“People judged those who outsourced, deeming the act as a wasteful, gluttonous and irresponsible. **This mentality emerged from a time when things were different, opportunities were different, there was economic depression, extreme lack and much hardship**. It was a post-wartime mentality in which digging in and doing absolutely everything and anything mattered greatly. However, the world has advanced now, we are in times of huge abundance and beliefs such as these no longer serve us, in fact, they hold us back. Beliefs that we should do everything (ironing, cooking, cleaning, website design, investment, video production) ourselves actually limit us because they cause us to focus time on the wrong things and motivate our actions from a place of guilt, or self-righteousness for making another person do it, or we feel we don’t deserve to live ‘the good life’. **The truth is you are only hurting one person**. YOU! And, as a result, you are denying being of service to others by developing your greatest gifts. ([Location 1422](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07WPDZQ9B&location=1422))” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[delegation]], [[life-admin]], **Source** -- [[202407230921 - B - Be the Lion]]