Business success is often determined by the team you surround yourself with. On today’s episode Andy is joined by Omar Zehom, host of the hugely popular podcast the $100MBA. As a world-class business educator and entrepreneur, Omar shares his best tips for building a great team.

Key Hiring Tips:

1. Identify the exact role you are hiring for and ALL of their responsibilities
   1. Think abstractly and what do you actually NEED
   2. Asking yourself what responsibilities you let go and which ones you can’t
2. When interviewing possible team members
   1. Hire based on evidence...not just a gut feeling
   2. Imagine you are hiring for someone else and you will pay a penalty if they don’t work out
   3. Ask followup questions that require evidence

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Book Recommendations
Anyone Can do it by Sahar Hashemi
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

The Fast Talking Podcast is a small business building podcast as seen through the lens of auctioneers and auction professionals. Focusing on social media, marketing strategies, finance, operations, human resources, and time management, we provide focused discussions on important topics weekly.

Staffing needs for a small business can be the toughest challenge for entrepreneurs. Today we sit down with Bobby D. Elhert, and Jo Towns to discuss the benefits of virtual assistants. What are some tips and trick to finding a great VA? How can you get the most out of your future VA? We tackle these questions and more in this episode.

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Book Recommendations:
4-hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
Getting Things Done by David Allen

The Fast Talking Podcast is a small business building podcast as seen through the lens of auctioneers and auction professionals. Focusing on social media, marketing strategies, finance, operations, human resources, and time management, we provide focused discussions on important topics weekly.

Every year three major titles in the world of competitive auctioneers are up for grabs. From the International Auctioneer Championship to specialized contests like the World Automobile Auctioneer Championship and the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, all serious competitors have their eyes on these titles. To discuss the 2015 Triple Crown of competitive auctioneering Andy is joined by Peter Gehres, reigning IAC Men’s Division champion.

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The Fast Talking Podcast is a small business building podcast as seen through the lens of auctioneers and auction professionals. Focusing on social media, marketing strategies, finance, operations, human resources, and time management, we provide focused discussions on important topics weekly.

As professionals it’s easy to find yourself in unfamiliar locations and situations where safety is not always the first priority. For this episode we welcome Rich Schur to discuss situational awareness and other techniques to help keep us safe BEFORE we find ourselves in a dangerous setting.

Key Takeaways:

1. Get your face out of your device and train yourself to scan your environment
2. Don’t take anything for granted
3. A healthy dose of paranoia is the best system
4. Open your eyes!

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Episode Sponsors
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The Fast Talking Podcast is a small business building podcast as seen through the lens of auctioneers and auction professionals. Focusing on social media, marketing strategies, finance, operations, human resources, and time management, we provide focused discussions on important topics weekly.