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This episode is less for people who don’t really have a business and are just getting started, but more for people who already have a business and are trying to re-navigate where you want to go with it because you’re having more children. We discuss the idea of delegation, which is assigning tasks to someone else so that you don’t have to do them yourself and therefore can have more time. The Pareto principle, or 80/20 rule, states that 80% of our results are coming from only 20% of our efforts, so if we’re able to pinpoint which efforts are providing the most value, we can stop focusing on the less important efforts and thus provide ourselves with more time. Another great question to ask yourself as a business owner is, can you make your business more profitable with less sales? “I am telling you, productive people have no problem helping when it’s productive.” 36:11

Delegating in your business 1:21
The Pareto principle 6:26
Things that are bad investments if your business isn’t set up right 9:16
Some key principles to follow 16:16
Short term and long term employees 24:51
Grading clients 27:08
Your peer group matters 31:57

“Sometimes when you have too many hours, you just start doing random things, like you don’t really think about what you’re doing, you’re just doing. And I really looked at in our business what would add the most value if I could just do those things consistently.” 6:11