the best time to start automating is yesterday. The second best time is now.
Lol seriously though, start as soon as you can so you can buy back your time.
The only caveat:
Automation multiplies your inputs
If you automate a bad process,
you multiply the bad outputs.
Make sure you’ve done the messy manual work first,
So you can optimize the process before you automate it.
When to automate a solo business
Rule of thumb: If you’re going to do it more than once a week, try to automate it,
or at the very least build a template.
Example: even the smallest things like LinkedIn connection messages can be templated, and saved as a snippet in your notes.
It may take you an hour to build an automation for a 5 minute task.
Most people aren’t willing to do this.
But those 5 min tasks are going to continue to pile up, and a good automation quickly returns your time back to you.
