When I started my coaching business, I was the "chief cook and bottle washer".

If you haven't heard the term before, a CCBW is "a person who performs a variety of important but routine tasks" and I'd venture a guess to say that it applies to most online entrepreneurs. 

In the early days, I even took some pride in handling everything.

I figured that it showed off my entrepreneurial energy, and besides - who better to do something than the business owner? 

As time went on, I realized that there is no glory in trying to do everything yourself. 

First, I handed off my podcast editing and associated tasks to my brother Matt's team, and I could finally catch my breath (I edited the first 300 episodes of my show, but I'd rather get a root canal than continuing to edit it).

Matt's team seamlessly took that part over, and I thought "hey - the world didn't end!". The sun came up the next day, and I was a lot less stressed. 

But the final nail in the coffee of my role as chief cook and bottle washer came when I hired a team of VAs led by Cody Lardizabal early in 2018. 

Cody's crew handles a number of tasks for me, but especially the admin stuff in The Coaching Jungle Facebook group. 

I had resisted taking the step, and put all sort of excuses out there, but I finally pulled the trigger.

And just like when I delegated my podcasting stuff, I was instantly relieved and knew that I made the right move. 

I can't say enough good stuff about Cody - his pricing is reasonable, and he works hard. 

Since a lot of people in my community are at the stage where they're ready to get help with their businesses too, I asked Cody to do a training for my community showing some of the strategies that he puts to work for me (especially around Facebook group monetization). 

It's going to take place this Thursday, October 18th and you can register for it here: 

Marc