Just Hire Someone that’s Done it Before

It is so easy to make things complicated.

You get obsessed with your business out of necessity. No one cares as much as you. No one has thought about it 1/10th as much as you have. Not one has the context that you’ve accumulated.

But this leads to a blind spot.

Where do you go when you’re stuck? How do you know the employee, coach, or contractor you hire can create value? Can you afford for them to waste your time (and money)?

The solution is so painfully obvious, that you might just breeze by it. 

Hire someone who’s done it before.

It took Andrew Wilkinson 10+ years to fully internalize this lesson. But now his portfolio of companies is on its way to $1+ billion in value.

In the short term, the high-potential raw prospect will save you money. But you’ll pay the cost of slower growth and more headaches that the expensive, experienced pro would’ve helped you solve.

Don’t wait 10 years to learn this lesson.

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