{"id":1834,"date":"2006-03-30T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-30T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2014-08-27T07:49:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T12:49:53","slug":"delegate-more-work-to-your-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2006\/03\/delegate-more-work-to-your-computer.html","title":{"rendered":"Delegate More Work to Your Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to delegate more work to your computer? Here are two thoughts for today.<\/p>\n<p>First, templates are a great way to delegate work to someone else. I guess you could call it pre-delegation, because someone already did the work before you even asked.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PigPog has a whole post of <a href=\"http:\/\/pigpog.com\/node\/1248\">useful templates<\/a> this week. <\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget Excel spreadsheets from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exinfm.com\/free_spreadsheets.html\">CPA Matt Evans<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>We just talked about David Seah&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/davidseah.com\/archives\/2005\/11\/12\/the-printable-ceo-series\/\">Printable CEO series<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>SCORE  has a Business Toolbox, complete with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.score.org\/template_gallery.html\">Template Gallery<\/a>, featuring business plans, financials, even a non-disclosure agreement. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If it&#8217;s something you can do on the computer, someone has created a template!<\/p>\n<p>Second, Chris Brogan, one of our favorite bloggers to start conversations with, has a loooong piece on <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisbrogan.blogspot.com\/2006\/03\/bionic-you.html\">The Bionic You<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Considering the value chain means understanding if what you do is <span>VITAL <\/span>to the product\/service you offer, or if what you do is something easily replicated in a cheaper location? What extra something are you giving to the process? Are you a set of hands like a shovel or are you the mind that can jump into the bulldozer and get even more done with this new technology?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chris goes through breaking your work down to the component parts, and finding where you add value. The goal? Get comfortable with technology and make it work for you.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You&#8217;ve gotta be brutal about it. Look at every single piece of this pie. What can be done by a robot? What are you doing manually that just betrays your lack of technical knowledge? (I had a personal experience with this last night: I learned how vector drawings would&#8217;ve been SO much easier for some things I was painting pixels to accomplish).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So delegate more to your computer. You&#8217;ll be getting more things done that matter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/small+biz\" rel=\"tag\">[small biz]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/rural\" rel=\"tag\">[rural]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/entrepreneurs\" rel=\"tag\">[entrepreneurs]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/delegating\" rel=\"tag\">[delegating]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/gtd\" rel=\"tag\">[gtd]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/templates\" rel=\"tag\">[templates]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to delegate more work to your computer? Here are two thoughts for today. First, templates are a great way to delegate work to someone else. I guess you could call it pre-delegation, because someone already did the work before you even asked. PigPog has a whole post of useful templates this week. 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