080: Top 10 Free Time Principles

Written By Jenny Blake

Just a few days after launch, Free Time is already topping many Amazon charts . . . although "making the lists" is not something I lose sleep over, it does go a long way toward raising awareness and generating lasting launch momentum. Here are some early category stats—I couldn't do any of this without you!

  • #1 New Release in Time Management

  • #1 New Release in Small Business

  • #1 New Release Organizational Change

  • #1 New Release Business Structural Adjustment

  • #1 Best Seller and #1 Most Wished For in Office Automation Business

  • #3 New Release in Systems and Planning


Enormous thanks to all of you who have read the book and posted reviews on Amazon and Goodreads already! Every one has warmed my heart. ❤️ If you're stuck on what to say, try drafting with this Review Writing Quick Start chat »

In Free Time, I share operating principles to help you run a more agile business. Each chapter is a call to action—ways of working smarter, teaching ourselves and team members to operate with greater joy, ease, and efficiency.

There are ten vital guiding principles that can transform your business. These will free up hours of time and energy each week, multiplied by every team member in your ecosystem—that’s what I’m sharing with you today.

Key Takeaways:

  • Make a list of how you’re spending your time for a week. If you see repeated tasks — those are prime candidates for automation.

  • Notice the mortifying moments in your business. We all have them, and as uncomfortable as they are, they are great chances to fix our systems.

  • Are your processes and systems ready for a big break? If Oprah came out of retirement and wanted to talk to you tomorrow — could you meet the increase in demand that would ensue?

⭐️ Permission:  Relinquish your role as all-seeing question answerer. Let someone else answer the questions (and maybe your email!) — you are juggling way too much to remember all of the little things.

⭐️ Do (or Delegate) This Next:  Double it! Double how much you delegate. What is your comfort zone for allowing other people to take things over? Stretch it to accommodate more.

 

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Jenny Blake

Jenny Blake is a career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people people organize their brain, move beyond burnout and create sustainable careers they love. She is the author of PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One (Portfolio/Penguin Random House, September 2016). Jenny left her job in career development at Google in 2011 after five and a half years at the company to launch her first book, Life After College, and has since run her own consulting business in New York City. Find her on Twitter @Jenny_Blake and subscribe to the Pivot Podcast. 

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