A Mid-Season Update

If you’ve been following my How to Clone Yourself series, then this is the ultimate episode that you do NOT want to miss!

Today, we’re finally going to get deep into the nitty-gritty of putting together your systems. The systems that will make it feel as though you’re running your business with a team of your very own clones!

Let me tell you: putting strong, well-planned systems into place in your business leads to a LOT of benefits! It boosts your productivity like crazy. It cuts down on the time needed to complete your repeatable tasks. And it makes it SO MUCH EASIER to train new staff. 

Where do you want to focus your system-building efforts?

In the areas that make your business money.

In the areas where you can WOW your customers.

In the areas that can lead to the biggest improvements in your personal and professional life.

Let’s get started!

In my latest podcast episode, you’ll discover:

• How much time and effort you’ll save by investing a little time in preparing systems in your business!
• The three major pieces that you need to include in your operations playbook
• The crucial questions you must answer in order to build out an amazingly effective process
• How building systems can actually make it easier to scale your business! 

Listen below!

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Highlights:

02:24  We need more of you in the world … without you DOING more!

03:41  What brings money into your business? 

05:54  “When you invest time in preparing, you accelerate time to implement more than 70 percent” 

06:49  “Having strong, intentional systems will help you do repeatable tasks faster”

08:06  Prioritization is an important aspect of developing your systems

08:17  The three chapters of your operations playbook

11:32  What you need to consider when building out a process

13:43  Case Study: Three Boudoir

16:08   “The simplicity of a checklist is so powerful when it comes to system documentation”

17:08   How to use Google to help you develop your own systems

19:56  The ‘How,’ ‘What,’ and ‘Where’ of your operations playbook!

21:45  How systems ultimately support the scaling of your business

Thank you for listening! Want more information and tips? Bookmark ambermccue.com/blog and follow Amber on Instagram: @AmberMcCue

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Get Efficient Prioritization Matrix
• How to Clone Yourself

SPARK Business Works President and CEO, Bob Armbrister, sits down with Landon to discuss SPARK's business growth, successes, and failures that come with entrepreneurship.

After receiving an MBA from Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University, Bob served on leadership teams for numerous organizations over the last decade. Throughout his career, his drive to influence and create significant advancements in efficiency, productivity, and accountability has made him the leader he is today. 

Using a business-first approach to custom software, Bob has led SPARK to serve hundreds of clients. His experience as a CIO at a national construction management firm led him to implement “The SPARK Way” — an approach of practical innovation that helps business leaders build tech that actually gets adopted.

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Hyderabad in India was abuzz with activity and discussions on the future and potential of livestock agriculture in the country at Poultry India 2023 which closed on November 24, with a strong degree of optimism. India is one of the world’s largest and most diversified food producers, and agriculture contributes more than 20% of the country’s income. By 2030, agriculture could contribute around USD 600 billion to India’s GDP, an increase of 50% over 2020, but it needs to modernize and lift productivity and efficiency. It was heartening to see a slew of solutions centered on feed, farm, and processing.

It’s time to level up and learn from Craig Ballantyne how to control your time like an Empire Builder. Time is truly your single greatest asset as a leader and entrepreneur, and you can never get one second of it back. Learn how to control your time with fun, practical yet powerful lifestyle hacks so that you create the lifestyle you want and deserve.

Here’s what you’ll discover:

• 1:43 - Start a simple time journal. Write down what time you get up at and every 20 minutes write down what you were doing and how you felt.
• 4:40 - Find your OCD loops and discover what activities you do repeatedly? Learn how to eliminate bad habits.
• 6:07 - Discover your magic time and protect it.  This is when you're most creative, energetic, productive, get more done in 90 minutes than you do in the rest of your afternoon. 
• 7:59 Learn your hourly worth and how to calculate it. 
• 11:47 - Identify your not to do list. This list includes never hitting the snooze button, mindlessly scrolling social media, don’t check your email until after 10, don’t bing watch netflix, ect. 
• 13:42 Book recommendation - Why We Sleep by Dr. Mathew Walker. This book will help you unleash a whole new level of energy so that you can attack your days.
• 14:15 - Ask the BIG 4 questions every 90 days. What do you hate doing in your business.What should you stop doing? What is not your job? What is your distraction?

"Stop letting other people dictate your life and take your time, because if they do that you'll never have the impact, income and lifestyle you want" - Craig Ballantyne