You know I need help, you have been thinking it for years....

The topic at hand though is not my general mental state, it is the issue of PRODUCTIVITY
What are your special tricks for achieving peak productivity?

Real talk, I have failed at every system I have ever tried to implement.
I have spent heaps of money, I have bought devices, journals and apps until they were coming out of my ass (No, that part wasn't in the instructions)
Nothing works for me, not GTD not Pomordo.
I have tried journals, I have tried calendars I have tried Todoist, Trello, Notion, Clickup and now I am a total guru on productivity apps but I fail at all of them.
I will go well for a week to two months, then I stop maintaining the system and it turns to crap. Why? I don't know... It is a mystery to me.

My life is one of insane turbulence and I am chaos personified, my desk looks like a bomb went off.
My office is filled with random electronics and IT hardware that I have purchased.
My house is spotless, because my wife rules with a (beautiful) iron fist there, which is for the best because I would totally bring my chaos there too.

This issue isn't one of output.
The company I used to work for was in the same field and we had 7 employees, my company has 3 including me and we sell and install more than twice the equipment of my previous company.
I can work 30 hours straight and produce two weeks worth of work.
Write an entire operator manual in one sitting, or design a whole factory....
But I am either 100% in the zone or not at all.
If it is exciting or urgent I am all over it and if it's not it tends to drift until it becomes one of those things.

I am almost at the point of appointing a PA and throwing them the keys to my Outlook account and telling them that they are in control.
Anyone had any ideas, tips or tricks they could suggest?

People I have spoken to in the past have told me, to keep a diary and stick to it... Which is super helpful... Not... I seem unable.


EOS Traction is one of the best books I have ever read on Business.
Without boring you with the details...






I am as far removed from being an Integrator as you  could get.

Is the chaos a problem? It always seems like you're plenty productive. How are we/you defining "productivity"? I think your feast/famine modus operandi makes a lot of sense, especially for an entrepreneur with the personality you've consistently self-described.

So what's the real issue? From other threads, it seems maybe burnout is a very real and imminent concern. Do you feel like this sense of chaos is contributing/exacerbating the impending catastrophic failure due to burnout?

The focus on productivity per se has me at a loss, because you seem extremely productive by all evidence.

Apr 6, 2022 2:07:40 GMT 🤯 said:

Is the chaos a problem? It always seems like you're plenty productive. How are we/you defining "productivity"? I think your feast/famine modus operandi makes a lot of sense, especially for an entrepreneur with the personality you've consistently self-described.

So what's the real issue? From other threads, it seems maybe burnout is a very real and imminent concern. Do you feel like this sense of chaos is contributing/exacerbating the impending catastrophic failure due to burnout?

The focus on productivity per se has me at a loss, because you seem extremely productive by all evidence.

Yes, the burnout is a real possibility, actually it is something that has already happened.
The main issue is the mental burden of carrying all this BS that needs to be done around in your head, doesn't matter if I write it down.
It's at a point where the weakest part in my entire system is me.

Now, I get your point and it is valid... This is probably where I am.
Do I lean into and embrace the chaos?... Or do I try to structure and build a more sustainable life.
If I embrace the chaos, then what do I do as the more mundane things start to rack up?

Several issues here. Hum. Need to think of organizing this. This kind of is in my wheelhouse between program evaluation and self-regulation, but need to sort through theories here to mesh stuff for business as IO was not my game.

Will say the reason most of those apps fail is they are not entirely based on science and instead based on what they can market to people based on one or two ideas removed from the theories they are nested in.

But first get a blood pressure monitor, you keep ticking the boxes here though. Pi is on the right path though, the way you approach work either your mind or body will break if you do this without stop.

After I get some sleep will check some things quick and reply. Need to see if various things work together or not.

The first step will be the same no matter what though, monitor your time. Note the tasks you take on during the day, the time spent at them, and how much effort you perceive to be giving them. When we retrospectively try to estimate these we are not accurate, so try to mark them as close as possible to avoid distortion.

