- - public: true - <https://www.nateliason.com/blog/personal-leverage> - Define, Refine, Automate, Delegate - Define - {:height 325, :width 456} - Refine - Before automating or delegating, see if it can be removed, rolled into another step - Automate - Delegate - find someone who can take the system you started, implement it as you designed it, then continue to improve and refine it. If you just find someone to check off the boxes, then once you step out of the system it will stagnate, so invest in someone who can keep improving what you started. That’s the difference between creating a system that grows without you and one that slowly dies. - It might be tempting to hire the lowest cost overseas VA you can, but that often leads to more headaches than it's worth. - The best question to ask yourself is: could someone else do this thing at least 80% as well as me? If the answer is yes, delegate it.