You Should DEFINITELY Get a Chief of Staff

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Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Careers, Business, Marketing

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In episode #2867, Eric Siu and Neil Patel discuss the importance of having a Chief of Staff for efficient operations, the dynamics of building effective teams, and the challenges entrepreneurs face in maintaining that focus while managing personal lives. Don’t forget to help us grow by subscribing and liking on YouTube! Check out more of Eric’s content (Leveling UP YT) and Neil’s videos (Neil Patel YT) TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: (00:00) The Role of a Chief of Staff (02:59) Building Effective Teams and Leadership Dynamics (05:50) Focus and Efficiency in Business (08:46) Personal Life vs. Business Life: Finding Balance (12:31) That’s it for today! Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe! Go to https://www.marketingschool.io to learn more! Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Single Grain << Eric’s ad agency NP Digital << Neil’s ad agency X @neilpatel X @ericosiu

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0:00.0	If you want to be an efficient operator, especially as a founder, you need a chief of staff,
0:03.9	I believe, you called it right?
0:05.0	Yep.
0:05.2	You still have a chief of staff or no?
0:06.7	Amazing.
0:07.3	How does it work out?
0:08.2	And what did they do?
0:11.2	Chief of staff is some, Matt Moschari came up with this.
0:14.4	So he wrote the book, The Great CEO Within.
0:16.3	So he coached like Naval Ravakhan.
0:17.9	I think he coached Sam Altman as well. I could be wrong on that one, but he coached a lot of great people, right? So his rule is you can't work with me unless you have a
0:27.2	chief of staff. And it's like, okay, so what's the chief of staff? So a chief of staff is someone
0:31.7	that's not a glorified executive assistant. A lot of people treat a chief of staff like that.
0:36.4	A chief of staff is someone that you can train up to be your shadow.
0:40.3	Have them sit next to you, literally physically sit next to you for 10, 12 hours a day, like your entire work day.
0:47.3	And they see everything that you see, they hear everything that you hear.
0:50.3	Like whatever you're doing, right?
0:51.3	They're shadowing you and then they're helping you with the M&A stuff.
0:54.7	They're helping you with bringing traffic.
0:56.0	They're basically another you, right?
0:58.2	And Mr. Beast is a good example of this.
1:00.1	He actually has like, I think 20-ish people on his team that are all like chiefs of staff type
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