Chapter 91. Do One or Two Things Well and Avoid the Rest

 

“The first 90 percent of a project takes 90 percent of the time. The last 10 percent takes the other 90 percent of the time.”

 
 --Anonymous

The really good manager is a specialist. You can’t do everything. You can’t do everyone’s job. You can’t do more than a few things each day anyway. It’s best to pick your specialist subject, be really, really good at it, and leave the rest to other people. In my company, we have a very clear demarcation of who does what. I try to do as little as possible. I figure the better the manager, the less you do; it’s all down to your powers of delegation.

“BEST TO PICK YOUR SPECIALIST SUBJECT, BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT IT, AND LEAVE THE REST TO OTHER PEOPLE.” ...

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