150: ๐ธ 3 Strategies to Set Your Time Free in 2023!
What steps can you take now to free your time far into the future? Longtime listeners know this is one of the central questions and strategies throughout Free Time, a book that helps you build the muscle of continually freeing more of your time.
Today, Iโm sharing three strategies to set your time free in 2023. For added accountability in freeing your time in the year ahead, I encourage you to check out the Free Time Leader Kitโyou can work through the sections of the book with your team or in a mastermind group (or join us in BFF!) for even more support.
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๐3 Key Takeaways:
1. Set a Time Goal first, then work backward. How much is your time worth? Calculate it. What is your billable rate if you break down your income on an hourly basis? Here is how I estimate:
1. How much would you be *thrilled* to earn this year? ________________
2. How many work hours per week is *ideal* for you to achieve that? ____
3. Multiply that number by 42 weeks (to account for time off) = ______
4. Divide line 1 by line 3 to get your ideal billable hourly rate: _________
2. Fill in Strategic Goals within your time framework: How can you achieve them in half the time? Identify a friction area, then work through the Free Time Framework: Align, Design, Assign
3. Design your Calendar for the entire year ahead (now) with DNS Blocks: Parkinson's Law is the old adage that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion, first coined by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in a humorous essay he wrote for โThe Economistโ in 1955.
๐Permission: To aggressively block off time for the entire year ahead, only making exceptions in the moment for whatโs joyful from week to week.
โ Do (or Delegate) This Next: Pick one area thatโs important to you but where youโre experiencing friction. Fill out the Free Time Framework guide to work through improvements resulting in greater flow, joy, and ease.
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๐Resources Mentioned:
Free Time Toolkit, Leader Kit, Free Time Framework Quick Reference worksheet, private BFF Community, holiday BOGOGO promotionโBuy One, Get One, Give One
Articles: Parkinsonโs Law, Paul Graham on Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
๐งRelated Podcast Episodes:
149: Tips, Tools & Must Haveโs for Content Creators with Kim Kaupe
126: Creating Time Bufferโ7 Strategies for Spacious Scheduling
Pivot 277: Expansive Impact and Spacious Scheduling with Sarah Young
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