A little help

You don’t have
to do all of it.

The right question may be who can help—not how to push harder.

A person working quietly beside a window

Do / Delegate / Drop

Keep the judgment.
Share the work.

A freelancer can produce a clear deliverable. An AI assistant can help with a draft or an outline. An accountability partner can help you arrive while you do the work yourself.

Decide what the task needs before choosing the kind of help. Then define the scope, materials, deadline, and what you will check.

Build a working brief ↗

01 / A person

A bounded deliverable.

Formatting a presentation, researching public information, or creating a draft can make a useful brief. Compare work samples and terms. Start with a small checkpoint before handing over the whole project.

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02 / An assistant

A version to work with.

Ask an AI assistant for an outline from your notes, a list of missing assumptions, or a smaller first action. Check facts and review the result. Share only the material you intend the provider to process.

Write the request clearly ↗

03 / A decision

Permission to leave it.

If explaining the task costs more than doing it, delegation may add work. If its purpose has disappeared, removing it from your list can be more useful than hiring someone to finish it.

Read the case for leaving things undone ↗

You don’t haveto do all of it.

Keep the judgment.Share the work.

A bounded deliverable.

A version to work with.

Permission to leave it.

You don’t have
to do all of it.

Keep the judgment.
Share the work.