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I run an ERP consulting firm.

I'm on track for 1.9 this year, and I'm trying to get to 5 million, and basically what's stopping me is that I'm the chief cook and bottle washer key man.

We do this with everyone, and it sounds boring, but it's super effective, and it's not gonna take you more time, which is to just do a time study and look at where you're spending your time.

Now, it's gonna fall in a couple buckets, and the biggest one that I think people don't pay enough attention to is problems that aren't actually worth solving.

So, Napoleon had this problem-solving method that I actually just recently read about, which was very confirming for how I like to solve problems, so I'll share it with you,

which is that he would not open letters from his generals for three weeks

because he wanted to let some problems resolve themselves so he wouldn't have to put any effort into it.

And so I'll bet you there are some problems that you're solving right now that are not the constraint of the business, but you are still solving them.

So that's thing one in terms of buckets of things that we can eliminate.

The second thing is, okay, of these other activities, what's the margin on the 1.9?

Yeah, 1.9, 50% gross, 30% net.

Okay, so you have the cash flow to be able to hire out, call it another person at $150,000 a year, and it's not gonna sink the business.

Right.

And so I'll bet that if between elimination and delegation, you can probably get more than half of your time back just from those two things.

But I would encourage you to say that, one, I wouldn't obsess too much about Keyman.

You're not big enough for it to matter right now.

Any small business has Keyman risk below $10 million.

It's just what it is.

It's painful, but it is just reality.

Okay.

I just want to make sure.

I'm not being naive to the fact that like, like I can't fix everything.

And there's plenty of people that are way smarter than me.

So should I be getting those people on the bus sooner rather than later?

Yeah, a hundred percent.

I mean, you're, you're going to take risk in terms of cash that you're betting.

Some of these people are not going to work out and that's just going to be a cost of doing business.

The faster you get your pattern recognition, the faster you're going to be able to scale the company.

If you think about, this is an easy frame for it to consider.

If you were to start over tomorrow from zero, the bets that you'd be willing to make at zero to get to where you're at now, you probably make without thinking because you're not that worried about it, right?

Right.

And so there's a $10 million version of you as an entrepreneur who considers the bets

that you have to make right now the same way.

You just haven't made them yet.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 35 sentences and 512 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:18. The speaker talks fast, about 222 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
solve verb	/sɒlv/	To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
bucket noun	/ˈbʌkɪt/	A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
recognition noun	/ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/	The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
encourage verb	/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/	To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
gross adjective	/ɡɹoʊs/	remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
confirm verb	/kənˈfɝm/	To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
hire verb	/ˈhaɪɹ/	To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
painful adjective	/ˈpeɪn.fl̩/	Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
margin noun	/ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/	The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
sink verb	/ˈsɪŋk/	To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
resolve verb	/ɹɪˈzɑlv/	To find a solution to (a problem).
eliminate verb	/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/	To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
entrepreneur noun	/ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/	A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
bore verb	/boɹ/	To inspire boredom in somebody.
elimination noun	/ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/	The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
start over verb		to begin again; to return to the beginning
work out verb	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	To calculate.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 26 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, elimination /ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/, delegation /dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/, washer /ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/
Long words — get the stress right: recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, elimination /ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/, delegation /dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like solve, bucket, recognition.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

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How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?