Thread by @HustlingStudent

Processes are your secret weapon.

Whether you want to improve your personal productivity or business efficiency.

Processes are the way.

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What is the process?

The (linear) process is a sequence of steps you have to take to get the wanted result.

e.g. The process of brushing your teeth consist of:

1. Going to the bathroom
2. Applying toothpaste
3. Brushing you teeth for 5 minutes

Simple.

Why to even care about some processes?

1. Following a process you make the mistake just once, then you update the processes and avoid it next time (it's antifragile)

2, It will free your brain capacity

3. You can outsource easily as you have the exact steps defined

Examples of processes I use (workin on)

- New client acquisition (from the first contact to getting a review from (s)he)

- Website making (from mood board to implementing google analytics)

- Client outreach

Whatever you do, a good process may help you a ton.

What to use for processes making?

- Notebook
- Notion.so
- Special apps

Processes are basically checklists (at least in the freelance context) so you don't need a special app (too complex)

I love the Notion.

But the notebook will do the work as well.

What are the stages of setting up a process?

For our purposes, let's call them

1. Mapping
2. Documenting
3. Rethinking
4. Optimization

Let's dive into them.

Mapping.

Pick up a task you want to process.

It should be something

- nontrivial
- high ROI
- you somehow struggle with

Once you have an adept, you're ready for the next stage.

Documenting.

Documenting is about writing down the steps you take doing the task in real-time.

Write down how you do it.

Step by step.

Nothing hard.

Rethinking.

Now, you have a rough idea of how you actually do it.

Ask yourself questions such as

- How to do it better?

- Can the process be outsourced? why not?

- Are there some missing steps?

After this stage, you have the first draft of your process.

Optimization.

Next time, do the thing following EXACTLY the process you made.

Write down your thoughts/failures and implement them into the process afterward.

Make a process in a way, that a person you'll (potentially) outsource it to will know reasonably well what to do.

Bonus tip: @NotionHQ databases are epic for using and maintaining processes.

Thanks for reading!

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