YOU CAN PLAN A PRODUCTIVE DAY ON ONE SHEET OF PAPER.

Delegation is overwhelming. But it’s an essential part to any business, so expert Barbara Turley joins the show to explain where to begin.

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Ever feel like your calendar controls you, and not the other way around? Join me as I will present the Control Your Calendar Workshop LIVE on Tuesday November 10th at 5pm ET/2pm PT, which will allow for questions to be answered to live participants. This one hour interactive virtual workshop will help you take control of your days, weeks, and months using a simple and proven framework. I want to share my framework with you so that you can feel the same way I do. Calm, collected, and in control of the weeks ahead. For just $9, sign up at Productivityist.com/CalendarWorkshop/.

I want to share with you today The NOW Year Calendar 2021 edition, from my partnership with the team at NeuYear. It’s a wall calendar that comes in both a tall and wide format to help you plan out the year, and it’s based on my TimeCrafting methodology. If you follow my 30 Days of TimeCrafting program, you can choose your Annual Axiom and put it at the top of this calendar, along with adding Daily Themes to the mix. Simply go to Productivityist.com/NeuYear and then enter the discount code PODCAST to get 10% off your order. 2020 is rapidly coming to a close, so it’s time to start planning the next year now.

How often do you get caught up with small business overwhelm? Today’s guest Barbara Turley, CEO of the Virtual Hub, is a true expert when it comes to hiring and on-boarding staff for small businesses. Barbara is an investor and entrepreneur with a keen interest in scalable business models, systems, processes and automation, content marketing and the power of inspired and empowered teams. 

The mission of the Virtual Hub is to eradicate small business overwhelm by simplifying the offshore outsourcing process and facilitating cost-effective business scalability. Hiring support is not easy, so I’m excited to hear what Barbara has learnt from hiring some of the best VAs.

Join our conversation as we explore setting expectations, the “huddle” concept, and learning from the mistakes we’ve made. It’s time to get out of the loop of being stuck in the busy work trenches, and start thinking about the bigger picture.

Talking Points

• The simple steps to overcoming overwhelm (1:33)
• The story behind The Virtual Hub (7:40)
• A long-term thinking mindset (12:08)
• Busting the common myths behind ‘I can’t delegate’ (20:19)
• Procrastinating behind busy work (26:14)
• The most effective way to recruit and onboard a VA (31:26)
• Providing structures through tools (38:00)
• The first step of delegation (39:41)

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“Delegation percolates and evolves.”

– Barbara Turley

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Helpful Links

• The 4-Hour Workweek | Amazon
• The E-Myth Revisited | Amazon 
• Scaling Up | Amazon 
• Asana
• TheVirtualHub.com/Productivityist 
• The Virtual Success Show

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