{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Zen Desk Podcast","title":"121 Why hiring a Virtual Assistant won’t magically result in 4 hour work days & how to hire, train & scale with your VA to make it work","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3314,"description":"One of the biggest shifts that allowed me to move into 4-hour work days was deciding I was ready to hire support.\nI was doing everything manually in my business: emails, podcast edits, all of it.\nAnd while I love what I do, I knew that if I kept going like that, my business would slowly start eating into my time, energy, and health.\n\nSo I made the decision to build support and systems into my business… and that’s when I hired Mary Mburu, my incredible virtual assistant (VA) who’s been working with me for the past 2  years.\n\nMary is a VA, online business owner, mentor, and a mum of two, running her business from Nairobi, Kenya. She brings 9+ years of operations experience and has built her own VA business over the last 4 years.\n\nAnd I know hiring a VA is something so many people think about… but either feel like they’re not ready for, or have no idea how to actually make it work.\n\nI felt the same way before hiring Mary and I had a lot to clean up on my end first.\nIn this episode, we break down:\nHow to know when you’re ready to hire a VA\nWhat actually makes working with a VA successful\nHow to onboard, train and scale with support for 4 hour work days\nBut what makes this conversation different is how our relationship evolved.\nYes, Mary is my right hand. But I also made the decision to support her in building her own business.\n\nThat’s why I gave her access to all of my programs so she could grow her skills, her thinking, and her business alongside working with me.\n\nAnd what’s happened since then is the best-case scenario.\n\nMary has gone from charging hourly and relying on referrals… to building her own business, signing clients through her LinkedIn content, and mentoring other VAs across Africa.\nThis episode gives you both sides: What to look out for before hiring your first VA and what becomes possible when you build your business around a 4-hour work day.\nNext Steps:\n\nDownload your FREE 4 Hour Work Day Starter Pack \n\nInside you’ll find the exact tools to stack...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/GjlYJ2QpiNMPRgeD0QN3fCqo3xcGhw3OQJIOooBw8qs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMjVi/N2E0NTMzOTNkMTY1/NTNjOGU4MWMxMzFi/MTAzYy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}