This at the very least will give you some objective baseline to compare things against to see if they are working or not. Include family time in the calculations and relaxation time too. Like the time when you are not actually engaged in work, and the time you have just for you. I know for people like you often you may find that these are far, far less than you want to them to actually be from taking work home in your head.

One fast thing that my advisor who sounds like you but controls the chaos does is to separate things into piles - needs to be done soon as possible, needs to be done by the end of the day, needs to be done with the week and needs to be reviewed by the end of the month. File them in the piles as you think of them, then your work sessions are address the piles in order of urgency while taking time at the end of each day, week and month to review the tasks and determine if they need to be moved up or retained in their pile. He does it via emails, but can do it via spreadsheet, notebook, whiteboard or anything else that works for you that you will actually use.

Will note that Jeff also uses that monitor system above to align his work with what he wants to spend his time on, as he found that while he wanted to focus on teaching and research, that administrative tasks sucked up far more time than he wanted, and after months of tracking he made changes to move things the way he wanted. He also found he was overworking and put in more time for himself, which he had almost none of.

What will help, is what is your overall goal in all this? Organization? Not being binary all or nothing in terms of work? Reducing information overload?

When you figure it out let me know. I believe we are very similar in our business mindsets, how we work, etc. I call my system organized chaos, but it's becoming more chaos and less organized as of late. I have done trainings and bought this and that and I am still no further ahead to figuring out how to get myself more productive and focused. This affects my side hustle as well as I have zero follow through.  

I don't think I'm a visionary or Integrator. I believe I have aspects of both, but I would say I fall more into one camp more than the other, but then again I don't own my own company.

Thanks c, I agree it is all not clear, it is part of the problem.
Probably the amount of information I take it can't be controlled and is also likely my single greatest gift in my business, I can learn and apply things super quickly and place them into practice.
Once the knowledge is acquired and applied I find myself uninterested in continuing with it.
As a result I am fantastic at designing, implementing and fixing systems, but appalling at doing them.

Mixed into this is my tendency to steer the company into something crazy that we have never done before and then try to solve the problem.
I am definitely motivated by the desire to "fix" which is luckily very financially rewarding, but equally stressful for me and more so the people around me.

I tried the folder system and the pile system and it doesn't work for me because it is too analog.
Perhaps this is the issue, the problem is my lack of self discipline and a complete inability to deal with boring and uninteresting items and people.... Until it becomes urgent and therefore motivating.

Apr 6, 2022 3:21:00 GMT iron maiden said:

When you figure it out let me know. I believe we are very similar in our business mindsets, how we work, etc. I call my system organized chaos, but it's becoming more chaos and less organized as of late. I have done trainings and bought this and that and I am still no further ahead to figuring out how to get myself more productive and focused. This affects my side hustle as well as I have zero follow through.

I don't think I'm a visionary or Integrator. I believe I have aspects of both, but I would say I fall more into one camp more than the other, but then again I don't own my own company.

I don't think you need to own your own company to have a entrepreneurial mindset.
Most of what gets thrown around under the title of entrepreneur is pure wank, people meeting in coffee shops to "Network" it's all just excuses and reasons to not do the actual work.
To me an "entrepreneur" is someone who is motivated to solve problems, then you add to that making the solutions profitable.
I think you fit that mindset 100%

I lean more to their being something wrong with me.
It's like I am getting to a point in my life where I can't keep all the plates spinning any more.

I am aware that this thread has become a super self-indulgent wank fest I apologise.
I was interested in hearing about other peoples productivity tips...
But maybe other people just "do the work"

Two of my favourite productivity hacks on PC:
getgreenshot.org/ Like the snipping tool on steroids
beeftext.org/ Text expander

These both save me a lot of time.

Sounds to me like you need to delegate. Have you considered getting assistants/employees in different time zones and have them work with the suppliers during their normal work day? It would probably be tough to train someone up. Regardless, seems like you have too many things to accomplish and barely enough time to do them. Do your existing employees do the same tasks as you?

