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.
