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The Goal Digger Podcast

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

4.812.3K 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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Transcript

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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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