Delegates/delegation.

You mentioned your company is doing twice the work with half the team as your previous employer.

Potentially you need a strong partner that you can delegate to the tasks you're not 100% skilled at or interested in, or delegate some part of your business to with trust. Thus allowing you back the time for rest, recovery and refocusing on what you are profienct in.



Gyro LC beat me to it.

Apr 6, 2022 3:59:50 GMT Gyro LC said:

Sounds to me like you need to delegate. Have you considered getting assistants/employees in different time zones and have them work with the suppliers during their normal work day? It would probably be tough to train someone up. Regardless, seems like you have too many things to accomplish and barely enough time to do them. Do your existing employees do the same tasks as you?

Absolutely.  There are many issues I am picking up on, but one is he sucks at things that should be delegated anyway.  If he can keep his house clean because his wife organizes the space, then he need someone at work to do the same, thus freeing up the energy that would be spent on low level tasks, to be used where it is gets the most value, at high level tasks.  He need someone to organize his insanity and likely get rid of low level tasks he is doing now, so he can laser focus at high level tasks where his expertise is needed.  Organizing his own stuff is just not a good use of his talent.

That said, this is still a bandaid in terms of personal understanding, but sometimes the best PRACTICAL solution is you suck this in this area get someone else to do it.  I am a shit writer but got in teams that pound out research articles simply because I was great at the math side, which is where the writing people were weak.

Gyro LC and NATH45 you could be onto something, maybe I am a tight arse.
I shy away from employing precisely because I am a terrible manager of people, maybe it is a manager of people that I need to employ.
It is just tough to employ and train one trick ponies in a business where the work is so diverse.
The end result is that we don't get anywhere.

I read this book that blew my mind a while ago:




This is a good summary:



EDIT: I changed the video to a shorter and better one.


When you start looking at what you should and shouldn't be doing it really opens Pandora's box... And Pandora doesn't always like that!
At the end of the day, it still with your advice it comes down to whether I lean into the chaos and give up on myself or not.

Apr 6, 2022 4:24:18 GMT c said:

Apr 6, 2022 3:59:50 GMT Gyro LC said:

Sounds to me like you need to delegate. Have you considered getting assistants/employees in different time zones and have them work with the suppliers during their normal work day? It would probably be tough to train someone up. Regardless, seems like you have too many things to accomplish and barely enough time to do them. Do your existing employees do the same tasks as you?

Absolutely.  There are many issues I am picking up on, but one is he sucks at things that should be delegated anyway.  If he can keep his house clean because his wife organizes the space, then he need someone at work to do the same, thus freeing up the energy that would be spent on low level tasks, to be used where it is gets the most value, at high level tasks.  He need someone to organize his insanity and likely get rid of low level tasks he is doing now, so he can laser focus at high level tasks where his expertise is needed.  Organizing his own stuff is just not a good use of his talent.

That said, this is still a bandaid in terms of personal understanding, but sometimes the best PRACTICAL solution is you suck this in this area get someone else to do it.  I am a shit writer but got in teams that pound out research articles simply because I was great at the math side, which is where the writing people were weak.

You got the bolded part completely wrong... 🙃
Home is tidy because my wife tidies it... I have no role to play in this event other than doing my best (which is appalling) efforts at picking up after myself.

Yeah that is what I meant. You need someone do what your wife does with your house, at your job. Get someone to organize your chaos for you. Then work with the more organized structure they create for you.

Apr 6, 2022 4:39:12 GMT c said:

Yeah that is what I meant. You need someone do what your wife does with your house, at your job. Get someone to organize your chaos for you. Then work with the more organized structure they create for you.

Or frustrate them at every turn until they quit... Exciting!

I'm sure it's a phenomenon experienced by a lot of start ups. You have a great product or service and it's gaining momentum, and now you've got the tedious task of managing the 'business' side of the business.

And I would assume the focus over the last 10 years and initially when you launched your business wasn't on the day to day operation of the company - but the product itself.

