This is Steve Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

The secret to getting grand, bold, stupendous things done is through delegation.

Together, groups of people can accomplish in weeks or months what would take one person years of work,

and even then, only if she has six arms, 14 eyes, and super strength.

Europa is the operations manager for Bernice's chain of green, growing things plant stores.

They have two stores up and running. They're going like gangbusters. With Audrey II's moving

off the shelves, almost under their own power, trends to project and inventory to keep, Europa

has her hands more than

full. So, she's less than thrilled when the advertising manager for Plants Quarterly called.

They have one ad spot left, and if Green Growing Things wants representation, they need an ad

pronto. As much as she enjoys being a control freak, Europa has no choice but to start delegating.

Her first delegation, she's told Melvin, who is usually the IT and inventory geek, that she needs him to write an ad

now. The website is currently under control, so it's up to him, and his first ad is, well,

well, it's an ad. Want a plant? Come to green growing things and buy one if you don't want a plant come buy one

anyway and maybe you'll change your mind yeah somehow it just doesn't grab me Europa assures me

however that Melvin will grow into the position sure the same way that politicians grow into people

who care lovingly for the welfare of the country as a whole now that that Melvin is writing ads, there's no one working on inventory management.

Bags of seeds are everywhere, roses are strewn about, petunias are falling from the rafters, and the

fertilizer... Well, we won't talk about the fertilizer. Someone needs to bring order to this chaos.

I told Europa, and she proclaimed, Delegation works. Just delegate the inventory to intern M. I told Europa, and she proclaimed, delegation works. Just delegate the

inventory to intern MG. So, I tell MG, get the inventory under control, please. Being something

of an overachiever, he comes back in three hours, and the store is spotless. Got to go,

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