294: One Big Clue That You're Ready to Outsource and How to Start

The Goal Digger Podcast

Jenna Kutcher | Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy & Marketing

Business, Marketing

4.8 • 12.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The thought of doing THIS when I was just starting out made me woozy.

Why is it so scary to hand off a piece of your business to someone else? When you're the one running the show, it can feel impossible to hand over even a little bit of the reigns.

It could be a time thing (who has the TIME to hire and train someone?) or it could be a trust thing… Like who could actually do the thing just as good as you?

I get it because I've felt ALL of these emotions. I was gripping onto my business with white knuckles to the point where I just felt straight up fatigued, but at least I was handling it all myself, right? …Wrong.

This episode will help you identify if you’re ready to outsource and walk you through how to start outsourcing in a way that doesn’t scare you. In fact, it might actually bring you a great deal of happiness.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Gold Digger Podcast episode number 294.
0:05.0	I worked alone for the first five years.
0:09.0	Five years of straight up grind and hustle all by my loans and without any help.
0:14.0	When I was a solopreneur, the idea of outsourcing literally made me seized up with anxiety.
0:19.0	I was working around the clock to maintain and expand my business and the thought of bringing in someone else
0:24.0	to my perfectly orchestrated system that wasn't broken.
0:27.0	It made me feel woozy.
0:29.0	I'm really being honest here.
0:31.0	Now, here's the thing.
0:33.0	My system, it actually wasn't perfectly orchestrated.
0:36.0	In fact, it was far from it.
0:38.0	Sure, I had piecemealed systems together, but were they really working for me?
0:42.0	I mean, I never got into photography or entrepreneurship to work 24-7.
0:47.0	And yet, I was tapping away at my computer all hours of the day and the night in order to stay on top of things.
0:53.0	I never left the house without my computer and I even slept with it on my nightstand.
0:58.0	I talk about not great boundaries.
1:00.0	Now, I went into business for the freedom and flexibility of working for myself,
1:05.0	but I found myself a slave to the calendar and my clients rather than being free and living my best life.
1:12.0	Now, I have a feeling you might be experiencing something similar.
1:15.0	Whatever category of business you're in, when you are the one running the show,
1:20.0	it can feel impossible to hand over even a little bit of the reins.
1:24.0	I recently ran into a local entrepreneur and I asked her how her busy season was going.
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