I think learning-to-get-help is an important, often underdeveloped skill. You have to figure out what *can* be delegated. In many cases you may need to refactor your project such that it’s in-principle possible to have people help you.
Some people I know have tried consciously developing it by taking turns being a helper/manager. i.e. spend a full day trying to get as much use out of another person as you can. (i.e. on Saturday, one person is the helper. The manager does the best they can to ask the helper for help… in ways that will actually help. On Sunday, they reverse)
The goal is not just to get stuff done for a weekend, but to learn how ask for help, to help, to be helped.
(Some people I know did this for a full day, others did it for an hour. The people who did it for an hour said it didn’t quite feel that useful. A person who did it for a full day said that an hour was nowhere near enough time to make it through the initial learning curve of “I don’t even know what sort of things are useful to ask for help with.”)
So, this is a thing I’m interested in trying.
I think it requires some existing trust and being able to work side-by-side, so I’m mostly extending a request/offer to do this for a weekend with people who already know me and live near me, but am curious if other people try it and get benefit out of it.
I think learning-to-get-help is an important, often underdeveloped skill. You have to figure out what *can* be delegated. In many cases you may need to refactor your project such that it’s in-principle possible to have people help you.
Some people I know have tried consciously developing it by taking turns being a helper/manager. i.e. spend a full day trying to get as much use out of another person as you can. (i.e. on Saturday, one person is the helper. The manager does the best they can to ask the helper for help… in ways that will actually help. On Sunday, they reverse)
The goal is not just to get stuff done for a weekend, but to learn how ask for help, to help, to be helped.
(Some people I know did this for a full day, others did it for an hour. The people who did it for an hour said it didn’t quite feel that useful. A person who did it for a full day said that an hour was nowhere near enough time to make it through the initial learning curve of “I don’t even know what sort of things are useful to ask for help with.”)
So, this is a thing I’m interested in trying.
I think it requires some existing trust and being able to work side-by-side, so I’m mostly extending a request/offer to do this for a weekend with people who already know me and live near me, but am curious if other people try it and get benefit out of it.