← All talks & speaker profile
Talk · Leverage & delegation

Work less, earn more.

The secret to leveraging others. A story-driven talk for freelancers and owners who are doing it all themselves, and starting to feel it.

Dave Visaya giving his Work Less, Earn More talk at WordCamp Cebu 2024
WordCamp Cebu 2024 · August 24, 2024
What it's about

No one gets rich working alone

It starts with something a friend told me years ago: “Walay madatu sa panrabaho.” No one gets rich from being employed. I did the math and he was right, so I went and got more clients. Then more. All I built was a bigger job, and I burned out.

The talk follows the long way round: a partnership that went wrong, losing everything back to one client, and the seven years it took to learn delegation properly. I'm not the smartest person in the room. I got here by leveraging others, and the talk shows how anyone can start.

“No one gets rich if they don’t learn to ask for help.”

Five things your audience walks away with
  1. 10 percent is better than no percentShare the workload. Even a small result from someone else beats doing it all yourself.
  2. Don't be too smart70 to 80 percent done by someone else still gets results. Perfection holds you back.
  3. Start with the easy stuffBuild processes for what you repeat every day. Keep only what truly needs you.
  4. It doesn't have to be expensive or riskySave up for six months, then experiment. Start small and scale with confidence.
  5. It gets easierA team trains new people and builds systems. More people can mean fewer problems.
Good fit for

Freelancers, founders, and teams who want their time back

Audience
Freelancers · Small business owners · Online workers
Format
Keynote or talk, 15 minutes. Can expand into a workshop
Language
English or Taglish / Bisaya
First given
WordCamp Cebu 2024 · Aug 24, 2024 · see the listing