EP 54 - Tim Francis - Why Every Entrepreneur Needs a Great Assistant

Why Every Entrepreneur Needs a Great Assistant As an entrepreneur, we need to make sure that everything we do has a positive return on investment and that includes getting a great assistant. On this episode, Steve’s special guest is Tim Francis. Tim is an award-winning entrepreneur from Canada and the founder of ProfitFactory.com and GreatAssistant.com. Here are more valuable information on this episode: The difference between hands and feet work and head and heart work. Coming up with Decision Making Guidelines (DMGs) so that employees can operate on their own. The difference between having a consumer mindset versus a producer mindset. And the real value of having a great assistant in an entrepreneur’s daily life. So, sit back and listen to today’s episode as Tim and Steve discuss how entrepreneurs can transition from business operators to business owners by having great people on their team. 1:53 (Steve introduces today’s guest, Tim Francis, founder of Great Assistant.) 4: 14 (Tim talks about what he does day to day.) 11:26 (Tim explains the difference between hands and feet versus head and heart work.) 13:56 (Decision Making Guidelines, a user-friendly term for operating principles.) 39:44 (Tim talks about the consumer mindset versus producer mindset.) 56:22 (Tim explains the value of a great assistant.) 1:13:26 (Tim imparts final words of wisdom to Awesomers.) Welcome to the Awesomers.com podcast. If you love to learn and if you're motivated to expand your mind and heck if you desire to break through those traditional paradigms and find your own version of success, you are in the right place. Awesomers around the world are on a journey to improve their lives and the lives of those around them. We believe in paying it forward and we fundamentally try to live up to the great Zig Ziglar quote where he said, "You can have everything in your life you want if you help enough other people get what they want." It doesn't matter where you came from. It only matters where you're going. My name is Steve Simonson and I hope you will join me on this Awesomer journey. SPONSOR ADVERTISEMENT If you're launching a new product manufactured in China, you will need professional high-resolution Amazon ready photographs. Because Symo Global has a team of professionals in China, you will oftentimes receive your listing photographs before your product even leaves the country. This streamlined process will save you the time, money and energy needed to concentrate on marketing and other creative content strategies before your item is in stock and ready for sale. Visit SymoGlobal.com to learn more. Because a picture should be worth one thousand keywords. You're listening to the Awesomers podcast. Steve: You're listening to the Awesomers.com podcast episode series and this is Episode number 54 and as always all you have to do is go on over to Awesomers.com/54 to find the relevant show notes, details and the links that we talked about throughout today's episode. By the way, don't hesitate to leave us a comment on that page or why not leave a review while you're online and go to iTunes or Google Play or wherever your favorite place is. Leave us a review and let us know how we're doing. We're trying our best, but we're 54 episodes into this baby. Now, we're dropping them daily so we hope were doing something that you find to be of value. 1:53 (Steve introduces today’s guest, Tim Francis, founder of Great Assistant.) Now today my special guest, you're going to love it, his name is Tim Francis and he has done a number of things in his time and we're going to talk about that in today's episode. But one of the things is he's the founder of Great Assistant, which helps entrepreneurs get – wait for it, a great assistant. What a clever and descriptive term right. Now, for five years he failed again and again with trying to hire assistants and he kind of talks about some of that journey with us today.

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If you are an Amazon seller, ecommerce entrepreneur, ebay seller or you want to learn how to sell online this Podcast is for YOU! What is an Awesomer? An Awesomer is someone who through a series of long-term actions and behaviors has demonstrated that they are not satisfied with normal. They are achievers to a penultimate degree in their own industry specialty or area of interest. There are no monetary criteria to be an Awesomer, in fact, many mega-wealthy people are not Awesomers. Some of them are Normies. Others are even Basics! Awesomers want to thrive; not just survive. Awesomers are trying to improve their lives and the lives of those around them. They are trying to make an impact, in whatever way they can, on the world. Many Amazon Sellers are awesomers. They took the Amazon FBA opportunity and they siezed the moment by taking action. If you are an Amazon Seller or interested in selling in eCommerce you should take a moment now and listen to all the Awesomer origin stories. Entrepreneurs solve problems in the world. They don’t create them. Awesomers are never done learning or improving. To become an Awesomer one must realize the journey to improve is perpetual. In other words, you don't arrive to the land of the Awesomer as a destination. Being an Awesomer means you are on the path of achievement for the sake of improving your life and those around you. Awesomers are 75% more likely to listen to educational or improvement podcasts.** What is a Normie? A Normie is someone who is stable and well established in life and ultimately is satisfied with the status quo. They don't want to rock the boat. They don't want to take risks. Normies are satisfied to survive. Normies are fine, just ask them. Awesomers have no problems with Normies. In fact, most Awesomers are surrounded by Normies who are their close friends and even family. More often than not Normies do not understand the plight of the Awesomer so they will warn the Awesomer to “be careful” or “don’t do it” or provide other guidance they mean to be helpful, but it is really just negativity that the Awesomer must overcome. We all know and love Normies and we are not criticizing Normies. We're only delineating some of the differences that exist between Awesomers and Normies. Normies are 84% more likely to listen to news about the Kardashians than Awesomers.** What is a Basic? A basic is someone who doesn't care about anyone which is often including themselves. They self-sabotage, they create problems, and they are not people that anyone should hang out with. They suck the life out of everyone around them by manufacturing drama, problems, or other nonsense. These people have chosen a path for themselves often by years and years of behaviors and actions which lead them to the life they have today; which is ok with us. We’re not judging. We just choose not to have our journey detoured by crossing the path of a Basic. (We also refer to this as the no A-HOLE rule.) 63% of basics have a cell phone only to play games, consume news or "vent" on social media.** **The preceding statistics for each archetype above is 100% made up. We like to make jokes. But we'll always tell the truth and set the record straight. The Awesomers.com podcast, hosted by Steve Simonson, will showcase some of the amazing origin stories of Awesomers from around the world. There are so many truly inspiring stories from people from all walks of life, but most often the Awesomers that will be focused on will be those who are also entrepreneurs. We'll be launching in the last half of 2018 as we build the systems and a team to support this important effort. We hope you will join us for this exhilarating journey! Many of these awesomers are Amazon sellers who have built an Amazon FBA ecommerce business and have started to see positive financial and lifestyle results.