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I plugged my headset in and waited for the Zoom meeting to start. This was our first official meeting, to talk about the first post that we should put on Deleg8te, and I was excited to hear my client\u2019s story.<\/span><\/p>\n

Within a few seconds, he picked up the other end of the call. Despite being the morning of a Friday, he had a pep to his voice like he had just run a marathon but was ready for ten more miles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The meeting begins. He explains to me that his new venture is based around virtual assistants, though I\u2019m not quite sure what the driving force behind this idea is.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTime,\u201d he says as if the word was the only answer that I needed.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He goes on to explain how much he values the hours in his day, and immediately, it becomes clear to me that this is a family man I am talking to. The type of man that wants to get up in the morning and chase his kids around the house, ushering them to eat breakfast, and then dropping them off for school. Being present in the lives of his children and his wife is important to him, and he has no plans to compromise these moments for extra hours working on his business.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also knew that he couldn\u2019t put his dreams and visions aside to solely be a husband and a father, either. There needs to be balance. He needs to manage his time.<\/span><\/p>\n

And this isn\u2019t something that he learned overnight.<\/span><\/p>\n

No one wakes up one day with the answer to how to manage all the hours between being a family man and being a business owner. After pouring his time, efforts, and money into several ventures, some failed and some successful, he realized that there was one piece of advice that continued to resonate with him. This was the one advice parroted back and forth between books he read, podcasts he favored, and gurus he followed.<\/span><\/p>\n

He needed virtual assistants. A team that has his back and runs his business for him while he runs after his 3-year old son that put something in his mouth that he wasn\u2019t supposed to.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though I was clearly hired to be his virtual assistant, I felt a little skeptical of his plans. \u201cBut aren\u2019t you scared?\u201d I asked him, \u201cAren\u2019t you terrified of outsourcing your whole business to other people?\u201d It seemed risky.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I fully expected him to unleash a barrage of fears at me, which was natural for anyone starting something new. Relinquishing control of your business is something that so many of my previous clients have struggled to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Without even a pause after my question, he says, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He goes on to explain to me that this isn\u2019t his first time trying to start something new that would inevitably add a load of stress onto his plate. Just last year, he introduced a new product that was a painful and frustrating experience. He\u2019s no stranger to the roadblocks and pitfalls that come with trying to start a business. Instead of fearing the inevitable, he welcomes them as challenges for his new team to help him overcome.<\/span><\/p>\n

I nodded in respect.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before closing up the call, there was one last question that I was dying to know. \u201cSo, why are we documenting everything?\u201d From the moment he posted his job ad, he was transparent about the fact that everything we do was going to be put down on paper.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy inspiration for business has always been the people that shared their journey with me,\u201d he said. \u201cListening to Andrew Warner\u2019s podcast and hearing interviews from other entrepreneurs drive me to do what I do. We wouldn\u2019t even be having this conversation right now if it wasn\u2019t for those people sharing their stories.\u201d His voice lit up as he continued, sharing his favorite podcasts and interviews with me.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He explained that he wanted to give back to the community, showing them, with himself as the guinea pig, the raw, unedited process of starting a business.<\/span><\/p>\n

He tells me, \u201cWarts and all.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He hopes that this becomes a place where other entrepreneurs can find motivation and true inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n

The call comes to an end, and I wish him a good weekend. This project was going to last, at a minimum, of a year long. I have watched businesses crash, stagnate, or skyrocket, within a humble 12 months. So we\u2019ll see.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll keep you updated on the journey. Enter your e-mail address below, and I\u2019ll send our next update straight to your inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Being present in the lives of his children and his wife is important to him, and he has no plans to compromise these moments for extra hours working on his business. He also knew that he couldn\u2019t put his dreams and visions aside to solely be a husband and a father, either. There needs to be balance. He needs to manage his time. And this isn\u2019t something that he learned overnight. No one wakes up one day with the answer to how to manage all the hours between being a family man and being a business owner. After pouring his time, efforts, and money into several ventures, some failed and some successful, he realized that there was one piece of advice that continued to resonate with him. This was the one advice parroted back and forth between books he read, podcasts he favored, and gurus he followed. He needed virtual assistants. A team that has his back and runs his business for him while he runs after his 3-year old son that put something in his mouth that he wasn\u2019t supposed to. Even though I was clearly hired to be his virtual assistant, I felt a little skeptical of his plans. \u201cBut aren\u2019t you scared?\u201d I asked him, \u201cAren\u2019t you terrified of outsourcing your whole business to other people?\u201d It seemed risky. I fully expected him to unleash a barrage of fears at me, which was natural for anyone starting something new. Relinquishing control of your business is something that so many of my previous clients have struggled to do. Without even a pause after my question, he says, \u201cNo.\u201d He goes on to explain to me that this isn\u2019t his first time trying to start something new that would inevitably add a load of stress onto his plate. Just last year, he introduced a new product that was a painful and frustrating experience. 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