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George:
Welcome everybody. I have Tyrone Shum from Tyroneshum.com and Tyrone runs a program called
Mass Outsource. And I met Tyrone because I enrolled in his program because I was interested
in how to -- actually outsource -- offshore and I also -- one of the benefits of going
through his program is not only that I learned the fundamentals of how to do it, but I also
found that I also got better at outsourcing, outtasking and delegating even with people
who are helping me on my team domestically.
And that was a benefit I really didnít expect. So Tyrone and I were talking a few weeks ago
and I said hey you know what, this is something that a lot of people could benefit from even
if they -- you know, donít even outsource offshore. Theyíre going to learn a lot of
principles that I think a lot of these entrepreneurs are really stuck in terms of wearing multiple
hats and trying to do everything ourselves. And so I asked Tyrone if you would take some
time to you know what allow me to ask a bunch of questions and -- you know, let you all
hear what heís doing and how heís learned how to do this. So welcome Tyrone.
Tyrone:
Thanks very much for having me on the call George. Itís a pleasure to be here.
George:
Yeah. Iím excited to be able to interview you. So tell me, you know -- I know people
are wondering like how -- how did you get started doing this?
Tyrone:
Sure. I came back from a -- or I come from basically a background of offline business
when I first started and Iíve been in real estate, Iíve also been in recruitment. But
the long story, cutting down short was I actually started out in my first internet-based business
and a little business called Dragonboating. It was a very, very niche market. And what
happened there was I was pretty much doing that sport on a full time basis, oh sorry
not full time. At part time basis and working full time at the same time in recruitment.
And I noticed in that particular market, because I had a huge interest in it that there was
something that was missing. The particular paddle type that was not offered in the market
in Australia. So what I did was I contacted a lot of people from overseas and suppliers
overseas to import this particular paddle that I was interested in getting. And because
I was competing at pretty hard level in the state in national titles for Dragonboating
all across Australia, was that I wanted to get this particular paddle but to get one
of those paddles in would cost me at least $280 just to buy one in. But the thing is,
I should also pay in shipping which would cost me about same prices. So in actual fact
to import one of these paddles in was going to be over $500.
Now, what I did was instead of just contacting one supplier to set you know, to order in,
I actually went back to my team and also a few other local paddlers inside the Dragonboat
market here, I said to them hey, would you be interested in buying the same paddle that
Iím looking to get? And because thereís a lot of interest in this one particular paddle
that wasnít offered here, it was only able to import it from the States, they all said
yeah sure. So I decided letís order a whole batch in, got 20 of these paddles in and basically
sold them off and got my own self a free paddle.
So thatís basically where I started off in terms to that. Now what happened was I didnít
realize that I could actually turn that into a business and this is where I first started
was gave me the opportunity where I imported these paddles, sold it back to all my friends
and members inside all these different clubs and then realizing okay, thereís still more
demand. People are saying hey, where did you get this paddle from? Can we get more of these?
So what we did was I looked at turning this into a business opportunity and I setup a
website. I setup all the products and put it all online and through word of mouth, everybody
came through and start buying online.
My whole intention was not to setup a store or just setup some kind of physical premises
to do this kind of business. Itís just happened that I said look Iím going to do this all
through word of mouth and via the internet. And the internet was basically the system
that I use to be able to process all the orders and keep track of whatís going on. Whereas
through word of mouth, people contact me via my mobile and also caught us at my landline
as well.
Now, it worked out really well. This business was very, very successful. I was making over
six figures a year for this business. But, the biggest thing was that I was working at
least 80 hours a week, between 60-80 hours a week. And I got myself basically into another
job. Unfortunately when I only realized that because I thought setting my own business,
I have freedom, I have my time, I can be able to do everything I wanted, but instead, Iíve
put myself another job even though I was making good money.
