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Jonathan Swanson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
606 total appearances

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Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

you know, a limited assistant.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

And so, you know, if you want to exercise more, you can go to ChatGPT and say every day, ask me if I've exercised and check in with me and give me a report card at the end of the week.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

It can do that.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

20 bucks a month, you'll learn how to leverage it more and more over time.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

Once you have the resources for five, 10 bucks an hour, you can go to Upwork or a company like that and hire someone directly.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

If you've got 3,000 bucks a month, you can work with a company like Athena where we recruit, train, manage the assistant for you.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

And then if you want someone in person, it's $100,000 a year.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

And then, you know, it goes up to infinity.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

This billionaire that I worked with has a team of 50.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

He has eight executive assistants.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

The executive assistants all graduate from Princeton.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

It's totally wild and crazy.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

But yeah, you start small with whatever resources you've got.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

Yeah, of course.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

I mean, what do people ultimately want?

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

They want connection.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

They want time with their friends.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

They want time to exercise, time to learn.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

And that's what gives us meaning.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

And so, yeah, the most successful people I know, the happiest people I know, they're not buying things.