Practicality and efficiency come to life with these words, reminding us how tools and delegation shape the way we work and collaborate.
Today’s Word Gems
- Delegable (adj) - capable of being delegated
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, pg 128 - “You might decide to delegate what is delegable and come in early the next morning to do the rest.”
- Epidiascope (noun) - an optical projector capable of giving images of both opaque and transparent objects
- Lateral Thinking, pg 114 - “Unless the group is small enough to actually cluster around the drawings these would have to be copied and show on an overhead project or epidiascope.”
- Amanuensis (noun) - a literary or artistic assistant, in particular one who takes dictation
- You Like It Darker, pg 55 - “You know that I was Castle County School Superintendent for many years before I retired to come my father’s amanuensis.”
- Crėches (noun) - a place where young children are taken care of during the day while their parents do something else.
- Lateral Thinking, pg 87 - “Making it unnecessary for parents to have to take children into large crowds (crėches at exhibitions, etc).
Ponder This
- What makes something worth delegating versus completing yourself?
- Have you ever played the role of an amanuensis for someone, and how did it shape your understanding of their work?
Books
- You Like It Darker - Stephen King
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
- Lateral Thinking - Edward de Bono