Now, I was like walking to a bookstore one day and I was thinking, ah -- you know I usually
just pop into the business section and have a look to see whatís available and right
in front of me, there was Tim Ferrissí 4-Hour Work Week and it was this bright green cover
with Tim holding a balloon and some other girl holding a little radio or something like
that and just caught my eyes so I thought pick it up, have a read of it. And probably
in the first -- probably five or six pages, it just got my attention because I can totally
relate to Tim.
Tim had a distribution business which was distributing vitamins and supplements across
martial arts market, and furthermore, I had a Dragonboat business which I was distributing
paddles all across the sporting arena for Dragonboating and I thought thereís some
similarities and I was thinking when I was reading through his story, he said he cut
down from working 40, 50 hours a week down to 4 hours a week and oh man if you can do
that, I can too!
So thatís where it started my little journey about outsourcing because inside the book,
Tim Ferriss talks a lot about outsourcing and automation and elimination. And, I was
at that point where I was doing everything myself, I was handling the customer service,
I was packing all the paddles myself. I was pretty much answering every single call that
was coming in. You know, youíre not just spending your whole day chasing after this
and that and you donít have time for yourself. And I realized man, I can actually increase
my business if I hired someone else to be able to manage all these things and just focus
on generating sales for the business which is what I ended up doing anyway.
And, through that period and that learning process I discovered a little bit more about
outsourcing, hired my first virtual assistant and then from there, I was able to turn down
the business. From about working 60 hours a week down to about 10 hours a week, and
I was making consistently the same amount of income as well, on top of that I did it
about 6 to 12 months. So for me I was pretty, pretty happy to do that and thatís where
I started this outsourcing journey and yeah, from there it just turned out that people
ask me and said hey Tyrone Iíve been hearing that youíve been doing really well. You know
youíve got more time, I see youíve been calling a lot of our friends and catching
up with them and it just seemed to happen that -- thatís where I decided okay I might
will teach people to do that because a lot of people started asking me and thatís how
I started outsourcing and teaching people.
George:
How did you learn how to do this? Because you know Iíve read The 4-Hour Work Week a
while back as well and I thought man, thereís a lot of stuff to learn. How did you know
where to start, when to believe and who to trust?
Tyrone:
Yeah I totally agree with you. When I read The 4-Hour Work Week, it gave me that whole
idea and that concept and Iíve fell in that same trap in just going out there and looking
at eLance, oDesk and looking at finding a virtual assistant which is what Tim suggested.
The thing that Tim doesnít share with you is How To and this is where I had to learn
how to do all those things. How to find those staff, how to manage them, how to train them,
all those kind of things. And it didnít obviously happened overnight. I had to go and do some
research, had to find out, and thatís the thing. I spent quite a bit of time reading
on different forums, speaking to different people and finding out from different courses
exactly where it was. Thereís no course out there that really taught you exactly how to
outsource properly. So I decided obviously to create that.
But coming back to how I learned about that was I did take Timís advice on hiring a virtual
assistant from India and I tried for the first time to do it and I thought Iíve got a virtual
assistant who Iím only paying $5 an hour, he can handle all my customer service, do
bit of my work from here and there and you know, I thought itíll be all okay but unfortunately
it didnít work out that way. The first experience was a nightmare.
You tell him to do one thing, heíll reply back and say yeah, yeah Iíll do it but he
didnít and did something else instead. So it just didnít work very well for me thatís
why I decided okay Iíll fire this person and going to try again for another Indian
assistant. And, tried it again and unfortunately didnít work out. And I just -- I just got
almost frustrated and almost gave up and it turned out that what I was doing was basically
not finding the right person. It was something about the culture clash that I had from Indians
and also from the people from India, it just -- I donít know they didnít understand.
When I said to do this, theyíd return something different.
