Help! I have lots of past experience which makes me versatile and good at things outside of being an art director. But what happens is people in my company say they can’t do it/won’t do it in the time

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Can you let them fail? They might be saying they can’t do it cause they know you’ll step in, rather than giving the work a shot. If you say no though (I’m too busy, don’t have time, have other priorities etc) then they’ll be forced to either learn quickly or fail. This would also alert your leadership that there aren’t enough resources.

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I should be looking in the mirror when I say this, but you should just stop. One of two things will happen — everything will be fine in which case you’ll have learned a lesson or it won’t be in which case they’ll be in for one

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... timeframe and then I end up doing it b/c of the client deadline. It feels very unfair and I end up feeling put out and burned out b/c I am wearing so many hats and working around the clock while the people who said no leave at 5. I don’t know what the solution is. Is it me? I try to say no or delegate but the resources are unavailable/unreliable in the time frame. Any thoughts?

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