The Survival Podcast Burn the To-Do List and Build a System – Epi-3740
Oct 1, 2025
In this engaging conversation, Lettie Loo, a virtual assistant and operations consultant, shares her journey from legal systems to helping small businesses and homesteaders streamline chaos. She highlights common back-office pitfalls and provides actionable tips for outsourcing tasks effectively. Lettie also discusses leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity, strategies for balancing homeschooling with client work, and the importance of creating structured processes. With a focus on community engagement and realistic delegation, she offers valuable insights for anyone feeling overwhelmed by their to-do lists.
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Career Pivot From Paralegal To Fixer
- Lettie Loo left a downtown Chicago paralegal job to be home with her son and reinvent her career doing admin and systems work.
- She pivoted into helping freedom-minded entrepreneurs after finding demand in her community for spreadsheet and admin support.
Outsource What You Hate Or Are Slow At
- Focus on the work you love and outsource the admin tasks you hate or are slow at.
- If a task takes you three times longer than a specialist, hire the specialist to save time and make more money.
Back-Office Blindspot For New Entrepreneurs
- Many new solopreneurs miss back-office work because they came from roles that never exposed them to it.
- That invisible admin burden grows until it overwhelms their production-focused work.
