Episode 1: Want to Work Less and Make More? (with Adrienne Dorison)

What’s the bottleneck in your business? It’s time to work less and make more by designing your business to Run Like Clockwork.

Today’s guest is Adrienne Dorison, co-founder of Run Like Clockwork. Mike Michalowicz wrote the book, Clockwork, and Adrienne runs the company.   

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Episode Highlights:

• Operational Efficiency: Take corporate principles, apply them to small business owners
• Systemization: Small business owners need to get out of their own way, give up control
• Why design a business to run itself? Don’t make business dependent on business owner
• Reasons: Never know what may happen; take care of you, your family, clients, and team
• Time for Money: What is something only you can do? What is something you love to do? What is the vision for your company? 
• Clockworking: Increase profit, grow business via free time to spend on valuable tasks 
• Captain Vision: Stay on the deck, lead and guide the ship on what to do next
• ACDC Method: Identify and solve bottleneck problems; opportunities for progress
  • Attract more leads to reach revenue goals
  • Convert leads at average or above average conversion rate
  • Deliver capacity and time for more of what you do
  • Collect money and maintain cash flow
• Too Small for Clockwork? Sooner you understand how to remove things, focus on others
• 3T Framework: Trash and trim things to spend time in more valuable places  

Links and Resources:

Run Like Clockwork

Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself by Mike Michalowicz

Run Like Clockwork Accelerator

Run Like Clockwork Podcast

Profit First by Mike Michalowicz

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown 

GreenOak Accounting

Therapy For Your Money Podcast