257. 10+ Hours a Week Wasted: The Tasks Killing Contractor Productivity - Nick Sonnenberg

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How much time do you waste each day on little inefficiencies?

- Searching for the latest version of that SOP
- Flipping through a hundred browser tabs to find your budget spreadsheet
- Typing out the same email to 30 different clients

Today’s guest, Nick Sonnenberg, literally wrote the book on business efficiency. It’s called Come Up For Air and it is a go-to for small business owners and teams looking to stop “drowning in work” and free up the time they spend on redundant or inefficient tasks.

In today’s episode, we get into all the little things you can do that may only save you seconds at the time…

…but actually add up to minutes and hours when you stack them day after day.

We talk email management, how to invest time up front to save yourself hours down the line, and how to set yourself up for success when it comes to AI and automations.

This is a quick one, but we cover a lot.

00:00-Intro
01:29-Increasing Capacity Without Adding More People
01:37-Why Start with Email Management?
04:16-The RAD Framework: Reply, Archive, Defer
06:59-Quick Wins for Email Inbox Management
08:46-AI and Automation in Contracting Businesses
11:18-Progress and Context of Nick's Executive Assistant AI Agent
14:14-Asset Building vs. One-Time Requests with AI
21:54-Identifying Areas for AI Use
24:32-The Shift to AI as a Search Engine
27:05 -Final Thoughts and How to Contact Nick