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[email protected] and use promo code TPS. Welcome to the Proctivity Show podcast where we believe that you can get the important things done without having to sacrifice your health, family, and things that matter to you. My name is Tan and I'm the founder and CEO of Asian Efficiency, where we help people become more productive at work in their life. And today is another wisdom Wednesday episode. You'll get actionable productivity advice in less than 10 minutes. Today's topic is about life leverages. This is a term I coined as part of our 25x productivity system where we teach people to fundamentals and mastery of productivity. And when it comes to growing Asian Efficiency, back in 2011, I started Asian Efficiency purely as a passion project. Every single week, I would write a blog post about the unique things I was learning and studying when it comes to time management, productivity, efficiency, and I did this every single week for a year, a year and a half or so. And in the beginning, as a new entrepreneur, I was doing every single thing. I wrote the content, I uploaded it, I created the graphics, I published it, I distributed it, I did the marketing for it, I did all the SEO, I did all the technical updates to the website, I created it and designed the website, I literally did everything to get the business off the ground. And so when the company was growing, especially as we were launching courses and programs and coaching and helping people all over the world become more productive at work, and in life, I was still doing everything. I taught myself how to create courses. I taught myself how to do marketing. I taught myself how to create a podcast. I taught myself how to do all these different things that were needed to grow Asian Efficiency Efficiency. And as the company was growing, I quickly realized I simply can't do it all. 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I'm the only one who can record a podcast like this, like we are doing right now because it's my unique voice, my face, and nobody else can replace that. And just like when I'm creating courses, when I'm on video, I'm the only person who can represent Tan Fan because I'm the only person that exists who is like me. Lately I've been treating hydration like part of my daily ritual. It's right up there with sleep. It's really the kind of habit that makes everything else work better. And drip drop is the reason I've actually been able to stick with it. Drip drop also just dropped, no pun intended, zero sugar plus, a breakthrough formula with an advanced blend of six key electrolyte, 15 essential vitamins and nutrients, and no sugar or artificial sweeteners. It's the complete package that truly checks all the boxes and then some. To make it easy, drip drop has flexible subscription options so you're never stuck with a proven fast hydration. So whether you're on the job at the gym or on the go, you'll always have your drip on hand. Right now drip drop is offering podcast listeners 20% off your first order. Go to drip drop.com and use promo code TPS. That's drip drop.com promo code TPS for 20% off. Stock up now at drip drop.com and use promo code TPS. However, if we look at all the work that needs to be done around it, like uploading a podcast, creating graphics for the course, doing the research for an article, all these things could be done by other people. They aren't necessarily unique to me. Once I got clarity about what was unique to me and only I could do particular things became so much easier to get work done, but also much easier to focus on what needed to be done. And so I was actually much more productive this way because I was able to delegate a lot of tasks to other people and then hire people to help me out as well. But also work became fun again. It wasn't so overwhelmed. I wasn't so delayed on everything. I was actually able to focus on the few critical things that mattered because they were unique to me and then all the other work that needed to be done could be done by other people. Now, don't get me wrong. All the other work is still important as well. Uploading a podcast is important. If we don't do it, it doesn't matter all the work that I did, it will never be seen by other people and the impact will never be there. Just like creating graphics is going to be important as well. Just like all the other things that need to be done around what I'm doing that's unique to me. They need to be done and they're also important. So don't discard the other things that need to be done as unimportant. They are important. But you have to learn to identify what's unique to you. And that's what I call a life leverage because as soon as you can identify what only you can do, it's much easier to focus on the things that matter. But also that's when you start to create leverage. As I'm recording this podcast, someone else on my team right now is creating graphics. As I'm taking breaks between tasks, someone else on my team is probably doing the bookkeeping. As I'm doing all the other things around work and life, other people are then doing the other things simultaneously while I'm doing all the other stuff around the business. And that's when we create all this leverage. And so the first step I want you to think about, as you're thinking about your day and planning your week, what are some things only you can do? What are the tasks that are unique to you? And once you able to identify some of those, you'll start to notice that there's only a few things that you can do that's unique to you. And then everything else can be delegated or handed off to other people. So give it a try. Let me know how it goes. I'm pretty sure you're going to start to notice how much more effective you'll be and how much more free time you will have as well. And work will become fun again. Thank you for listening to the productivity show. I'll see you next time.
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