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There are two questions in the last few years that have fundamentally changed the trajectory

of my business. The first came a few years ago when I was struggling to keep up with my work

and my podcast and just about everything.

Our babysitter had quit. I had a one and a half year old at home and my wife was working full

time. And so having a more flexible schedule, I opted for child care, doing child care.

And in a mastermind I was in at the time, I explained how

overwhelmed and stressed I was because I couldn't do it all. And my friend Patrick asked me,

what would your life look like if you did less? Now, I know what he meant. He meant, take things

away. Stop doing everything. Stop taking on every project.

But what I heard was how can I continue to do everything but still save time? That sent me on a path

to automate and delegate as much as possible.

Now, informed by that question was another point in my life where I was at home, my wife, who is a nurse,

still had to go to work, and I was at home raising two kids. And I, again, found

myself overwhelmed. I actually had a panic attack that led me to make some big changes in my

business, where I knew at that point I had to automate and delegate as much as I can

if I wanted to keep raising my kids and run my business. So fast forward to the second question

that changed the trajectory of my career. I was doing a podcasting panel, and another friend of mine, Jeremy, introduced me as

being a father of three kids and having three podcasts. And the first question from the audience was,

how can you possibly raise three kids while also running three podcasts. And that changed the trajectory of my work

because I realized that not everybody had this same realization that they could save 10 to 12 or

more hours per week producing their podcast. And that's what I want to talk to you about

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