Loved this breakdown of the hidden onboarding costs. That point about needing structured briefs hit close - I ran into similar issues when I first delegated, thinking verbal instructions would be enough and ended up wasting more time fixing things. The real insight here is that delegation is actually a compounding investment, front load the work now to unlock exponential time savings later, but most people quit before the payoff happens becuase they underestimate the setup phase.
100%. I'm not a naturally organised person, so ChatGPT was indispensable in breaking down the workload into manageable chunks. Having said that, it has taken me the best part of three years to work out what I could reasonably job out that would not only be useful, but increase my income. When I started to see money coming in from YouTube, a channel I have largely ignored, that's when I realised that I needed to put in the extra work there to make it another income stream. I think we underestimate how long one needs to work at a business to understand how a VA can be useful at unlocking revenue opportunities. Well, I'm hoping so in any case!
Loved this breakdown of the hidden onboarding costs. That point about needing structured briefs hit close - I ran into similar issues when I first delegated, thinking verbal instructions would be enough and ended up wasting more time fixing things. The real insight here is that delegation is actually a compounding investment, front load the work now to unlock exponential time savings later, but most people quit before the payoff happens becuase they underestimate the setup phase.
100%. I'm not a naturally organised person, so ChatGPT was indispensable in breaking down the workload into manageable chunks. Having said that, it has taken me the best part of three years to work out what I could reasonably job out that would not only be useful, but increase my income. When I started to see money coming in from YouTube, a channel I have largely ignored, that's when I realised that I needed to put in the extra work there to make it another income stream. I think we underestimate how long one needs to work at a business to understand how a VA can be useful at unlocking revenue opportunities. Well, I'm hoping so in any case!