How to save yourself 40 hours of unimportant work this month:

If you replicate this simple process, you'll:

- Eliminate context switching
- Reduce the risk of burnout
- Improve your focus

Plus, you'll dramatically increase the time you spend working on the most important parts of your business

Here are the 4 questions I ask:

What can I eliminate?

Each week I find:

- Upcoming meetings I shouldn't have booked
- Podcasts I don't need to be on
- Favors that aren't urgent
- And more

I simply ask myself:

"Does this move me closer to my most important goals?"

No: Eliminate
Yes: Move to next question

What can I simplify?

Look for simpler processes or a reduced scope of work.

Like my digital course.

I could have made it an elaborate production, but instead, I recorded videos in one take with no editing.

“Can this be simplified?”

Yes: Simplify
No: Move to next question

What can I automate?

Next, I look for places to insert automation.

An example is my coaching business.

I used to have an elaborate back-and-forth to onboard clients.

Now I use Kajabi + Zapier + Airtable.

“Can this be automated?”

Yes: Automate
No: Move to next question

What can I delegate?

Delegate any work that is leftover, that is less valuable than the time it would take you to do.

Delegate to a VA (or someone on Upwork) using process documents & videos that show them exactly what to do.

Here's my process:

What's left?

Once I'm through these questions, there are 4 non-negotiable pieces of work that end up on my calendar:

- Interact on social media for 45 minutes with my audience
- Go to the gym for 90 minutes
- Write for 90 minutes
- Attend client calls

And my normal day ends up looking like this:

- 7:15a to 8:15a: Interact on social media for 60 minutes
- 9:00a to 10:30a: Go to the gym with my wife
- 11:00a to 1:00p: Eat lunch & write
- 1p to 4:00p: Creative time

That's a wrap!

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