Delegate

My reading of last week still echoes in my head and it says: "Moses' Father in law replied, 'What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you, you cannot handle it alone" --Exodus 18:17-18

Akalain mo yun. hehehe.. there is actually a verse/s in the bible that addresses my being a workaholic and always taking on everything on my own.. hahaha... I was smiling while reading this as it spoke so loudly to me.. WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS NOT GOOD. hahahaha... and it goes on to say.. YOU CANNOT HANDLE IT ALONE... :D :D :D hihihi.. kakatuwa tlga si Lord.. ang galing galing nya mag remind kung san ako nagkukulang..

So this weekend with what my title indicates, which is by the way The word to take with you today, DELEGATE... I delegated a whole lot of tasks this weekend :)

This weekend I had 2 bridal car accounts, 1 catering event, 1 exhibit event, 2 client meetings, 1 food tasting client, plus an overnight outing in San Mateo Rizal and a swimming event for Joey's school! and I was able to make all of it happen without me physically being there in all of it! (i only attended the outing and the swimming hehehe) yipeeee... I actually put into action the word DELEGATE and actually trusted and had faith in my staff that they can do it... :)

And I feel happy and refreshed that I got to spend time with joey and relax a little bit.
I'm really very happy that the Lord is working inside of me.

I liked what my devotional book said about this topic:
Many women.. (and men too!) struggle with the "need" to please everyone. But we simply can't be everywhere at once. We can't even do everything we would like to do. Trying to be all things to all people puts on the fast track to burnout! (yes that is me.. hehe) But when we delegate, we are freed up to focus on the things GOD has given us to do.

Delegating also creates the opportunity for another capable person to grow into a new role. (CORRECT! :) ) The people around Moses might never have become leaders if he hadn't given them the opportunity. It's the same for us today. Sometimes the best thing we can do for others AND ourselves is to step aside so someone else can step up. (TAMA................... hahahaha)

Correct diba?! hehe... jenne step aside na kse so someone else can step up.. hahaha..
Its funny my cousin asked me in a sarcastic manner.. is it your rule in the office to call you all the time? they cannot move if you are not there? hahahahaa... I was laughing but that actually made sense.. bakit nga ba, lahat ng bagay kelangan itawag sa akin, pati mga simpleng bagay kelangan ako pa rin ang magdecide?! why?

Then my cousin followed up by saying, in my office, they will only call me if they cannot solve the problem anymore. Takot lang nila tawagan ako dahil makakarinig sila saken.. hahaa...

So its like all-week God is really pointing out the message of DELEGATE :)

The reflection questions on my devotional book asked these questions:
What are your highest priorities? can you release a current responsibility to someone else and encourage that person to grow? What chores can you delegate to your children so they can grow and learn to serve others?

My answer to this is... my highest priorities are 1)my personal relationship with God. 2)my quality time with my son. 3)my efficient and effective management skills for my business.

There is definitely a whole lot of current responsibilities that I can release to others particularly my staff both office and household. And after much thought about this topic, I'm now looking forward and excited to help other people grow in their responsibilities. Gotta let go of my being tooooooo obssessive-compulsive about work. Gotta let go of getting too wound up about things when it doesn't go right (haha.. goodluck to me on this one!.. im almost always too stressed out when my staff does things wrong... but i'll definitely try my best)

So thank you Lord for your wonderful, loud and clear message. DELEGATE :)
It will surely do me some good.. and maybe, just maybe... to my dear reader, it will do you some good too.