Put aside $100k a year w/ a tax write off Ford Ranger and pay someone to do the books, the social media, the customer engagement and develop some boring processes to ensure silly things like supplies and your favourite coffee is ordered regularly. A fixer.

Apr 6, 2022 7:21:59 GMT NATH45 said:

I'm sure it's a phenomenon experienced by a lot of start ups. You have a great product or service and it's gaining momentum, and now you've got the tedious task of managing the 'business' side of the business.

And I would assume the focus over the last 10 years and initially when you launched your business wasn't on the day to day operation of the company - but the product itself.

Put aside $100k a year w/ a tax write off Ford Ranger and pay someone to do the books, the social media, the customer engagement and develop some boring processes to ensure silly things like supplies and your favourite coffee is ordered regularly. A fixer.

People are crazy expensive these days.
My installer I let go a couple of years ago was 125k per year plus car and fuel etc. About 155-160k per year, and for that money you don't get much.

Cheese and rice! I'm moving to Australia! I don't know what an installer does (I assume they install the machines/systems you sell), but Imma bloody learn for 125K a year plus car/fuel.    :eek:

I feel like you maybe have the same issue as me?  You do not like to give up control, in that even if you are drowning you don't like to ask for help or delegate because you feel like it's inefficient and ineffective:  It'll take longer to explain than to just do it yourself, it ends up back on you usually any way so you might as well do it to begin with...am I correct?

I think those who have mentioned delegating and finding someone to do a lot of the mundane stuff you send time on, but maybe don't need to be are correct but it's hard to give up that hold. I've long told my boss I need my own assistant.  Someone to do the mundane admin shit I honestly don't have time for.  I guess she figures since she's the boss and does not need an assistant I shouldn't need one, but I churn out double the amount of orders in a month that anyone else does.  That comes with a shit ton of extra back admin work that often gets pushed to the side until it's often unmanageable.   I did have an assistant once for a bit but my boss loaded her up with so much other stuff that I ended up just reverting to doing it all myself again because she then became ineffective and inefficient for my needs.  

I've only read the OP so far but I have to say iNCY that I relate to you in almost every way except your chaotic desk. I like having a clean working space.

Everything else, we are alike. I've also tried every productivity trick in the book. They normally stick for a week or two, then the novelty wears off and I'm back to the same unproductive self. Like you, I have bursts of motivation and I can be extremely productive, but it never lasts.

The problem has only become worse during the pandemic. Being at home makes it easier to access my distractions and do them without fear of being caught. I would describe myself as "productive enough" but nowhere near as productive as I could be.

I honestly think I have ADHD, just because of how easily I can get distracted doing anything, not just work. I struggle to watch a film or wrestling without grabbing my phone every two minutes. That is the root cause. It was never so bad before the pandemic, now it's getting close to unmanageable.

Apr 6, 2022 9:54:06 GMT iron maiden said:

Cheese and rice! I'm moving to Australia! I don't know what an installer does (I assume they install the machines/systems you sell), but Imma bloody learn for 125K a year plus car/fuel.   

I feel like you maybe have the same issue as me?  You do not like to give up control, in that even if you are drowning you don't like to ask for help or delegate because you feel like it's inefficient and ineffective:  It'll take longer to explain than to just do it yourself, it ends up back on you usually any way so you might as well do it to begin with...am I correct?

I think those who have mentioned delegating and finding someone to do a lot of the mundane stuff you send time on, but maybe don't need to be are correct but it's hard to give up that hold. I've long told my boss I need my own assistant.  Someone to do the mundane admin shit I honestly don't have time for.  I guess she figures since she's the boss and does not need an assistant I shouldn't need one, but I churn out double the amount of orders in a month that anyone else does.  That comes with a shit ton of extra back admin work that often gets pushed to the side until it's often unmanageable.   I did have an assistant once for a bit but my boss loaded her up with so much other stuff that I ended up just reverting to doing it all myself again because she then became ineffective and inefficient for my needs.  