Luckily for me I didnít give up but I actually gave myself a bit of time off. I took about
a month off before I decide to go back there and find someone. And I decided that Iíll
put up an ad on eLance and in eLance it showed to people that I was looking for a virtual
assistant and funny enough, a company from the Philippines approached me and said I like
to work for you and Iím happy to do it for $3 an hour and I was like wow, thatís cheaper
than what I hired in India, and plus I can give it to you for these things. So I said
all right, Iíll give it a go and I tried a different country and since then when I
did try and changed over to Philippines, my whole life changed because they understood
exactly what I wanted to, they have strong work ethics so if they didnít get the work
completed, theyíll let you know and say Iíll complete it for you tomorrow. Theyíre honest
with you because they tell you upfront.
They wonít try to mock around with how much theyíre going to charge. Theyíre going to
say upfront this is what it is and this is what weíre going to do. And over a period
of time, itís something to do with the cultural difference. And a lot of people have said
to me the same thing. Theyíve tried India and it just hasnít worked out for them. And
yes, I know there are people whoís successfully found working in India to do it for them but
itís quite a lot of work and because itís a culture thing that differentiates us between
the Western culture and say, the Philippines.
And the beautiful thing about Philippines is they have -- very, very been -- theyíve
been very modernized and Westernized by the American society so therefore they understand
exactly where youíre coming from as well. So from there, when I started to outsource
my work to the Philippines, thatís when I started to see the results and I started putting
these systems in place and I started to change my whole overall perspective on how to outsource.
Thatís why itís led me to know how to outsource.
I mean if I wanted to talk about the whole process of how I outsource, itíll probably
take me days.
George:
Oh yeah. So itís meant by your course was over many months actually. So there are still
nuances to learn about it in terms of how to actually do it -- right?
Tyrone:
There -- obviously always different things to do and different ways to approach it. It
depends on your business obviously but the main structure obviously for any business
is to find the right person and I usually recommend to hire people from the Philippines.
I donít go anywhere else. I mean people say they go to Romania, they might go to China,
they might go to other places. Iíve tried China it just didnít work for me even though
Iím Chinese.
But the thing is, is that I think the work ethic and also too, because Philippines is
well-known for its outsourcing resources over there, itís already adapted to that culture,
so therefore itís already used to do that and whenever I go over there to find people
to outsource, I seem to find people that work out.
So number one, itís definitely looking for the right people to fit that role that youíre
trying to hire for, number two for me is having the right systems. And then when youíve got
those right systems in place, you can automate the processes very well.
George:
Whatís in your experience about whatís the biggest challenge that people have when it
comes to implementing what you teach them?
Tyrone:
Ha, thatís a really good question. Training. I think thatís the most difficult thing because
as an entrepreneur what I found from people is they want to keep doing the things that
they enjoy doing but also too, they donít want to let go because thereís this either
trust issue that they feel or theyíre just used to doing themselves, they donít know
how to train someone else to do. And I think thatís something thatís difficult because
youíve been so used to doing that one process but to actually take it down, put it on paper,
document it and get someone else, trained in exactly what youíve done before is probably
the most challenging part for them.
And not only that, I mean like youíre probably busy as well. If youíre watching this and
youíre thinking wow, how do I get from working as a solo entrepreneur to having a business
where Iíve got a team of staff doing all my things, youíre going to get all that knowledge
out in your head and really give it to them. And thatís the most difficult part because
firstly it takes you away from your business from working in it and two as well, youíre
going to spend time really, really digging deeper to thinking exactly what it is and
when you realize okay this is what Iím actually doing, you might realize oh itís a waste
of time. Now Iím doing all these stuff that might not be necessary.
So itís a mindset thing and it takes a bit of effort to get out of that -- that kind
of routine habit of doing it themselves and just trusting that other people can do it
for them.
George:
Yeah. Well you know when I -- started to do this myself, I had this kind of fantasy that
oh itís just going to be easy. Tyroneís got it all worked out and this is just going
to be like Quacker. Oh my gosh right? Big naive about it right?
