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110% Effort Isn’t Enough: How to Grow Smarter

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Release Date: 12/17/2024

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Sometimes, giving 110% isn’t enough to succeed in your business—and it may even lead to failure. In this video, we reveal how working smarter, not harder, is the key to growth. Discover how to focus your energy on the areas that matter most while delegating, automating, and optimizing the rest.

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

  • Growing up with motivational messages like "Give 110%" and why they’re true—to a point.
  • The Minimum Required Effort for Maximum Return strategy and why doing everything yourself limits growth.
  • Lessons from building a multi-million-dollar business: how Ron, Trevor, and Troy divided roles to scale successfully.
  • Why hiring employees (even if they don’t match your 110%) and automating key processes are essential for growth.
  • The future of business: leveraging AI to free up time and boost efficiency.

🎯 Your Homework:
Take a look at your business:

  • Do you need to hire?
  • Do you need to automate?

The truth is that 99% of businesses need to do one—or both—to grow.

🚀 Key Insights:
To build a thriving business, you need to:
1️⃣ Focus your maximum effort on what truly matters.
2️⃣ Hire for tasks you can delegate—even if it’s only done at 80%.
3️⃣ Automate repetitive or critical processes to save time and resources.

AI is changing the game, and the opportunities are endless for business owners who adapt.

📥 Connect With Us:
👉 Subscribe for more tips on business growth and automation: @SoTellUs
👉 Share your thoughts in the comments: What’s one area of your business you could hire or automate today?

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