Yeah.. Australia is a bit broken when it comes to salaries.
Because the job involves a lot of travel and being away from home, I paid a salary rather than getting eaten alive by travel pay, overtime etc.
I paid a good flat salary and I expected the job done well.
They did do the job okay, but customers always wanted me onsite... Because I am good at what I do and the reason they buy from me in the first place, so I made myself a set of gold handcuffs. It had got to the point where they didn't want my installer at all for service jobs, they just requested me and said they would provide the labour... Yeah I am an asshole, but I would be happy to replace myself if I could find someone to tick more than 2 or 3 boxes.

That is where it is different here compared to the USA, salaries are high but to get them you have to be multiskilled.
Some of my customers now are struggling to get staff, the minimum wage here now is: $20.33 per hour... That is minimum, for like pushing a broom around.
So you get these sort of jobs popping up:

www.skynews.com.au/business/tiktok-traffic-controller-reveals-she-earns-a-massive-3000-a-week/news-story/66f06b45daa73858061c44a621cc9812

These people are making 60-100k per year with overtime to do this:



It's getting a bit cooked.
I have been considering taking someone on lately, like maybe a Mom happy to work the hours their kids are in school say from 10-2 or something... But I am not sure how Mrs iNCY feels about that. I am no catch, I am fat bearded obnoxious man... 

Apr 6, 2022 11:20:10 GMT Emperor said:

I've only read the OP so far but I have to say iNCY that I relate to you in almost every way except your chaotic desk. I like having a clean working space.

Everything else, we are alike. I've also tried every productivity trick in the book. They normally stick for a week or two, then the novelty wears off and I'm back to the same unproductive self. Like you, I have bursts of motivation and I can be extremely productive, but it never lasts.

The problem has only become worse during the pandemic. Being at home makes it easier to access my distractions and do them without fear of being caught. I would describe myself as "productive enough" but nowhere near as productive as I could be.

I honestly think I have ADHD, just because of how easily I can get distracted doing anything, not just work. I struggle to watch a film or wrestling without grabbing my phone every two minutes. That is the root cause. It was never so bad before the pandemic, now it's getting close to unmanageable.

This is where I am heading, like maybe there is something wrong with me like ADHD (or a childhood brain injury 🙃 )
They do say that ADHD is not meant to get worse as you age, in school I was smart enough to cruise through, but I didn't study once the whole time through school and there was not a report or homework assignment that wasn't completed the night before it was due.
All my reports were the same "iNCY is a capable student who shows a great deal of potential if only he would apply himself) It is not that I didn't want to apply myself, if it was boring... I just couldn't find the on switch.

By the way, I think this thread is cool and I appreciate all your input.



iron maiden, I forgot to add that I am a control freak, but less so as I get older... To me it is more a question of time.
I am sure the invention of the wireless mouse and keyboard was to prevent people being strangled to death by a readily available implement in the office.
The issue I have is the time it takes to train someone is time I am not doing my job.
If I get someone who can do one function and I train them how to do it, then I am not doing my job... And I am doing their job... Just with extra steps. 
Then I have the hassle of having to redo their job because people are stupid and don't pay attention to what they are doing.
I know that is incredibly short sighted, but the churn of workers is real and anyone who employs people these days is committing to training for 38hr a week.
The other problem is that my market is not infinite, so the more people we add, the more we need to sell to cover their cost.
It is not a market that can sustain the workforce I would like.
At the moment I am caught between being too small or too big, my business probably has to go either way.

But regardless of all of this, I have to find a way to be more productive.

I feel like I have to echo the delegation comment, but understand I don't understand the Australian labor market well enough to offer totally applicable ideas.

I think NATH45 really hit the nail on the head. And to echo you iNCY in your own paraphrased words, I think your business is at that point where systems least interest you and this your risk of disengagement or burnout is becoming maximized. The design and implement a solution aspect of starting from nothing and growing to a certain level of sustainably phase seems to have ended. Now you're in the sustain, maintain, mature, and evolve phase. Which is slow and boring and full of drudgery... And the worst, bringing people into the fold.