So then I feel what was helpful for me and helped me to keep going is that you shared
a -- I think during an open call-in session that hey you know what, it doesnít always
go smooth way at first. And even you had experienced some problems so -- letís be real about this
and you know, it does takes effort to do and just like being successful. It takes effort,
you donít just sit around and meditate all day and all of a sudden youíre successful
right?
What would be -- what is the biggest lesson youíve learned along the path of learning
how to outsource?
Tyrone:
Okay I think the biggest lesson that Iíve learned is to change the mindset because without
having a change of mindset first, you canít go ahead and do your actions because itís
what you think in here before you take that action to go and complete those tasks. And
whether or not those tasks have been outsourced or delegated, itís a skill youíve got to
learn.
So firstly, itís getting the mindset right and I talk about this as well to a lot of
people is that before you do any outsourcing, you need to think of simple principle that
I always apply which is the Paretoís Law or 80/20 Principle, whichever way you want
to do it. For people who donít know what the 80/20 Principle is, is basically 80% of
your results comes from 20% of your efforts. And an example like this would be say for
example I spend 20% of my time in the business which produces 80% of my income. And, you
can pretty much sway it around depending on what the principles are but basically the
average is 20/80.
Some people might say 95/5, or 90/10, etc but you know -- the essential principle is
that. Block that out -- oh not block it out but to actually keep that as a mindset and
as a goal to do in your business. You can actually see which things you can begin to
delegate out that is necessary in your business but doesnít mean that you have to do it yourself.
A good example is email. For example you donít have to check email everyday. I mean if you
want, you can but it takes time to check it and also too you do know that there are going
to be important emails come through but you donít have time to filter through them. So
why donít you think okay I can hire maybe a virtual assistant who can go through and
filter through all those things. See which emails are important and action those tasks
for me where I can just focus on those tasks which are going to generate income for the
business.
And things that I find that generate income for the business is meeting up with people
like networking, doing interviews with other podcasters or other successful entrepreneurs,
writing newsletters, creating products -- you know those kind of things that really do sell
and generate income. Those are the things that I focus on. Whereas checking emails,
I have a ticket support system which my virtual assistant handles and she manages all that.
So if you can apply something like that, and thatís just an example, you can pretty much
breakdown your business and start to outsource it all. And itís all about thinking about
that simple principle.
George:
Yeah, I felt personally in attempt to apply this that even though I understood it theoretically,
it took a while. In fact my virtual assistant. It took me about -- Iím going to say about
three months to figure out how to help her to help me.
Really, itís like kind of weird. I mean itís like wow learning all these things from Tyrone
but to actually use it in real life, I mean I stumbled a lot at first. And at first I
thought well maybe, Iím just afraid of letting go but that really wasnít. I was like desperate.
I was like Iím going to take it as much as you can right? But I donít know how to interact
with her -- and keep track of all these different moving parts.
So one day I said instead of me leading her, because we do a call twice a week to check
in and plan really what needs to happen and prioritize. We didnít use to do that at first,
I found that made a big difference. We used to be out sending her stuff through -- right
now weíre using Basecamp and email and instead of -- instead of -- and I lose track of like
okay what did she do, what hasnít she done, what havenít I put on Basecamp, what havenít
I keep on Basecamp and then itís just -- then I lost confidence in my own ability to keep
track.
So one day I said Iíll tell you why you know what, Iím not good at keeping track of this
stuff. Iím like trying to hand it off but Iím not -- I donít remember when I hand
it off or not. So then what she did is she started keeping track of her stuff. She started
keeping a master list and that worked so much better -- for her to do that.
So when we get on the call, sheís just leading the call and say hereís what the priorities
are from last week. This is whatís got done, this is what the question I have and weíll
just go through it and I found that worked better for me now. That might not work for
everybody but my whole point was that when youíre first learning to work with somebody,
you have to understand your own personal style and how that fits with other personís style
of communication and style of -- of taking action and getting things done.
Tyrone:
I actually like that idea. Itís something that Iíve considered as well doing too. I
mean Iíve worked off basically on project management system and itís sort of similar
in one way. I use also Basecamp as well. Iíve been changing my system lately because Iím
trying to find a more efficient and more faster process. I like to streamline things down.
