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In this Season 3 kickoff, Tara pulls back the curtain on her journey from a burned-out agency owner to a Scalable Expert — and the aha moments that clicked this summer.

If you’re great at what you do but stuck in custom work and hourly rates, this episode lays out what shifts to make: own your proprietary framework, deliver a core transformation, and use systems to scale your impact without maxing out your calendar.

You’ll Hear About:

Why “hours for dollars” quietly caps your income and energy
The mindset gap between an implementer and an expert
What truly makes a framework proprietary (not a renamed industry model)
How the Infinite Scale Method™ lets you deliver one transformation in many formats
A simple thought experiment that exposes the hourly-rate trap
The real reason “adding more clients or more team” didn’t fix the agency model

Key Takeaways:

Experts don’t just follow a model — they own an approach that creates a repeatable transformation.
Scaling happens when your framework becomes the engine and delivery becomes modular (course, coaching, certification, licensing, book, workshops, etc.).
Shift pricing to the value of the outcome, not minutes in a seat.
Your best work should free your time and multiply results, not tie you to a calendar.

Timestamps (approx.)

00:00 Welcome & why this season matters
03:00 What a Scalable Expert is — in plain terms
05:30 Proprietary framework vs. “renaming a template”
08:00 Delivering one transformation in many ways
10:00 The agency ceiling and how it led to burnout
16:00 Summer experiments: going back to corporate projects (on purpose)
19:30 The $50/hr vs. $150/hr trap (and why efficiency can cost you)
22:20 Leaping past time-for-money with value-based delivery
23:30 What Season 3 will cover and how to plug in

Links & Resources:

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