Should You Pay Someone to Do Your Chores?
4 Aug 2026 · 1 min
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In this YouTube segment, Dean Graziosi explains his personal philosophy of outsourcing household chores to free up time for higher‑value creative work. He recounts a conversation with his mother, who questions why he doesn’t handle tasks like taking out the garbage or changing light bulbs after five years of living in his home. Graziosi responds by framing the decision as an economic trade‑off: paying $30 for someone else to perform the chores enables him to write two additional chapters for his bestselling book, which has already sold a million copies. He highlights the broader point that this kind of productivity strategy isn’t taught in school, suggesting a cultural gap in how people learn to allocate their time and resources.
