“I had to hire the people that could manage themselves where I didn't have to micromanage and I just delegated an outcome.”

David Lee Kim · Smart Agency Masterclass with Jason Swenk: Podcast for Digital Marketing Agencies · How to Stop Being the Bottleneck in Your Own Agency with David Khim | Ep #933

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Hired people who could manage themselves and delegated outcomes instead of micromanaging

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