The Key To All Automation is Scheduling

Scheduling, while it may seem pretty straightforward it’s surprisingly effective.

How often do our schedules simply reflect what others schedule for us?

This is where we have to be proactive rather than reactive and it’s about all the different ways scheduling can help, which is why it’s such a vital component. If you don’t know what to schedule then the very first thing to schedule is a meeting with yourself to plan out what needs scheduling. This works on any level, if you don’t even know what direction to take something then you need to schedule that time to consider it.

Even if it’s multiple sessions, making that room and commitment to yourself is going to be much better than just waiting for something to magically appear ad hoc.

So how is this related to automation?

Scheduling itself is a foundational trigger when it comes to automation. I will be posting this as a point of principle via an automated schedule since I know I won’t have power here at that time. Things happening when you don’t have to be there is a perfect demonstration of automation and the leverage it can bring.

Most automated systems though can’t automatically build themselves (although that will be an interesting development in time). So the former use of scheduling to make time for yourself to proactively create and think also means setting up these automations. This includes setting up automated schedules as well as your own scheduling.

Without scheduling it becomes more difficult to even design and set up any kind of automation.

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