Comments on: Life’s Easy Mode in 3 Steps | Automate Your System

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:39:54 +0000

Sure, check this mindmap I use for outsourcing my search!
http://www.mindmeister.com/28612116/it-gig-find...

I plan to make a site and aggregate workflows similar to this including the details documents that present workflows like this to a VA

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:51:21 +0000

Hey man, this post is the kind of thing I totally geek out about. Great job! My big question is if you can post some example templates of how you outsource your freelance gig search. I have a different set of projects, but I could really use an idea of how to get it all started.

Thanks again!

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By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:51:21 +0000

Thanks again!

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By: stressful life

stressful life — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:15:57 +0000

Right on !! Damn I’m getting addicted to your blog

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Source Control: Invigorating Outsourcing Guide – The Life Design Project — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:07:21 +0000

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By: Diggy - Upgradereality.com

Diggy - Upgradereality.com — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:26:30 +0000

Wow man, this is seriously detailed. I must say I didn’t quite get it all the first time, going to print it out and do some studying. Im still reading Tim Ferris’s 4 hour work week, and he also talks a lot about outsourcing.

I definitely think it is an option, right now Im focusing on building a passive income of $250 per week, once I have that then I will consider getting a virtual assistant:)

Thanks for the post man!
Cheers
Diggy

By: MK

MK — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:56:13 +0000

Wow. This is fantastic. I totally agree with Mint – such a great program that really gives you an overview of your finances.

Now to reread the post and figure out what I can automate.

By: Eric Snow

Eric Snow — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:30:12 +0000

Great comments and ideas, am on the verge of my first Indian VA, your input was great.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:54:56 +0000

These are all things I can really look into further. Thanks for making such a great comprehensive post. It’s amazing how great freeing up just a few hours per week can feel.

By: Cath Duncan

Cath Duncan — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:28:10 +0000

Thanks for some great tips that help us to take a useful idea and put it into action (the part that matters!)

Cath

By: robgranholm

robgranholm — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:01:28 +0000

Thanks Dan, and everyone for the feedback. Glad to throw out a few resources you can pick up. I hear you guys and realize it’s a lot to take in! I’ll be working on the “digestibility” of the content here!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:55:09 +0000

Wow, that is awesome. Plenty there for people to put into practice, actually I’ll have to come back to it, posts like this don’t usually sink in for me in just one read. Gotta share this one.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:33:06 +0000

I had never heard of mycheckfree.com and fonolo.com – thanks for the resources, and great, comprehensive post. Learned a lot here.

By: John Bardos - JetSetCitizen

John Bardos - JetSetCitizen — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:07:20 +0000

You have put some serious effort into this!

I have never really taken a comprehensive accounting of all the things I do. Your approach would probably help a lot.

I definitely try to find better ways to do things and that often includes automating and delegating. But an important first step is elimination. Some times it is important to ask ourselves if it is worth doing at all. Checking blog statistics, browsing the internet for a couple of hours, etc. come to mind.

There were a lot of time consuming activities I was doing in my business that had little value for customers. I probably saved 20 or 30 hours a month from cutting those alone.

By: Colin Wright

Colin Wright — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:18:57 +0000

Okay wow, that is a LOT of information. Kudos to you sir for not only putting together an excellent resource, but then organizing it in a way that’s still attainable.

By: Clayton

Clayton — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:34:56 +0000

Wow! Excellent post! After reading all that, it seems like organizing your life took a lot of work, but it seems to be paying off now. I’ll definitely be trying out some of these things.

The mind mapping is great too.