Are you fed up with the corporate bullshit holding you back? Welcome to Invest in Yourself, the digital entrepreneur podcast. The ultimate launchpad for entrepreneurs ready to seize control and unleash their creative genius. Hosted by Phil Better, the podcast mogul. Each week he's breaking the chains of conventional work with bold strategies, raw insights, and inspiring success stories from the digital entrepreneurs who took the risk and invested in themselves. This is your call to arms. Invest in yourself, break free from someone else's rules and build the empire you deserve. Now let's dive head first into today's explosive episode.

Welcome to another exciting episode of Invest in Yourself, the digital entrepreneur podcast. I'm of course your host with the most build better. And today, I am excited because we have an exceptional guest whose entrepreneurial journey and dedication to innovation are nothing short of inspiring. Our guest today is a lifetime entrepreneur and a and a visionary founder CEO of Outsource Access, an offshore business processing processing, outsourcing, and virtual assistance company based in The Philippines. In just four years, he has grown the company to 500 employees, serving over 75 industries across all business functions. His remarkable achievements have earned him eight global or national awards, And his entrepreneurial spirit doesn't just stop there. He's also co founded one on one connections, a unique private label software platform that provides one on one connections at scale for member organizations and conferences. As as a global speaker in 12 countries and the host of Automate and Delegate podcasts, something that I love, his influence and insights reach far and wide.

He is also the mastermind behind VA's Give Back, an initiative aligned with the United Nations' sustainability development goals. If that's not enough, he's a TEDx he has a TEDx talk with over 230,000 views. Our guest champions agility and believes in building a powerhouse culture through people centered programs and inspired employees to realize their full potential. His dedication to fostering a positive and dynamic work environment is truly commendable. But he's also an active member in the Global Entrepreneurs Organization and the Young Presidents Organization, Atlantis chapter. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and his two amazing children. And when he's not, you know, running major corporations and doing all this amazing entrepreneurship, He's helping his kids, you know, in baseball, softball, and of course, fishing. So please get ready to be inspired by this man's incredible journey and welcome Brad Stevens to the show.

Brad, thank you so much for being here.

Bill, I appreciate that lovely introduction. I think that is in the the top one of one, I think, of intros that I've, I've received. So thank you for the for the kind words.

You are more than, welcome and the words are just, I'm I'm losing my words. I've used all my beautiful words for the intro, but, you are well worth, that amazing intro, with what you've done, not just with the UN and, helping, people in The Philippines change their lives. You just you're you're a man that loves helping people, and I'm glad to have you on the show.

I appreciate it, Phil. And back to you. Thanks for what you put together in this podcast. It's, I know, just inspired. I've been enjoying listening to it. It's my it's my steady jog podcast and always great high takeaway value. And, I know when people dive into these, they wanna walk away with something they can put into place. And, this is no short of that.

So hopefully, I can live up to the expectations of of prior guests here.

Oh, I I'm positive that you can. So we're gonna just jump right into it, Brad. Why did you become an entrepreneur? What made you decide to go into this crazy world of entrepreneurship?