Aside from your released installer, your three-person shop is all family, right? You, your Wife, and your dad or FIL? Was the former installer family too? Do they do much of substance for the business, or is their employment more of a way to help ensure pre-tax dollars from the business go to your family? In general, do you feel like their employment has helped you or been an added burden? One thing I experienced twice, and have heard almost unanimously ubiquitously is never do business with or employ family. The drawbacks or potential cons aren't worth the hassle, headache, drama, etc.

But I muse on all that to say bringing other people into the fold is such a challenge, probably even for "people person" people. I can't imagine the daunting challenge it must seem like for you. At least family is the devil you know, or are at least stuck with regardless, to an extent. I presume you've also become accustomed to certain margins in your business, so the idea of bringing onboard substantially more cost in the form of a hire or hires plus training time without a matching uptick in revenue from expanding business at the same time gives lots of cause for pause.

Then there's the golden handcuff comment about customers. It sounds like you need to train your customers better now too. If they trust you, they need to trust you'll only staff and assign employees capable of delivering the same quality your customers have come to expect from you (even if that's not entirely true). I don't think anyone other than you will ever be as vested in your business as you. Certainly not if they're not literally vested financially in it. And even then, probably never to the same level as you.

So I think the initial hires are probably critical to view through the lens of what three or so specific aspects of the business only you can do. Then hire around those first. I assume business strategy, customer relationships, and technical solutions are likely your three? So would hiring installers/customer support, supply chain planners/buyers, etc. be the best first move? Or, to your point, maybe just an executive assistant? But instead of thinking in terms of a part-time SAHM, I'd be thinking of a younger hungrier (likely male) candidate who can be mentored and groomed to not take over one day per se, but at least operate automatically as an iNCY Lite stand-in.

Apr 6, 2022 5:33:19 GMT iNCY said:

Apr 6, 2022 4:39:12 GMT c said:

Yeah that is what I meant. You need someone do what your wife does with your house, at your job. Get someone to organize your chaos for you. Then work with the more organized structure they create for you.

Or frustrate them at every turn until they quit... Exciting!

If it is their job, and you treat them well otherwise, why would they quit?  Out of curiosity who is running shop while you travel?  Seems like this would be a great task for a domestic manager, while you go where you need to be internationally.  

ADHD does not fit.  You can focus when you want it appears.  Brain injury does not fit either.  Lack of organizational structure seems to be the theme, and now we are no longer young, this gets to be harder to fix.  This destroys people in academia as many learn to excel by sheer force of will until you hit a problem where the complexity is just too great to complete without structure.  Some of the brightest minds simply cannot complete a PhD if the three publication model is not allowed as you cannot force of will a well organized 200 page document summarizing existing knowledge in a field and moving beyond it.

The issue is not organization though but why you fail to be able to adapt to an organization system, which seems to imply an issue in volition or meta-motivation, which ultimately are two sides of the same coin.  Most of the books you consume on cog psych and apps you used in a business scene assume you have full control of these abilities, but they are learned skills not inate skills, and they are like never taught as we only recently started to understand how important they are.  To start into looking at this shit, look for stuff on Self-Determination Theory ideally from a psychological standpoint.  You will have to map the applications to business, but most of it is peer reviewed.  Benefits of peer review is we slaughter each other's work so only the strongest work endures over time.  Pop psych books do not go through this process.

My gut feeling tells me ultimately you do not see the value of these systems that you try to implement in action.  You see them as a cost that is not worth paying.  I mean if you can do what you do now without them, why use them?  For me, I would think you need to learn evaluation skills, to accurate evaluate if what you are doing is working and have a way to see exactly how well it works.  Program evaluation is the area that focuses on this, CIPPs model or the Stufflebeam model is where to start.  Generally go to this model when we used program evaluation for business problems anyway so learning it will have much broader uses as well.

