{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F6bc1b151-11af-4743-a597-7263294c737e","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"The two reasons to hire someone!\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/6bc1b151-11af-4743-a597-7263294c737e\"></iframe>","title":"The two reasons to hire someone!","description":"I was recently speaking to a friend, and he told me about a person he recently let go. Within two weeks, he was frustrated. \u201cShe\u2019s not fixing anything,\u201d he told me.\u201cWhat did you expect?\u201d I asked.\u201cShe told me she had 15 years of experience, and I expected her to know what to do.,\u201d he explained.The problem wasn\u2019t the VA. It was him.He had hired someone as a patch. Someone to fix the chaos, not to solve for capability or capacity. Without a system in place, the new hire became another layer of confusion. And instead of freeing him up, she created more work.This is one of the most common mistakes I see business owners make when they start building a team. Heck, I made the same mistake. So I\u2019m speaking from my own street education. It\u2019s easy to hire too soon, for the wrong reasons, or without a plan.So let\u2019s talk about the right reasons, the wrong reasons, and how to know if it\u2019s time to add your next team member.Read more at: https://scotttoddwrites.substack.com/p/my-new-hire-was-terrible-but-the (https://scotttoddwrites.substack.com/p/my-new-hire-was-terrible-but-the)Me:https://www.scotttodd.net ( https://www.scotttodd.net)\r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5998bd5c-c955-41fc-9eb1-f2a0715f77fb/44517866-1759261629666-360506dc43da9.jpg"}