George:
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
Tyrone:
So what I found is that Iíll put in one project and that project basically has its all tasks
that needs to be completed and they basically have a deadline just to me. Once I put that
up, itís up to them to get it completed. If they have any questions, theyíll send
it back to us. So it is very much like what you do, except that you do on a weekly basis
and say hey we go come back together and touchbase to see whatís happening there.
And thatís a great way because that way youíre in contact with them on a weekly basis rather
than just leaving off themselves for a month or so.
George:
Exactly.
Tyrone:
Itís like what have you done after a month?
George:
Right, right. It might be too late right?
Tyrone:
Yes.
George:
Thatís one thing I figured out myself. Thatís helped me to feel confident and all -- you
know the things that got handed off were getting done and she knew what needed to get done.
And so that helped a lot.
The other thing that I find challenging, I think other people are going to find this
challenging Tyrone is to actually train people to do certain things that you know, youíre
only doing. It seems basic, it seems obvious. But with other people, itís not.
And I found even for myself, oh my gosh Iím going to show somebody how to do this. So
I -- I had this fantasy that one person can do a training like say Basecamp how to use
it right? And then multiple assistants can just learn from that training video.
Tyrone:
Yes.
George:
Will that be cool to have it? You know it makes sense because that way some people I
know -- probably some of your students are using more than one assistant, right?
Tyrone:
Yep.
George:
And that way if you do one video, multiple assistants where you change the systems or
somebodyís out for a reason, they can use the same video to train.
Tyrone:
Definitely yeah.
George:
So yeah. So bring it up as an encouragement to invest the time and energy to make that
training documentation. Whether it is a written checklist, or if itís -- an audio, or a video
or screen captures right? Itís worth doing.
Tyrone:
Oh yeah. Because I -- I found that to be very, very useful like Iíve got all everything
all documented using video because thatís the best way to present for me anyway because
I -- I donít like writing things down. I like to have something thatís physical where
you can see. That way you can see it clear and you canít get it wrong. If youíve got
a video saying do this, do that, itís most likely they canít miss out. Thereís no way
that someone could misunderstand that unless you canít explain it properly.
Whereas if you have the documentation written, yeah thereís step by step instruction which
you read but it just doesnít being a visual. So Iíd highly recommend if possible, try
to do anything using a screen capture software. Thereís plenty of free ones around like Iíve
already recommended JingProject which is a great one that I use to communicate. Another
easy one that you can use Screencast-o-matic and that allows you to record up to 15 minutes
of screen capture.
And if you can just use those, you can store them on their service all for free and pass
it onto all your virtual assistants to watch them and complete the work that they need
to do. And itís as easy as that.
Like for example, I just recently hired another programmer. And the programmer, all he needs
to do now is Iíve given him all his getting started guides, how to be able to log in to
the system, how to use the system, all that was already done many years ago. Itís the
same thing thatís not changed much at all.
Gave that up to him and now heís up and running and heís just spending his time watching
those training videos right now to get up to speed of what weíre doing in our system.
And I donít have to spend more time now. So you know, itís definitely worthwhile like
because Iím in the position right now where Iíve got all that done and all that in place,
I look back at it and go wow, that was probably the best time that I spent to create those
videos and spend time to do them.
Whereas if youíre sitting in a position right now where you donít have a team or a virtual
staff behind you without any training videos, you might be thinking ah, is it really worth
my time? You can highly, highly take it for granted. If you got to stick at it for a long
term and itís definitely worthwhile doing it right now. Donít fall back on it and just
-- just get it done.
George:
Well you know, thatís one of the good thing about your program is the way you designed
your program, the Mass Outsource you actually have training videos for some of the tasks
that are very common to all of us to what business weíre in. And what you said with
some of those videos, you said hey hereís the video of how to do it. You should give
this to your assistant.
