In episode 25, Kate Erickson shares why she made the leap from her corporate marketing job to work with her life partner John Lee Dumas on the EntrepreneurOnFire podcast. Kate shares some amazing productivity and systemisation tips to help you find more time in your day (for the important things in life) and scale your business.

Kate Erickson is a creator, engager and implementer over at EntrepreneurOnFire, a 7-day a week podcast that interviews today's most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs. She is also the host of Kate's Take: The EntrepreneurOnFire Audio Blog, and author of The Fire Path: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Your Online Business. Kate is passionate about helping entrepreneurs create freedom in their business and life through developing systems and processes that can help their business scale and grow.

**Highlights**

-If you work with the person you are in partnership with, you need to set boundaries.
-Align your goals and vision for the business.
-With entrepreneurship, you can create a role for yourself to suit your skills, goals and needs.
-Keep the benefits of systemising top of mind to motivate you to implement them
-Write out everything you are working on each day for an entire week. Take inventory of your business.
1. There’s going to be a lot of stuff you shouldn’t be doing and
2. you’ll start to recognise tasks you do on a repetitive basis.
-Hiring a coach in the podcast space was a game changer for John Lee Dumas.
-Connecting with influencers at events can give you a foot in the door.
-Model success!
-Don’t focus on all the information at once. You won’t be able to process it and take action on it. Focus on one thing at a time to help you move forward.
-Take a step back. Are you overcomplicating things?
-There are so many times that you’re going to be way too close to something you’re working on.
- Give yourself credit for the skills you have built in your corporate job.
-Kate’s most important tip for someone making the leap: Take some time and start writing out what your skills and expertise are so you can build your confidence and play to your strengths.

Links:

Website: http://www.eofire.com/
Podcast: Kate's Take: The EntrepreneurOnFire Audio Blog (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kates-take-entrepreneuronfire/id906547288?mt=2)
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