A short interview excerpt from a YouTube video titled “Are You Stuck Doing It All Alone?” Richard Canfield asks about breaking points that convinced the guest to seek help. The guest reflects on making many early mistakes, overestimating their ability to do everything, and the eventual need to hire virtual assistants or other staff as the business grows.
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What were some of the straws, some of the hair pull out kind of moments that made you realize and there's got to be a better way for people who are doing what we're doing to have an easier, simpler path at completing this process.
The truth is, I found every way to screw up. I found every way to not be successful in the business. One of the things that I was told early on, even from my brother who was working with us, is, hey, we should hire some virtual assistants or we should hire this person. We should do this again. Something that's very common with entrepreneurs is because we're really great at one thing in our business. Me, it's marketing and sales and talking to people. You think you're good at everything and what happens is you try to do it all in your business. In the beginning you have to do that if you're just starting out, but as you start to grow, then you have to bring in some other people to help you.