Memory-book-worthy

When you can do many things… how do you decide which to delegate?

Kezi and I were talking about this one today.

We delegate many things… but where are the lines? What are the ‘rules’? How can we be sure we’re delegating the right things and keeping hold of the right things?

The answer was illuminating.

It wasn’t based on what we were best at; just because we’re good at something, it doesn’t mean we should do it. It wasn’t based on what was most efficient; just because something is efficient, it doesn’t make it effective.

We landed on something quite different… We do what is memory-book-worthy. We delegate the rest, where possible.

What’s “memory-book-worthy” mean? In years from now, when we look back across the time we’ve spent building our companies, working toward goals, and living life… which things would we like to stick in a book of memories?

For instance, Kezi loves to help people, so coaching certain types of people is memory-book-worthy for her. Same goes for telling stories - she loves doing that. Worth putting in the book. She could delegate those things, but she loves doing them, so she stays close to them, even if she can’t necessarily do all of them.

While building bodies of work that matter to us, it’s worth us all asking ourselves if we’re filling our days with things we’re proud of. There’s no point in being effective-and-miserable, any more than there’s a point in being efficient-and-miserable.

Life is short… Do things that are memory-book-worthy, and give your future-self wonderful memories to look back on.