The question Mike asked that changed my week

Welcome!

Back in March, I started working with Mike Jones of Better Happy.

We were mapping out some of the big shifts in my business.

Lots of key projects and ‘to-do’s’ were coming out of it.

As I was frantically looking at my calendar and trying to figure out when I was going to fit in all these new things.

Mike said to me:

(Mike is very wise and you can listen to our podcast episode here)

And I pride myself on being the queen of delegation 👑

But even I was slipping back into ‘I have to do it all.

I’ve practiced this question intentionally every week since March.

‘Who’s going to do it?’

The goal is not to tick off every single thing on your to-do list.

The real goal is to figure out:

💛 Which things only I can do?
💛 And who’s going to do the rest?

That single shift.

Practicing that question every day before I dive into a new ‘to-do’

Has been one of my biggest wins this year.

But how do you decide what actually are the only things that you can do?

The High Value Actions

Well let’s dig in. 😉 

It’s really easy to think that only you can do most things the way you want them to be.

Let me make really clear:

That definitely isn’t true.

I’ve been proved many times over in my own business that my team are more capable than me of things like:

• Holding brilliant discovery calls

• Creating processes and systems

• Making sales

• Looking for ways to automate and make things more efficient

And whilst I know I could do all the things.

It doesn’t mean I should do all the things.

And Mi PA certainly wouldn’t have grown to 7 figures if I was doing all of the things.

So I want to help you identify this week.

Look at your week ahead: are those tasks really High Value Actions… or just busy work?

Because burying yourself in busy work doesn’t help anyone

It leads to a very disillusioned business owner.

So….here’s the filter I use now:

✅ I keep it on my list as a High Value Action (HVA) if…….

• Needs my unique vision or judgement (this might be writing, decisions, content, company strategy)

• Directly drives revenue or relationships I personally need to hold (nurturing referral partners, strategy calls, finding new partnerships)

• Energises me and aligns with my top goals (you actually really enjoy doing it, speaking, deep work on a project, thinking time, training your team or clients - your unique ability)

❌ Delegate it if…

• The outcome can be clearly described (“done looks like this…”)

• It’s repeatable and process-driven

• Someone else can get it 80% right (and that’s good enough) and improve from there

• It drains my energy without adding real strategic value

• You don’t enjoy doing it

If a task makes you think “ugh” when you see it on your list… it probably belongs in the future delegate pile.

There are also 15 simple questions here to discover how many hours a week you could reclaim, and what tasks you could get off your to do list right now. 

It’s helped me massively to Win the Week and I want that for you too.

Always cheering you on.

Em

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PS: Podcast > If you’d love to have an injection of Mike Jones wisdom this week you can listen to his episode of Focus on the Fun Stuff here > The Secret System for Happy Business Owners

PPS: If your still unsure whether you’ve got tasks you could give to an assistant in your business - take our Buy Back Your Time quiz here >