**Summary:**
In Episode #176 Ari – joined by special guest host [Kavon](http://thesolefocus.com/) of the Less Doing Mastermind Group – interviews Jeremie Rodger, a [Couch Surfing](https://www.couchsurfing.com/) veteran and 26 year-old entrepreneur with a natural knack for taking roads less travelled in order to find success. Tune-in to hear Ari and Jeremie talk automation and outsourcing in meticulous detail!
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**Time Stamped Show Notes:**
- 17:48 – Introduction of Jeremie Rodger
- 18:10 – Jeremie shares his background
- 18:33 – How Jeremie got into business
- 19:12 – Spent 19-21 travelling around Europe via CouchSurfing.com
- 19:45 – Jeremie addresses the safety concerns of Couch Surfing
- 22:15 – As much as Jeremie enjoyed being a broke-hippie, he knew he would need money and a professional future so he started looking at digital opportunities
- 23:10 – Started making websites and then started outsourcing website design
- 23:43 – Jeremie got into the Yoga niche on Amazon
- 24:25 – Sometimes the best ideas are reverse-engineered
- 25:50 – Get good at hiring people overseas to cut down on your costs and time
- 26:33 – What are the repeatable processes that happen and who’s going to do them?
- 27:21 – When you do something twice, it takes you more than 10 minutes, and/or you don’t like doing it, that’s a ripe opportunity for systemization
- 28:29 – Some people don’t realize how much time can be saved if they just shift their mindset
- 29:29 – Until people are forced to do something, they’ll often avoid doing it
- 30:30 – How Jeremie systemizes everything using: Google Sites, Dropbox, Slack, Asana, Screenflow
- 32:48 – Sometimes Ari creates a complicated process for automation to better pinpoint where problems are when they happen
- 34:50 – Talking about Slack
- 35:17 – MeeKan—a scheduling bot
- 37:00 – Jeremie makes screencasts of everything he does and then uploads said videos to a private YouTube Channel
- 39:50 – “Oh fuck, we need systems”—truer words were never spoken
- 41:00 – Jeremie’s _Top 3 Tips to be More Effective_
- 41:18 – Think more like a board member or shareholder than a manager
- 42:10 – The best productivity tool of all time is staff
- 43:19 – Have a great product
- 44:07 – [Sidekicks.Co](https://sidekicks.co/) and [Jeremie Rodger](http://www.jeremierodger.com/)
**7 Key Points:**
1. Don’t be stupid—you NEED systems and processes.
2. Don’t be afraid to drop everything and travel—some of life’s greatest insights, opportunities, and people are discovered that way.
3. Think like a shareholder, not a manager.
4. Learn how to hire people overseas.
5. If you do something twice, take longer than 10 minutes, or you don’t like doing it, find a way to automate or outsource.
6. Identify repeatable process and automate them.
7. Sometimes the best way to start doing something (or defeat a fear) is to intentionally put yourself in a hole with no other way out.
**Resources Mentioned:**
- [Vida](https://www.vida.com/) –