Today's episode is the result of a very sad event that has happened. One of my Virtual Assistants passed away on September 29th.

This is something that really hit me hard. She had been with me for about a year and a half and was great at what she did. She took care of all of the tech stuff for me so that I didn't have to do it.

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It's interesting – I found out about it on the same day I posed my interview with Chris Ducker about outsourcing. In that interview he told me that it's virtually impossible to find someone that does what she did in the Philippines. I was a lucky guy to have her.

This really got me thinking about what's REALLY important when it comes to not just building my online business but also in life. What is my most valuable asset? I've come to realize that my most valuable asset (and also yours) is TIME!

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133 Your most valuable asset in building your online business

First I take a call from Warren Gibbons from Salt Water Aquarium Secrets where he makes the suggestion for me to take the questions that are called into the hotline and create a Q&A section on the blog that catalogues those questions and my answers. It's a great suggestion, but I decided not to do it. Find out why in the episode.

Then I get into the main content where I cover the following:

  • Why TIME is your most valuable asset
  • 2 Important questions you should answer
  • What the very few things are that I will be focusing my time on in my online business
  • The most common time wasters for bloggers
  • What to do about those time wasters
  • Setting your priorities

If time is so valuable, then we need to start treating it that way. That's exactly what I'm focusing on doing right now, and I encourage you to do the same.

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About The Podcast

Learning With Leslie

Learning With Leslie is a podcast dedicated to helping you build a business around a blog. No, not one of those blogs that will fall by the wayside when Google has a mood swing, but one that will thrive no matter what gets thrown at it.

I share tips and strategies that I’ve learnt building blogs since 2008 and interview experts who are knowledgable about various aspects of blogging so that we can learn from their experiences.

If you’re a blogger, thinking about becoming a blogger (pun intended) or are not even sure if blogging is right for you, go ahead and tune in to see what this blogging thing is all about.

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About the Author Leslie Samuel


Leslie Samuel a business coach for high-performing entrepreneurs. As the host of the Leslie Samuel Show, he teaches how to build an online business. "Changing the world one post at a time” is the mission he strives towards. As a former university professor, he has a passion for education. He's the founder of Interactive Biology, a blog and YouTube channel dedicated to making biology fun for students and teachers. As the head of training for the Social Media Marketing Society, he helps social media marketers get the training they need to stay on the leading edge of social media.

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