Comments on: Can You Really Outsource Your Life? http://www.freepursuits.com/can-you-really-outsource-your-life Strategies for working for yourself and living the life you want Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:58:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stanley Lee http://www.freepursuits.com/can-you-really-outsource-your-life#comment-9145 Stanley Lee Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:36:05 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=704#comment-9145 Well, outsourcing life isn't something that would work magically by itself, even Tim Ferriss pointed that out in the book. It has to be done and developed properly in order to harness the full benefits. For example, you have to be very clear on what you want out of the tasks and the deadlines/milestones for them in order to outsource it properly, assuming you can <b>trust</b> the team already. It takes several months to consistent practices to a point of at least not getting screwed. At the end of the day, it's the successful implementation of the business idea that would earn you the lifestyle. Building a career around outsourcing is even more challenging. It requires you knowing about certain tasks inside out before doing so if you want to reduce the risks of screw-ups. If you don't know the topic, other than forming partnerships (it's very challenging to ask questions back and forth in an outsourcing relationship), there's a huge risk of money poorly spent and the job not being done. Well, outsourcing life isn’t something that would work magically by itself, even Tim Ferriss pointed that out in the book. It has to be done and developed properly in order to harness the full benefits. For example, you have to be very clear on what you want out of the tasks and the deadlines/milestones for them in order to outsource it properly, assuming you can trust the team already. It takes several months to consistent practices to a point of at least not getting screwed. At the end of the day, it’s the successful implementation of the business idea that would earn you the lifestyle.

Building a career around outsourcing is even more challenging. It requires you knowing about certain tasks inside out before doing so if you want to reduce the risks of screw-ups. If you don’t know the topic, other than forming partnerships (it’s very challenging to ask questions back and forth in an outsourcing relationship), there’s a huge risk of money poorly spent and the job not being done.

]]> By: Tom Kean http://www.freepursuits.com/can-you-really-outsource-your-life#comment-1022 Tom Kean Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:44:54 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=704#comment-1022 About a year ago my friend came to me and told me an idea for a website where you could post jobs and people would bid to do the work, kinda like ebay but reversed. I thought this was a great idea and wondered why nobody had done it, we looked around and didn't find anything. So, we started making the site. As we got further into the building of the site we found that there were examples, like Elance. Well, we thought that there was still room for another and kept going. Our aim is to get it working on a local level, to stimulate the economy around you. We've finished the site (version 1 at least) and it's free to post jobs, bid on jobs, make a profile and showcase your work. In fact, all the basic features are free! About a year ago my friend came to me and told me an idea for a website where you could post jobs and people would bid to do the work, kinda like ebay but reversed. I thought this was a great idea and wondered why nobody had done it, we looked around and didn’t find anything. So, we started making the site. As we got further into the building of the site we found that there were examples, like Elance. Well, we thought that there was still room for another and kept going. Our aim is to get it working on a local level, to stimulate the economy around you. We’ve finished the site (version 1 at least) and it’s free to post jobs, bid on jobs, make a profile and showcase your work. In fact, all the basic features are free!

]]> By: Lance http://www.freepursuits.com/can-you-really-outsource-your-life#comment-1003 Lance Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:43:33 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=704#comment-1003 Nice article. I have been outsourcing work-related tasks for a while now for my business but I can't believe the things you can outsource these days. Just last week I read a TechCrunch article about VirtualDatingAssistants.com, a company that lets you outsource your online dating. Unbelievable... Nice article. I have been outsourcing work-related tasks for a while now for my business but I can’t believe the things you can outsource these days. Just last week I read a TechCrunch article about VirtualDatingAssistants.com, a company that lets you outsource your online dating. Unbelievable…

]]> By: What is Lifestyle Design? - Free Pursuits http://www.freepursuits.com/can-you-really-outsource-your-life#comment-165 What is Lifestyle Design? - Free Pursuits Sun, 03 May 2009 18:44:43 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=704#comment-165 [...] design certainly doesn’t have to be as radical as (Ferriss advocates) outsourcing your life, playing currency arbitrage while traveling the world or creating automated cash-flow businesses, [...] [...] design certainly doesn’t have to be as radical as (Ferriss advocates) outsourcing your life, playing currency arbitrage while traveling the world or creating automated cash-flow businesses, [...]

]]> By: The Outsourcing Debate | Startup Student http://www.freepursuits.com/can-you-really-outsource-your-life#comment-114 The Outsourcing Debate | Startup Student Sat, 02 May 2009 01:27:29 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=704#comment-114 [...] Can you really outsource your life? [Freepursuits.com] [...] [...] Can you really outsource your life? [Freepursuits.com] [...]

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