Dedric Polite Mr 50/50 Flip

Two of the most important skills for making money in business are delegation and sales. The problem: Most people are never taught how to do either of them. 1. Delegation Think about how we grow up. In school, your teacher tells you to write a paper. You have to do the research, put in the work and turn it in yourself. They don't tell you to find another student to write it for you and make sure they do a good job. Sports are the same way. Your basketball coach doesn't tell you to find someone else to do your workouts. If you want to get stronger, you have to lift the weights yourself. You can graduate from college without ever having to give another person a job and make sure they do it well. Then you start a business. Now you have to hire people, explain what needs to get done, check their work and help them improve. Of course it feels uncomfortable. You've spent your entire life being told to do the work yourself. The only way to get better at delegation is to practice. Give somebody a job. Explain what you expect. When something goes wrong, figure out what they need to do differently and help them get it right. 2. Sales A lot of people think sales is just about convincing a customer to buy something. But sales is part of almost everything you do. Getting your kid to get in the car. Asking someone at a bar for their phone number. Convincing a customer to buy from you. In every situation, you have to figure out why the other person would want to do what you're asking. Your customer doesn't care how badly you need to make a sale. They care about whether you can solve their problem. An employee doesn't join your company just because you need help. They want to get paid, enjoy their work and have an opportunity to grow. If you want to build a business, you have to get good at both. You need to convince people to work with you and buy from you. Then you need to learn how to lead them and make sure the work gets done.