Clearing the decks. SwissMiss points to a great infographic about how professional photographers actually spend their time.
Part of the magic (and the risk) of the internet is that if you want to, you can use your access to tools, markets and media to go even further in the direction of the chart on the right. You can become your own booker, accountant, publicist and more. Hey, it's free! You get to keep all the money! Work at home? Tips to help you set up your home office and work smarter. Guidelines-for-collaboration.pdf (application/pdf Object)
SG Development Solutions. One of the key things which signifies the fact you are a manager is that you can now delegate tasks to others.
As a non-manager, you achieved your goals through your own efforts, now you can enlist the support and expertise of other people in order to achieve yours and your departments goals. Sounds great doesn’t it? However, the reality is often less appealing and far less simple to achieve. Is it not? Perhaps you are one of those managers who has no difficult in planning what to delegate, in allocating those tasks to the right person, in setting clear parameters, in providing the right level of support and still getting through your ever growing to-do list……or perhaps you are one of those managers who knows they should delegate, would love to free up some of their time to focus on the more important and strategic aspects of their job but who just can’t seem to find the time or the right person to delegate to!