. 

I became THAT person. 

The weak one. The one who doesn't have it all together. Who can't hold her own weight and who relies on others to get the job done. 

That's when I realized that asking for help isn't weak. It isn't disgraceful and it certainly isn't looked down on. 

As long as you do it right.  

Whether it's assigning dishes to my boys on the nights I work or giving my board assistant a task list to lighten my load, it's smart delegating. It's all about knowing when your plate is full and being smart enough to stop piling it on before everything falls apart. 

It may be a mantra that I find myself repeating, just to make myself believe it, but "it's ok to ask for help."

So when in doubt, don't hesitate, delegate.