As you may or may not know, I am currently being mentored by Alex Jeffreys, and this week as part of our weekly live webinar he spoiled us with an incredible bonus, and that was Rich Schefren on the webinar speaking to us live.
If you don’t know who Rich Schefren is, he is the guru to the gurus and is the mentor to online megastars such as Mike Filsaime, Jeff Walker, Jim Edwards, Joel Comm, Ryan Deiss, Willie Crawford and Alex Jeffreys himself to name just a few.
Alex always talks so highly of Rich Schefren, so to be able to listen to him speak to us and give us a bit of a glimpse inside his mind was an incredible opportunity. To listen to the man, he just made so much sense in everything that he said, but he didn’t make things complicated, he likes to use simple methods and he actually said that from his experience the simple business models were often far more successful than the complicated ones.
What Rich also told us that made a lot of sense was to “create a business by design”. What he meant by this is that you map out your business progress, rather than just working away like a crazy person for 12 hours a day without really knowing where your business is going. What he said to do was to build a team bit by bit to run your business as it grows, handing over the responsibility of different aspects of the business until finally you have your team running your business completely for you and “your plate is clear and you are free”. This isn’t to say that you no longer have any interaction within your business, it just means you can take a step back and keep an eye over the business as a whole rather than getting weighed down with one thing and missing everything else that is going on around you.
Paul,
Yep, Loved Rich’s call and boy does this guy have some great insight into the world of business.
It brought back memories of the last business I built huge… All I did was spend my time trying to hire out for the weaknesses in our company.
Basically, we determined the skills sets required to take us to the next level, looked at our current weaknesses and then went looking.
It really only took about 10 – 12 people before I started working myself out of needing to be involved heavily in that 7 figure business.
Looking forward to the future.
Cheers,
Rob
Hi Rob,
It’s so true, you need to eliminate any weak area’s in a business and get people that are strong to fill in. Sounds like you have done that well in the business you mentioned, a very wise lesson to be learned. Really looking forward to hearing more from Rich Schefren, he certainly git my attention in the two hours he spoke with us.
Speak soon Rob
Cheers,
Paul
“Build a business by design” – it sooo important to weeed out wasted time and effort.
If you do a free seminar, It’s a waste of your time.
But you do it and save it for a another purpose
….it’s by design…
You can save it and re-purpose it for other uses,
promotion, bonuses, and create a product out of it, etc.
Great stuff Paul
Hi Brad,
So true. A business without design can become a chaotic mess after a while. To make the essential planning at the beginning and map out your route will lead to a smooth road to success I believe.
Cheers Brad,
Paul
Hey Paul,
I was on the Rich call as well and the guy was outstanding.
It really is necessary to treat this like a business and get people in to do the areas of the business that you are weak in. Just got to get onto that first step!
Andy
Hi Andy,
Yes, it’s always good to listen to one of the best, and Rich Schefren has certainly earned himself the title of that.
Cheers,
Paul