Chris Ducker on Delegating for Tasks, Roles and Team Building

Chris Ducker was working 14-hour days, six days a week, spending very little time with family and working ‘in’ his business, instead of ‘on’ it and was tired in every possible way. He’s come a long way since then, creating the new business Virtual Staff Finder, the New Business Podcast, and his new book – Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business. He’s also released a podcast series that corresponds to the new book.

In this episode, Chris and Erik cover:

• The false believe that you can fill every role in a growing business
• Super hero syndrome
• Chris’ definition of the word Entrepreneur = To provide answers to questions and solutions to problems
• Being a 16 hour a day, 7 day a week entrepreneur doesn’t make you a more successful entrepreneur.

Chris’s 3 lists:

• The things you hate doing
• The things you can’t do
• The things you shouldn’t be doing

Chris’s rule for email – Never open an email more than once by: 

• reply or forward it


• archive it


• delete it
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