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Write down your routine tasks as SOPs

Kahl explains that standard operating procedures describe each activity in enough detail that someone else can take it over without extra information. He suggests starting in a shared document, trying a couple of formats on one process, and rereading the procedures every few months.

“Delegation is most effective if there is an Operations Manual for the company.”— Arvid Kahl, Standard Operating Procedures: Managing Your Future Self, Jul 2020

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Pick one task you repeat every week, write its steps as a checklist in a shared doc, and hand it to a helper.

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