Ok, so today I want to go over something that I see constantly in the outsourcing space. And it drives me crazy.
The internet is full of people telling you to outsource your life away. Hire a bunch of virtual assistants. Work four hours a week. Passive income. Beach life. You've heard it all.
I'm writing this because that advice, taken at face value, will destroy your business.
I'm not anti-outsourcing. I run a virtual assistant placement company. I've placed hundreds of VAs with over 700 businesses. Outsourcing is the single best tool for scaling your operation.
But here's where people mess up: they try to outsource things they don't understand themselves.
If you hand off a piece of your business that you've never personally done or don't understand the mechanics of, you are giving the keys to your livelihood to a stranger. And you won't even know when things go wrong. Either someone is going to waste your money, operate so inefficiently that it eats your margins, or straight up take advantage of you. And you'll sit there thinking everything is fine.
You cannot manage what you do not understand. Full stop.