Outsourcing is so much easier than working hard.
There seems to be this idea that we must do everything to succeed, or we must improve upon our weaknesses to succeed. But I'm convinced that's ridiculously inefficient. It's so much easier to outsource the work.
So I'm doing internet marketing, and in the past, I spent a lot of time trying to master copywriting (which is a skill that requires TONS of time and practice, like learning an instrument). I also attempted to learn a whole bunch of marketing methods: SEO, blogging, product creation, affiliates, email marketing, social media, video marketing, forum marketing, etc. All the while I was learning all sorts of technical mumbo jumo like html. As you can probably guess, all of this was slowing me down, big time!
Instead of taking full advantage of producing time, I ended up spending long hours trying to learn everything.
So what am I now doing that's different?
Simple: I'm paying a whole bunch of other people to do all this stuff, so I can do what I'm good at. I'm now working on things that interest me. And other people are doing the hard work (yet for them it's not so hard). It amazes me to see how easy it is when you have 15 people on Odesk or Elance doing work for you, and they're generally real good at what they do, and they enjoy it!
Lifting a car is easy with a group, yet very difficult alone.
I recall a millionaire saying that a person can't become a millionaire by themselves, they need the support of others, and it really does make things so much easier. So don't do what I did and try to do everything alone. Find people who are good at what they do and are willing to pay you for it. The amazing thing is, there are people in 3rd world countries that would gladly be paid a few bucks an hour to do your work. Why? Because to them, those few bucks have significantly more value in their local currency than they do in the western world.
By outsourcing, you are literally giving them jobs (even if it's temporary). They get to make decent money and you get work done for you for cheap. In that sense, doing business is perhaps one of the most compassionate things you could do because businesses provide jobs. In other words, you are giving people a potentially better future. So that's yet another reason to outsource!
There seems to be this idea that we must do everything to succeed, or we must improve upon our weaknesses to succeed. But I'm convinced that's ridiculously inefficient. It's so much easier to outsource the work.
So I'm doing internet marketing, and in the past, I spent a lot of time trying to master copywriting (which is a skill that requires TONS of time and practice, like learning an instrument). I also attempted to learn a whole bunch of marketing methods: SEO, blogging, product creation, affiliates, email marketing, social media, video marketing, forum marketing, etc. All the while I was learning all sorts of technical mumbo jumo like html. As you can probably guess, all of this was slowing me down, big time!
Instead of taking full advantage of producing time, I ended up spending long hours trying to learn everything.
So what am I now doing that's different?
Simple: I'm paying a whole bunch of other people to do all this stuff, so I can do what I'm good at. I'm now working on things that interest me. And other people are doing the hard work (yet for them it's not so hard). It amazes me to see how easy it is when you have 15 people on Odesk or Elance doing work for you, and they're generally real good at what they do, and they enjoy it!
Lifting a car is easy with a group, yet very difficult alone.
I recall a millionaire saying that a person can't become a millionaire by themselves, they need the support of others, and it really does make things so much easier. So don't do what I did and try to do everything alone. Find people who are good at what they do and are willing to pay you for it. The amazing thing is, there are people in 3rd world countries that would gladly be paid a few bucks an hour to do your work. Why? Because to them, those few bucks have significantly more value in their local currency than they do in the western world.
By outsourcing, you are literally giving them jobs (even if it's temporary). They get to make decent money and you get work done for you for cheap. In that sense, doing business is perhaps one of the most compassionate things you could do because businesses provide jobs. In other words, you are giving people a potentially better future. So that's yet another reason to outsource!
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