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Follow Your Gut, It’ll Very Rarely Let You Down With Chris Ducker
Everything changed for me at the end of 2009, when I suffered a horrific burnout. I was living like most entrepreneurs, working 14-hour days, six days a week, spending very little time with my family and working ‘in’ my business, instead of ‘on’ it way too much. Sure, I loved my business and the focus of building it, but I was tired. In every possible way.
Going into 2010, I put a 1-year goal in place – to become a Virtual CEO. I started a blog to chart the journey. I was going to replace myself in my business as much as possible by the end of the year. By late November 2010, I achieved the goal. Not only that, but I launched another business in the middle of that year, Virtual Staff Finder, as a result of simply listening to my online audience.
I now work an average of 6-hours a day, my workweek no longer includes Friday and I get to spend lots of time with my wife and three awesome children.
Chris’ Key Challenges
* Follow your gut, it’ll very rarely let you down.
* You will almost always regret saying yes more than you will saying no, learn how to say no.
* K.I.S.S – Keep It Simple Stupid
Guest Links
* http://www.chrisducker.com/
* http://www.youpreneur.com/
* https://twitter.com/chrisducker
* https://www.facebook.com/ChrisDuckerDotCom/
Top Quotes
* I just realised I was done, I didn’t want to work for other people, it was time for me to be in control of my business destiny.
* I learnt lots and lots about how to run a business and how not to run a business.
* I was asked to BCC him into each and every email
* I wrote my resignation email at 37,000 feet on a flight back from Miami and I hit send when I landed in Hong Kong airport.
* It had been niggling in the background for a while that I wanted more control and more opportunity.
* I’m not lacking confidence in anyway shape or form, that’s not an issue.
* My wife said to me “Whatever you want to do, I’ll back you up 120% of the way, I want you to be happy”.
* Once you get your partners or your spouses go ahead on something if you ignore that sign, all the more fool you.
* It was a gamble to go out and do my own thing, it was a gamble.
* The bigger fear was being stuck on the hamster wheel and stuck making money for someone else rather than myself and my family.
* We decided to go for a call centre opportunity, I knew that I could ultimately sell the service.
* The call centre/outsourcing here in the Philippines was really booming and it was the right time to jump on board and use the talent.
* I hate to say this but the stars did align for this opportunity.
* I was cold calling and that’s how I got the first few clients. We didn’t even have a website.
* I was doing 200 dials a day for the first six weeks.
* My motivating factor was that it’s expected to get the “No’s”.
* I knew if you made enough dial’s, you will eventually start hearing some yes’s.
* You have to hit 100 dials to get 10 good quality pitches to get a couple of leads.
* I’m aware that I probably blew a few good quality leads because I didn’t know how to handle to objections properly.
* It was a tough slog, to begin with, but you stick with it.
* This one quote from Bruce Lee always sticks with me, “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” – Bruce Lee
* I’d been doing 15 hours a day pretty much 7 days a week.
* I don’t believe luck plays much of a part in business.
* I fundamentally put myself into the floor and hit burn out in a big, big way.
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Everything changed for me at the end of 2009, when I suffered a horrific burnout. I was living like most entrepreneurs, working 14-hour days, six days a week, spending very little time with my family and working ‘in’ my business, instead of ‘on’ it way too much. Sure, I loved my business and the focus of building it, but I was tired. In every possible way.
Going into 2010, I put a 1-year goal in place – to become a Virtual CEO. I started a blog to chart the journey. I was going to replace myself in my business as much as possible by the end of the year. By late November 2010, I achieved the goal. Not only that, but I launched another business in the middle of that year, Virtual Staff Finder, as a result of simply listening to my online audience.
I now work an average of 6-hours a day, my workweek no longer includes Friday and I get to spend lots of time with my wife and three awesome children.
Chris’ Key Challenges
* Follow your gut, it’ll very rarely let you down.
* You will almost always regret saying yes more than you will saying no, learn how to say no.
* K.I.S.S – Keep It Simple Stupid
Guest Links
* http://www.chrisducker.com/
* http://www.youpreneur.com/
* https://twitter.com/chrisducker
* https://www.facebook.com/ChrisDuckerDotCom/
Top Quotes
* I just realised I was done, I didn’t want to work for other people, it was time for me to be in control of my business destiny.
* I learnt lots and lots about how to run a business and how not to run a business.
* I was asked to BCC him into each and every email
* I wrote my resignation email at 37,000 feet on a flight back from Miami and I hit send when I landed in Hong Kong airport.
* It had been niggling in the background for a while that I wanted more control and more opportunity.
* I’m not lacking confidence in anyway shape or form, that’s not an issue.
* My wife said to me “Whatever you want to do, I’ll back you up 120% of the way, I want you to be happy”.
* Once you get your partners or your spouses go ahead on something if you ignore that sign, all the more fool you.
* It was a gamble to go out and do my own thing, it was a gamble.
* The bigger fear was being stuck on the hamster wheel and stuck making money for someone else rather than myself and my family.
* We decided to go for a call centre opportunity, I knew that I could ultimately sell the service.
* The call centre/outsourcing here in the Philippines was really booming and it was the right time to jump on board and use the talent.
* I hate to say this but the stars did align for this opportunity.
* I was cold calling and that’s how I got the first few clients. We didn’t even have a website.
* I was doing 200 dials a day for the first six weeks.
* My motivating factor was that it’s expected to get the “No’s”.
* I knew if you made enough dial’s, you will eventually start hearing some yes’s.
* You have to hit 100 dials to get 10 good quality pitches to get a couple of leads.
* I’m aware that I probably blew a few good quality leads because I didn’t know how to handle to objections properly.
* It was a tough slog, to begin with, but you stick with it.
* This one quote from Bruce Lee always sticks with me, “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” – Bruce Lee
* I’d been doing 15 hours a day pretty much 7 days a week.
* I don’t believe luck plays much of a part in business.
* I fundamentally put myself into the floor and hit burn out in a big, big way.