216 FS Automation

02:14 - Why automate? Are there cases where you shouldn’t automate?

• The Eventual Millionaire: Procrastinate on Purpose with Rory Vaden
• Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time by Rory Vaden
• "The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency." -- Bill Gates

12:29 - Templates 15:26 - Figuring Out What to Automate and Delegate

• Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek

26:17 - Creating Benefits; Not False Improvements with Automation 28:35 - Automation Wins

• Zapier
• Unfollowers (Now Statusbrew)
• Trello
• Gravity Forms
• SendGrid

36:58 - Getting Started With Automation

• McDonald's Corporation: A Real Estate Empire Financed by French Fries
• The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss
• The 80/20 Rule in Business by Perry Marshall  
  • Summary of the Perry Marshall 80/20 Sales and Marketing Book

48:30 - Chuck’s Eliminations 52:22 - Tools For Automation

• Drip
• Zapier
• Gravity Forms
• Calendly
• Google Docs
• Evernote
• Upwork
• Dropbox
• Streak CRM

  Picks

• Process Street (Philip)
• "The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency." -- Bill Gates (Philip)
• McDonald's Corporation: A Real Estate Empire Financed by French Fries (Philip)
• Summary of the Perry Marshall 80/20 Sales and Marketing Book (Philip)
• The Membership Guys (Reuven)
• Reuven's Technical Training Facebook Group (Reuven)
• MemberPress (Chuck)
• Slack (Chuck)
• The Freelancers’ Show Facebook Group (Chuck)