![]() ![]() Loads of entrepreneurs make the mistake of rushing to that end goal, fumbling the process as they go. That end goal may be obvious less obvious is usually where to start. Scott’s introduction here about the LYL team is a perfect example. From business leaders like Richard Branson to lifestyle designers like Tim Ferriss, and even to superheros like the The Avengers, the best become better when they surround themselves with a team. That’s how legends are born-legends lead high-performing teams that are capable of achieving far more than the leader could alone. To change the world by doing meaningful work you love, you have to delegate the work that gets in the way. And yet another reason to take your surroundings so damn seriously. Today’s article is the foundation of what he covers in the book, and it’s plenty to get you diving head first into building your team. He also just published his new book Virtual Freedom, which goes live today. Given how huge of a sticking point this is for many of us working towards living our legends, I’m honored to have Chris here to share his specific process for getting started hiring your own team – and some of the brick walls to avoid. Today he runs a virtual staffing company with more than 250 employees in the Philippines which allows hundreds of solopreneurs to not only overcome their Superhero Syndrome, but significantly magnify their impact. He’s a master at it – and he should be at this point, given that he’s been in the business since before most had heard the term virtual assistant. One of the resources I’ve turned to for scalable team building over the years is Chris Ducker. Where to start? What works? What doesn’t? Now I don’t know what I’d do without Liz, Cherilyn, Celina, Tim, Glen and the rest of our team.īut getting started was so damn hard. And I had a lot more time to think bigger (and travel with Chelsea). Then something amazing began to happen – so much more started to become possible. Kinda like how I felt in the above picture… What a joke.Īt first out of necessity, I slowly started to bring on more people. Like I was some magician that needed the help of no one. I was suffering from what my friend Chris Ducker calls “The Superhero Syndrome”. It didn’t take long after Live Your Legend started to grow for me to realized how naive that was, especially given the impact I wanted our revolution here to have on others.įrom that point, I fought with the idea of hiring a “team” for well over a year, until it literally became impossible to keep up with everything. I also had no idea what I was talking about. I loved the idea of how simple that sounded and the freedom it would allow. Years ago, I used to think I wanted to build a business that had exactly one employee – me. – Chris Ducker, author of Virtual Freedom You Ever Had Superhero Syndrome? But, it also took a lot more than just one person to build it!” In Book Summaries, Career & Purpose, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Self-Guided Education ![]()
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