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  1. You need to do less of what you never enjoyed to begin with.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  2. If it bores, angers, or fails to spark any fire in you, it should find its way onto a computer across an ocean.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  3. You do not necessary have to do something just because you always have. Say No.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  4. Screencasts are the closest you can get to actually allowing someone to read your mind and do your work for you.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  5. In short, people should not be doing what systems can. We are meant for more.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  6. Finding solid assistants is sorting the layers of touted capabilities and finding their core strengths & limitations. http://bit.ly/z6eod
  7. Finding assistants is about peeling back the layers of touted capabilities and finding their core strengths. http://bit.ly/z6eod
  8. The moment you introduce a middleman -especially one operating on domestic wages - costs must go up.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  9. Stop telling me about the vision and the 5-year plan - justtell me the hourly rate and when the project starts.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  10. Just because I can do this does not mean I should.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  11. Your system has to clearly communicate guidelines,expectations and terms to each new assistant.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  12. If someone intends to rip you off!, no document will turn them into an ethical person.Trust people, not their signatures.http://bit.ly/z6eo
  13. Without a smart system around it, outsourcing can steal more time than it saves.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  14. Working old school, with someone local, face-to-face is still the absolute ideal for all but the completely reclusive.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  15. Experience-based feedback from former employers is your best friend. Ignore it at your peril.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  16. I want or need someone else to do [this] for me.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  17. The real distinction is far less about domestic vs. abroad,and entirely about local vs. remote.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  18. If the success of your outsourcing can be attributed to the talent of individual assistants, you have got more work to do.http://bit.ly/z6eo
  19. The only thing worse than inefficiency and misusing time is paying an assistant to maximize that inefficiency.http://bit.ly/z6eod
  20. Nothing magic happens when you cross oceans and timezones.http://bit.ly/z6eod