Tyrone:
Thatís right.
George:
And theyíll learn how to do it. So some of the basic things that we all have in common
are actually recorded by you already.
Tyrone:
Yeah, thatís right. Thatís what I was going to say. You can -- if you join up Mass Outsource
Mastermind, youíll get all those training videos. Itís like 10 or 15 of them in there
and you just give it to them and just train them. And I basically give that as well to
any new staff I have.
Thatís the reason why okay just use them. Thereís no point not spending your time doing
that. Thatís for people who donít have the time but also at the same time youíve got
to understand not every business is the same so youíll definitely have to create some
different training videos to cater for your videos and thatís something youíve got to
do. But majority of it is covered there anyway.
George:
Exactly I mean there was just one video I got from you Tyrone that it was just driving
me crazy. Itís a piece of software and I knew I needed it and everytime I looked at
how to end up, pretty tech savvy here but I just went cross sight trying to figure it
out.
So got a video from you send it over her and she figured it out. Sheís using it now, she
like -- knows how to use software. I donít know how to use software, thatís the first
for me. Thatís unusual for me.
So anyways my whole point was that hey you know -- a lot of people are going to get the
concept of only going to put these training videos together. But to actually to do it
may seem overwhelming to a lot of people especially when you got oh my gosh Iíve got to document
a 100 different casts but you start with one and start building up then you create a whole
library and the library you created like you said thereís 10 or 15 of them, you can use
it as another material.
Tyrone:
Thatís right I mean thatís your basic foundations.
George:
Exactly. So I was going to have you say something about at the end but if people were at this
point where like hey how do I learn more about your program? What -- can you tell them more
what they can learn about Mass Outsource?
Tyrone:
Well ah, you can get 10 free videos at MassOutsource.com which is just simply Mass, M-A-S-S Outsource,
O-U-T-S-O-U-R-C-E.com. I lost out there for a moment. Yeah thatís -- you can get the
10 free videos there and at the end of the 10 free videos, you can also go to the trial.
Now if you want to get access to it and straightaway without having to watch those 10 free videos,
you can just go straight to MassOutsource.com/Trial T-R-I-A-L and youíll be able to get access
to the whole course straightaway. And thereís a no-risk 30-day money back guarantee on that
so you know, itís got everything all in there that you need. Plus all the other bonuses.
And if you do have any further questions about how to or what you are not sure about whatís
in the course, just shoot me an email and Iím pretty sure George will leave these details
down below as well, too for that.
George:
Yeah, and one thing you didnít mention that I personally find very valuable is Tyrone
does the call-in Q&A
Tyrone:
Oh yes, thatís right.
George:
Every month -- you can call in and Iíve done it. I said Tyrone Iím frustrated I tried
going through 2 VAs and it hasnít worked. What do I do here? So Tyrone actually you
know, like the feel of those questions from you know, what challenges people are actually
dealing with and heíll give you advise on what to do and share kind of like how heís
dealt with the particular issue.
Tyrone:
Yeah. You wonít be left out down the loop. So if you become part of the Mass Outsource
course, youíll basically be able to get one-on-one coaching from me from those group coaching
calls because whoeverís on there, you can ask me as many questions as you want and I
basically also help you answer anything else as well, too. Plus weíve got a community
of people inside the forum and you can also ask questions in there.
Yeah, itís very much well-connected and thereís plenty of resources in there for you to be
able to get started and you wonít be out there alone as well.
George:
Yeah, the thing I want to see about getting help like you talked about, Tyrone about building
a team is that -- there are a lot of gruelling parts that makes successful business. You
have to have your content or your core material whether youíre a service business or youíre
creating a product, you have to have that core material right?
Tyrone:
Yes.
George:
But to actually go out and market to regenerate and then convert clients and then deliver,
you need a certain degree of technology even if youíre offline business. Thereís certain
degree of technology right? And if youíre going to try to learn all of those pieces
of technology yourself, I mean it comes with the cost right? The cost is youíre not paying
attention to what else maybe your strength.
