Vacation-proof your leadership

If taking time off without a laptop makes you nervous, here’s what to do.

Filter 1:

  • Write down all your decisions in the last week that only you could make.

Filter 2:

  • Cross off all decisions that could wait 2 weeks without blocking anyone.

What you’re left with are your bottlenecks.

Find someone on your team to handle them. Teach them how you’d do it (your process). Be there the first couple of times they do it.

If you’ve done that in advance and have a team that can operate autonomously, you can pack your bags without a laptop and enjoy some well-deserved time off.

🏖️

P.S. The trick is to realize that not all fires are worth fighting and let go of the need to control the output. Let a few burn and trust people that they’ll do a good job in your absence.

Best regards,

Taj

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