Zooming Out To Cut Your Work Time
Case Study
Brandon ran a LinkedIn agency for medical businesses
After calls, he’d listen to recordings and dig through notes again and again, trying to translate their needs into proposals.
It took forever and left him drained.
By improving one thinking skill, he completely changed his workflow, which cut the time he spent on a proposal to less than 80% then what it was before.
But I think my favorite part was how much more energy he had when he was done.
Previously, proposals would knock him out for the rest of the day.
Now, he had the stamina and mental energy to keep on going, just like after doing the work he loved.
Thinking Skills
While you are doing any task, you (without even realizing it!) are using your 28 thinking skills.
When the thinking skills you need to use are strong, doing the task happens easily.
If the thinking skill you need to use is weak, doing the task will be a challenge.
The struggle that Brandon had, came from a weak thinking skill of came from a weak thinking skill of categorizations.
Categorizing The Workflow
The reason why Brandon had to go over the call over and over again was because he’d get excited about each detail, find a way to make it work and then go to find the next detail.
He needed to zoom out, take in more information and use categorizations to make it easier for himself.
He decided to make 3 categories:
Category one: Start with what’s obvious, what’s easiest.
Category two: highlight the important information with different colors to easily translate it into the proposal
Category three: Go over the call one more time to make sure he didn’t miss anything.
Simple plan, but it cut down his workflow by 80% instead of just rereading the proposal over and over again.
Categorizing in Life
While I was glad Brandon cut is time while doing proposals, I wanted him to cut his time on other tasks he was doing.
I wanted him to categorize in more areas. so I had him ask this question:
“How can I zoom out to get more information?”
Then once you have more of the information, he'd ask:
"How can I group similar tasks so he doesn’t have to do the same thing over and over again?"
Your Challenge
Your challenge this week is to:
1)Ask yourself, “Can I zoom out to get more information?”
2) Grouping similar tasks to save time.
Cheers to Peak Brain Performance!
ST Rappaport, Brain Engineer for ADHDish Business Owners
Hi, I'm ST,
Just like you, I want to get more done in less time.
Most business owners want to grow their business but already got a lot of stress.
At LifePix University we help you optimize your brain to become more efficient and effective while experiencing more inner peace.
Learn more here.
Your Essential Guide
to Cognitive Functions
This guide will give you all you need to start improving your cognitive functions. Learn what all 28 thinking skills are, how they apply to you and what you can do today to begin improving them.
Thinking Skills Assessment
Thinking is not one big thing. Thinking is made up of 28 parts, called cognitive functions.
Take the FREE assessment to see where each of your cognitive functions are currently at.
How much are your
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Zooming Out To Cut Your Work Time
Case Study
Brandon ran a LinkedIn agency for medical businesses
After calls, he’d listen to recordings and dig through notes again and again, trying to translate their needs into proposals.
It took forever and left him drained.
By improving one thinking skill, he completely changed his workflow, which cut the time he spent on a proposal to less than 80% then what it was before.
But I think my favorite part was how much more energy he had when he was done.
Previously, proposals would knock him out for the rest of the day.
Now, he had the stamina and mental energy to keep on going, just like after doing the work he loved.
Thinking Skills
While you are doing any task, you (without even realizing it!) are using your 28 thinking skills.
When the thinking skills you need to use are strong, doing the task happens easily.
If the thinking skill you need to use is weak, doing the task will be a challenge.
The struggle that Brandon had, came from a weak thinking skill of came from a weak thinking skill of categorizations.
Categorizing The Workflow
The reason why Brandon had to go over the call over and over again was because he’d get excited about each detail, find a way to make it work and then go to find the next detail.
He needed to zoom out, take in more information and use categorizations to make it easier for himself.
He decided to make 3 categories:
Category one: Start with what’s obvious, what’s easiest.
Category two: highlight the important information with different colors to easily translate it into the proposal
Category three: Go over the call one more time to make sure he didn’t miss anything.
Simple plan, but it cut down his workflow by 80% instead of just rereading the proposal over and over again.
Categorizing in Life
While I was glad Brandon cut is time while doing proposals, I wanted him to cut his time on other tasks he was doing.
I wanted him to categorize in more areas. so I had him ask this question:
“How can I zoom out to get more information?”
Then once you have more of the information, he'd ask:
"How can I group similar tasks so he doesn’t have to do the same thing over and over again?"
Your Challenge
Your challenge this week is to:
1)Ask yourself, “Can I zoom out to get more information?”
2) Grouping similar tasks to save time.
Cheers to Peak Brain Performance!
ST Rappaport, Brain Engineer for ADHDish Business Owners
Hi, I'm ST,
Just like you, I want to be more efficient and effective.
Most entrepreneurs want to grow their business but already got a lot of stress.
At LifePix University we help you rewire your brain to become more efficient and effective while experiencing more inner peace.
Learn more here.
Your Essential Guide
to Cognitive Functions
This guide will give you all you need to start improving your cognitive functions. Learn what all 28 thinking skills are, how they apply to you and what you can do today to begin improving them.
Cognitive Functions Assessment
Thinking is not one big thing. Thinking is made up of 28 parts, called cognitive functions.
Take the FREE assessment to see where each of your cognitive functions are currently at.
How much are your thinking skills costing you?
Find out by using this calculator (for free!)
