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I have this problem, and I've gotten to a place that works for me. Most times, the project is small enough that one person can do much of it easily, in which case I say that I'll do it and then split the work with anybody who objects. Other times, I ask, "who wants to do part X?" and all the parts that nobody picks up I do. I make sure that nobody has more work than they want, and I check in regularly to make sure people are doing it. Tip for this: people are less likely to mind my checking on them if they can see that I've already done my part.
This definitely gets stuff done... but you do also run the risk of becoming personally overworked.
My advice is that this is fine for school - but don't keep doing this in the real world. If you're carrying your team on your back too much, eventually you'll buckle under the weight.
learn to spot how much work you can safely do at a sustained rate, and make sure you never take on more than that...
oh, and a related piece of advice is to never trust people when they say "It's just for the next two weeks, and then we'll be past this hump"... IME, on the other side of the mountain is generally a new mountain... so stick to your sustainable pace... :)
Feel free to make that sustainable pace as taxing as you can take, though...
two other related career tips:
1) write down everything you do that benefits the company/team/project (especially when you're taking up everybody else's slack)
2) bring it up in your performance review and ask for a raise/promotion :)