Barbells, Beers, & Benjamins

Save Hours Every Week By Organizing & Automating Your Life


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No matter how much you love your work, there's no denying that being an entrepreneur can be pretty darn exhausting. 


You're constantly juggling a million things at once, and it feels like there's never enough time in the day to get everything done. 


Fortunately, there are a few simple tricks you can use to automate and organize your life, which will save you hours every week. 


In this episode, we will show you how.


BEERS FROM THIS EPISODE


Mike: Left Hand Brewing’s St. Vrain Tripel

Madison:  Left Hand Brewing’s Brewer's Test Kitchen: Dry-Hopped Pineapple Ginger Sour


TODAY ON BARBELLS, BEERS, & BENJAMINS:


We unpack…


  • How to organize and automate the essential elements of your online life as an entrepreneur. 
  • Specific tools and resources Mike recommends to make your life easier in the process. 
  • Best practices for putting these concepts into action. 


TOPICS


  • 5:46 - Systemize vs automate
  • 8:55 - What to organize vs automate 
  • 10:45 - Deep dive into organizing
  • 26:10 - Automating & filtering
  • 32:53 - What’s coming next week



WORDS OF WISDOM



  • “ Everything that you’re going to automate is first going to be organized.” - Mike Allen
  • “ Think of it like a budget, you only have so much money. So you got to tell that money where it goes, the same thing with your time. ” - Mike Allen



RESOURCE LIST



  • Google Workspace 
  • Trello
  • Calendly
  • Simpletivity
  • Inbox When Ready For Gmail
  • Episode 28: Business Book Review: Traction by Gino Wickman 



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Barbells, Beers, & BenjaminsBy Mike & Madison Allen