Tyrone:
Thatís right.
George:
Thatís what I found is like okay, tell my assistant what needs to get done and then
at a certain degree, sheís got it figured out. And the good thing is she loves that
stuff, she loves that kind of challenge.
Tyrone:
Thatís good.
George:
Yeah.
Tyrone:
Itís interesting because you want to be able to give like the people that youíve hired
like your virtual assistants that responsibility because when they take control and take charge,
they protect more proactive action.
If you keep spoon feeding them and hoping that theyíre going to do all the work, youíre
not letting them take responsibility because when you can let go of those things, theyíll
be able to manage it for you and do it correctly. I mean from time to time like for example
solo entrepreneurs, we do have a tendency to want to jump in and do it ourselves.
George:
It makes sense.
Tyrone:
Thatís very normal.
George:
I think thatís the problem I had in the first three months. Because I was kind of giving
her step by step what to do and that maybe came from being a surgeon like oh we got to
control everything in this operation right? And then finally I just gave up and said look
this is not just working.
Well whatís up you know and I knew sheís good, sheís talented, sheís conscientious
and I just figured oh my gosh, whatís up to you Iím getting good information from
Tyrone and itís still not working so I finally said Iíve got to try different approach.
So I think the learning is to persist to keep trying, keep making the effort. If you had
the same thing at first, at first two year assistance didnít work out.
Tyrone:
Yep, thatís absolutely -- I mean thatís where you learn from these experiences and
-- I canít guarantee that you find the perfect one at the beginning but if you keep persisting
at it and you keep trialing at it, it takes a bit of time to do it but once you get there,
it just really, really make your life so much easier and so much efficient as well too and
that way it frees up your time to do the things you enjoy as well.
George:
Right. So let me ask you this one more question.
Tyrone:
Sure.
George:
I bet you a lot of people have read 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss and when I read it,
I had the same thought that you mentioned earlier like hey this sounds great. Itís
great that heís done it but like -- how do you actually go do it right? He tells you
what to do but not like the nitty gritty of how to get it done thatís why I signed up
for your course.
Because I saw oh you know what, heís teaching you the how to. I quickly got the what to
do, itís fine but the how I do it, thatís what the course is all about. So do you have
like parting advice for people who are just getting started or people who are frustrated,
maybe theyíve given up, any parting advice about how to go about getting started?
Tyrone:
Sign up for my course.
I mean like -- you know, in all seriousness I mean yeah Iíll do my best obviously inside
the course to show you the how-tos but parting advice from there is just really take action
out there. Now if youíve got the concept and the idea of what you need to be done like
the outsourcing side of things, best thing to do is to go out and find a virtual assistant
just to get started and I recommend a lot of places.
Like one that I recommend a lot is GetVirtualStaffFinder.com. Iíll send over the link to you anyway and
basically thatís a service thatís run by a person in the Philippines and they look
for the virtual staff for you. And when they do that, you can save a lot of your time having
to find the staff yourself. But once youíve got that in place and youíve got your first
virtual staff or your team on or whatever it is that youíve hired, just take action
to get those things delegated out.
And as I mentioned at the beginning of this call, just look at applying the 80/20 principle
as quickly as you can because once you start applying that, youíll start to see the ease
of use of the systems and your businesses because once youíve got someone else handling
it, you can free up your mind to focus on the necessary and important things which should
be the dollar-productive activities.
So thatís really what I can part to you to just take action and do that. And if you are
interested, Iím joking obviously to sign up. I want to just encourage you if you do
need assistance, Iím more than happy to help you, check it out at MassOutsource.com and
hopefully I can give you some further advice if you do need any help with outsourcing.
George:
Iím living proof that itís worth taking the course so great, thanks a lot Tyrone.
Tyrone:
Youíre welcome George, great to be on the call. Thank you.
George:
Yeah, thanks.