As an&nbsp;entrepreneur, you may be used to&nbsp;putting in hours of work learning new tactics, skills, and strategies. Your business rests on your shoulders, and why wouldn’t it, you’re the one who built it from the ground up. While it’s a commendable feat to build a profitable business, it can also be&nbsp;a prison sentence for many “hands-on” entrepreneurs. This is how&nbsp;<a href="https://www.workthesystem.com/sam-carpenter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sam Carpenter</a>, author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Work-System-Fourth-Mechanics-Working/dp/1626347697/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Work the System</a>&nbsp;felt as he put in&nbsp;110 hours a week just to keep his business afloat.Sam realized why he was working so hard without seeing results:&nbsp;there were no systems in his business. Once he started&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/landlording-systems" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">implementing systems and processes</a>, he&nbsp;went from 110+ hour weeks to 2 hour weeks. The same happened with one of his students and now partner,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.workthesystem.com/josh-fonger/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Josh Fonger</a>, who runs&nbsp;<a href="https://www.workthesystem.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Work the System Enterprises</a>&nbsp;where he helps business owners from over 50 countries scale their businesses with far less headache.If you’ve ever felt that your business relies on you too much to take a day off, take a vacation, or simply work less every week, these are the two guys you need to talk to. Josh and Sam were kind enough to take&nbsp;three live guest calls on this episode’s recording&nbsp;to help with their specific business problems. As all the guests are real estate investors and professionals, much of the&nbsp;advice may translate to your business as well!In This Episode We Cover:Why a system doesn’t need to (and shouldn’t) be complicated to design and implement<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/elite-investors-know-their-time-worth" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reducing your time, effort, and energy spent on work</a>Understanding&nbsp;which systems need to be fixed or removed&nbsp;entirely front our lifeHow to&nbsp;stop playing “whack-a-mole”&nbsp;with your business processesWhy so many&nbsp;businesses fall behind after improving&nbsp;Creating a sustainable solution that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/investor-spotlight-erin-helle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gives you (the entrepreneur) maximum freedom</a>And&nbsp;So&nbsp;Much More!Links from the Show<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Forums</a><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/youtube" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Youtube Channel</a><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/biggerpockets-business-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Podcast</a><a href="https://store.biggerpockets.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Bookstore</a><a href="https://odcfund.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Open Door Capital</a><a href="http://biggerpockets.com/insights" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Insights</a><a href="http://biggerpockets.com/books" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Books</a><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/biggerpockets-podcast-254-tim-ferriss-real-estate-top-performer-his-tribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Podcast 254: Tim Ferriss on Real Estate, Becoming a Top Performer and His Tribe of Mentors</a><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2015-08-27-bp-podcast-137systems-scale-real-estate-business-sam-craven" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Podcast 137: How to Use Systems to Scale Your Real Estate Business with Sam Craven</a><a href="https://www.workthesystem.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Work the System Website</a>Click here to check the full show notes: https://www.biggerpockets.com/show510See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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510: Work Less and Make More by “Working the System” w/ Sam Carpenter & Josh Fonger

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