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)