Delegating Tasks Quotes

If you want to get something done, give it to a busy man.

Delegate - work smarter not harder; do what you do best and drop the rest; get control of your calendar; do what you love because it will give you energy; work with people you like so your energy isn't depleted.

I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through.

The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.

I like cooking, but I think someone else ought to do the dishes.

The kids are really great at baking cupcakes, cookies, of course - that kind of stuff - but I love delegating responsibilities for dinner so you have them picking herbs, or I have plastic knives for them so they're learning sort of how to chop. It's pretty great.

It doesn't come naturally to me, being the boss and telling people what I want. I find it very taxing and tiring. I love getting to be way down the line in the decision-making chain.

I don't look at social media, I have some people who look after it so whenever I want to post anything I send it to those guys so I don't have to look at the apps.

Find somebody else to run your business on a day-to-day basis.

Asking someone else to do something immoral is immoral.

I must have assistants who will solve their own problems and tell me later what they've done.

Your time as the entrepreneur is worth hundreds of dollars an hour. If you are doing tasks you could hire out, those are stopping you from earning that kind of money.

I liked the idea of being a writer and letting somebody else do the graft.

And I'm not a micromanagement guy. I prefer to spend my time doing other stuff than that.

Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

Most directors prefer to direct everything themselves. I thought I could on Lord Of The Rings, but very quickly found out that the sheer scale prevented it.

As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation.

Everything in your business can be outsourced... if you're not emotionally attached to doing it all.

Directing? It's an appealing thought, but as far as I can tell, it's a lot of work. Producing is easier. You can tell someone else what to do and then go home.

When I write a project, it might be something that I want to do and then when I look at it, I'm actually like, "I kind of don't want to direct it." I don't know why, I still love it enough for it to be made and to support it, but I don't want to direct it. I just give it to other directors and they do a good job!

It probably would be wiser, from a time-management standpoint, if I hired a crew to take care of the farm so I could get a little more rest. But the thing is, when I start my morning out there, I'm more productive for the rest of the day.

If you can do it better than me, then you do it.

My subordinates followed my orders.

The most important step in getting a job done is the recognition of the problem. Once I recognize a problem I usually can think of someone who can work it out better than I could.