Systems and Tools for Stealing Back Hours of Productivity

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Businesses and individuals often feel overwhelmed and stretched — that they can't get done all the work they need to. The solution they frequently turn to is finding a new app to use or hiring more employees to spread the load. But my guest would say that you can steal back hours of productive time simply by using the tools and teams you have now, if you learn to use them in a more efficient way. Nick Sonnenberg is the founder and CEO of Leverage, an efficiency consulting business and the author of Come Up for Air: How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work. Today on the show, Nick explains how people spend almost 60% of their time doing work about work, and why hiring more people can actually make the problem worse rather than better. He then shares his "CPR Business Efficiency Framework," and how making changes in how you communicate, plan, and manage resources can open up hours of time. We talk about how to organize your communication channels so your work day isn't taken up by what Nick calls "The Scavenger Hunt," one of the most underutilized tools for taming your inbox, how to stop wasting time on meetings, and tiny changes that will add up to many hours saved each year. Along the way, we talk about how some of these tactics can save you time in your personal life as well.

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0:00.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:11.0	Businesses and individuals often feel overwhelmed and stretched
0:14.3	that they can't get done all the work they need to. The solution they frequently
0:17.8	turn to is finding a new app to use or hiring more employees to spread the load.
0:21.3	But my guests would say that you can still back hours of productive
0:24.2	time simply by using the tools and teams you have now, if you learn to use them in a more efficient
0:28.5	way. Nick Sonnenburg is the founder and CEO of Leverage, an Efficiency Consulting Business, and the author of Come Up for Air,
0:35.5	How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work.
0:38.7	Take in the Show, Nick explains how people spend almost 60% of their time doing work about work, and why hiring more people
0:44.2	can actually make the problem worse rather than better.
0:47.1	He then shares his CPR business efficiency framework and how making changes in how you communicate,
0:51.5	plan and manage resources can open up hours of time.
0:55.0	We talk about how to organize your communication channel so your work day isn't taken up by
0:58.0	what Nick calls the scavenger hunt.
1:00.1	One of the most underutilized tools for taming your inbox,
1:02.9	how to stop wasting time on meetings,
1:04.8	and tiny changes that will add up to many hours saved each year.
1:08.2	Along the way, we talk about how some of these tactics
1:10.5	can save you time in your personal life as well.
1:13.0	After the shows over check out our show notes at A.O.M.
1:15.0	I.S. slash Air. Nick Sonnenberg, welcome to the show.
1:23.0	Thanks for having me, Brett. Nick Sonnenberg, welcome to the show.
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