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

<p>As an&nbsp;<strong>entrepreneur</strong>, you may be used to<strong>&nbsp;putting in hours of work learning new tactics, skills, and strategies</strong>. 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<strong>&nbsp;a prison sentence for many “hands-on” entrepreneurs</strong>. This is how&nbsp;<a href="https://www.workthesystem.com/sam-carpenter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Sam Carpenter</strong></a>, author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Work-System-Fourth-Mechanics-Working/dp/1626347697/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Work the System</em></a>&nbsp;felt as he put in&nbsp;<strong>110 hours a week just to keep his business afloat</strong>.</p><p>Sam realized why he was working so hard without seeing results:&nbsp;<strong>there were no systems in his business</strong>. Once he started&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/landlording-systems" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">implementing systems and processes</a>, he<strong>&nbsp;went from 110+ hour weeks to 2 hour weeks</strong>. 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"><strong>Josh Fonger</strong></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.</p><p>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<strong>&nbsp;three live guest calls on this episode’s recording&nbsp;</strong>to help with their specific business problems. As all the guests are real estate investors and professionals, muc