First Contractor

Paying someone to do the work is harder than doing it yourself the first three times. Let your kid feel that. They'll write a bad task brief, the work will come back wrong, and they'll have to either redo it or pay again. That's the lesson. The cost of fuzzy instructions is paid in attempts two and three. Most adult managers still haven't learned this.

1. 01Write the task before assigning it. Done looks like X, by when, payment Y.
2. 02Agree the rate before work starts.
3. 03When the work comes back wrong, send it back with specifics. Don't redo it yourself.
4. 04Pay them after, even if it took longer than expected.