The all or nothing mindset does need addressing but not sure how to really tackle that as that is a problem I have too.  The way I learned to deal with it, was daily tasks done at the start of the day and at certain times during the day.  Make them habitual.  So even if I do not care or want to put in effort force of habit carrying me through.  Second draft of my thesis was almost entirely written in this state and oddly enough was some of the best writing I ever did on extremely technical information comparing variable selection methods in statistics. 

All I got here is from sport psychs though and psyching up or getting into the zone.  I use cold psychology so I do not use emotions in my models, but this very much a hot model problem.  Basically in hot models though you would find a routine to use to get yourself motivated to get more involved in what you doing using a mix or self-talk, music, mindset and goal setting.  This area is in the mental skills of sports, and they really are the only field heavily looking into the mental side of amping one's self up like this.  Benefit of learning these skills is they can beat burnout.

I hate TED and pop psych, but Jonathan Fader does a pretty good of laying this stuff out.  He does this rap thing at most talks.  He did throw the ball when he talked with us.





But big picture would be to get skills to regulate your motivation or volition, then apply them to an orientation system that you evaluate as you use it to see if you are making actual gains or not.  One you see value, it should reinforce the use of that system.  If you do not see value, then fuck that system, it is bad.

Also evaluation skills will allow you to analyze your entire workplace, to see where you can offload some of what you are already doing to determine where you can offload some of what you do, and let others take on that responsibility.  You will have a short term productivity loss, but get a long term productivity gain from it.  Doing it all yourself is one of the most limiting things you can do as a manager as now you put an absolute top on your scale, which you really want to be limitless.  Which means either you accept you are nearing your absolute cap, or learn to offload.

My advisor went through this same issue recently as he is now at the crossroads of being one of the top young ed psychologists but to now become one of the top all-time psychologists he needs to increase production and increase his student load by about 3 fold.  Way he did it was systematically lay out what his responsibilities were at his job, what areas were worth his expertise and what areas should be offloaded to a post doc, and then try to see how much he was doing of both areas.  A great deal of what he was doing, was stuff that should have been offloaded as it did not need him personally and did not require his expertise.  As long as people could get the same information from someone else, he was better suited to focusing on more advanced things that others lacked the knowledge to tackle.  This is kind of what you need to do if you are looking to move things onto other people and prepare to scale.  Find where you can essentially replace yourself, so you can focus on what only you can do best.

I think we're missing the obvious solution - child labor. iNCY, make those girls earn their keep!

4 hr work week technique. Outsource people to do your job.

Then outsource those four hours by hiring someone to outsource your other work. Genius!!!

Apr 6, 2022 15:49:13 GMT Gyro LC said:

I think we're missing the obvious solution - child labor. iNCY , make those girls earn their keep!

This meme is perfect for so many of our posts here:

I think you can watch a thousand Ted Talks, and unless you're truly on the bandwagon - you won't take much away from them.

I bought up Gary Vee months ago, he's an influencer and wine entrepreneur who today sells his definition of " leadership " or snake oil. Or absolute bulmshit. He like others, sell ideas. And for the 1% of his audience blessed with a particular combination of skill, confidence, charisma and intelligence and opportunity - the snake oil will work, or there's a perception it has worked. The current buzz words are " building good teams " - unbelievable, I never thought of that.

Finfluencers, are the new charmers.

I guess you need to look at a few things, are you focused financially on a magic turnover dollar each FY, or GP/Profitability? A business turning over a million bucks a year, can easily be less profitable than one doing a few hundred thousand less through its overheads/CODB ie; larger team = larger on cost entitlements. Potentially you scale the business down to a more sustainable model that allows the same or similar profitability, despite less trade. And long term, allowing a degree of balance between work and rest.

Apr 6, 2022 22:08:33 GMT iron maiden said:

Apr 6, 2022 15:49:13 GMT Gyro LC said:

I think we're missing the obvious solution - child labor. iNCY , make those girls earn their keep!

This meme is perfect for so many of our posts here:

Saw the other one and was confused. Like I remembered the post... but this is a new thread.

Hope it appears randomly throughout the week.