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So, that’s how I got started with outsourcing. I hired out a few
tasks that just wasn’t one of my fortes or just frustrating me,
and started focusing more of my efforts on what I really enjoyed
doing and I’ve actually now built a team around the world, it’s
pretty cool; it’s a pretty international team all through finding
these people through eLove.com or oDesk.com, or through
referrals from friends, and it’s just me having a small team with
you to work on things when you can’t work on them around
the clock, at different time zones; it’s pretty neat, and it’s been
critical for me to be able to grow my business and also just take
time off and go and travel more and take weeks away from my
business, like biking across Africa last year.
There’s no way I could have done that without a virtual assistant
at that time and some really great systems in place, so I am a
really big, big fan of outsourcing. It took me a little while to get
into it but now I think it’s fantastic!
Kharisma: Great! Now your book, The Suitcase Entrepreneur-
Create Freedom in Business And Adventure In Life, you’ve actually
structured it in three sections based on say, a particular need
for an individual starting out a business or already in business.
Can you share how that’s structured?
Natalie: The book? For sure, it’s actually three acts. I know that
act is not even applied, but you got to have fun and adventure
in life, right? So the first act is all about becoming a digital
nomad really, and figuring out your propensity for risk and
adventure. So it’s, “Are you cut out t0 be an entrepreneur, and
also a travelling one, at that?” And I share the important things
that I think you need to h