133: Hire People Who Are Better Than You with Terri Trespicio

Are the systems I share on this show and in Free Time just a “Jenny Blake Thing?” Rest assured, the answer is no! If you don’t see yourself as a tech geek or systems person, have no fear—Terri Trespicio is here to share her journey with implementing the principles and the difference she is seeing in her life and business as a result.

More About Terri

Terri Trespicio is an award-winning writer, speaker, brand advisor, and author of Unfollow Your Passion: How to Create a Life That Matters to You (Atria / Simon & Schuster, December 2021). Her TEDx talk Stop Searching for Your Passion has more than 7 million views, and Hubspot named her one of the Top 18 female speakers who are killing it.

🌟3 Key Takeaways

• Sometimes you need to hire before you can really afford to if you want to grow. 

• If you hire an experienced expert to take over some of your work and then “hop into help” you are as likely to disrupt their process or even offend them as actually help. 

• Be intentional about whether you want to productize your offerings or make them bespoke. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all-businesses solution. 

📝Permission

Stop taking pleasure or pride in doing everything yourself. Delight in the fact that you need help and support to do your best work, and you can get it. 

✅Do (or Delegate) This Next

Look at how you’re spending your time and how that impacts your energy. Find one thing that makes you think, “I probably shouldn’t be doing this,” and either delegate it now or prepare to do it soon. 

📘Books Mentioned

• Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business

• Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One

• Unfollow Your Passion: How to Create a Life That Matters to You

• Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want from Your Business

• Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company's Future - and What to Do About It

🔗Resources Mentioned 

• Terri on the web, Unfollow Your Passion, Instagram: @ttrespicio

• TEDx talk: Stop Searching for Your Passion

• Marketing Mentor: Ilise Benun

• Communities: BFF Community, Terri’s The Club 

• Design Software: Canva

• Recording Software: Riverside.fm

• Writer’s Training: American Writers and Artists Institute

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