Free Time with Jenny Blake

160: How to Get Better at Spotting Automation Opportunities — 5 Questions to Ask


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Do you ever feel like you’re just not good with systems? If so, then this episode is for you. The more efficient we can be in our operations, the more time we can set free.

Today, I’m sharing five questions to keep in mind while working to increase your awareness for potential automation opportunities. Automation is a skill, and this episode will help you get better at it.

For more help and inspiration as you set your time free in 2023, I encourage you to join us in BFF, my private community. If you join before March, you’ll be in time for a special workshop on Trademarking and IP with a Heart-Based Business attorney. Learn more and enroll at ItsFreeTime.com/BFF. Apply promo code PODCAST for 50% off your first month.


🌟Five Questions to Get Better at Spotting Automation Opportunities:

  1. Does this repeat?
  2. Is something falling through the cracks?
  3. Would more communication help?
  4. Is my data centralized where I can reference it easily?
  5. Do I need two or more different software tools to talk to each other?
  6. Bonus: What can I put on subscription?

  7. 📝Permission: Not to be a software expert or an engineer! 


    ✅Do (or Delegate) This Next: Become an observer: Where are you repeating yourself? What’s falling through the cracks? Where would extra reminders be helpful? Get creative and start automating more!


    📘Books Mentioned:

    • Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business 
    • Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
    • Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling

    • 🔗Resources Mentioned:

      • Free Time Toolkit and Quiz
      • BFF Community
      • Free Time Operations Dashboard
      • Subscriptions: Trade Coffee, Lola, Factor
      • Tools: Kajabi, Zapier, Notion, HelpScout, Slack, TripIt Pro, Typeform, Squarespace

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        • 156: 8 Idea Generation Strategies
        • 102: 12 Systems-Thinking Steps for Moving from Friction to Flow
        • 094: Top 5 Tools That Power My Business
        • 088: Why I Moved from Asana to Notion for Task and Project Management
        • 148: How to Build a Business Operations Dashboard
        • 125: How to Create Your Own CRM with Alex Sherwood
        • 018: Workcation in the City
        • Pivot 077: 21+ Travel Tips, Tools and Apps — with Jenny Blake

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