The Demand #
Tomorrow, before you bring in outside help for anything, run the One Period Test: have you genuinely tried to fix this alone for one full period? If you have and it’s still broken, get the help. Before you sign anything, ask that help one question: what will I be able to run without you that I can’t run today? Real help builds a capability you own and stays with it until it’s ingrained. Help that comes back every quarter to the same problem is managing it, not solving it.
The Work #
Name the problem you are thinking about bringing in outside help for:
How many periods you have worked on it alone, and what you tried:
Is it still broken after one full period?
The capability you need to own so this problem does not come back:
What the help you are considering says you will be able to run without them, specifically:
Name anyone you already pay who keeps coming back to the same problem, and the problem they keep coming back to:
What you will do tomorrow, try it alone for one more period or get the help, and why:
