415: Become an Automator to Simplify Your Path to Success

Are you an automator? Do you automate your sales? Do you automate the growth of your following? Are you able to automate for impact? 

Today’s guest is a serious automator, and she would like to show you how how to do it too. Kathryn Jones is a bestselling author, Certified Internet Marketer and the ClickFunnels Dream Car winner. You can connect with her on Instagram or join her Facebook Group Design Hackers Official. You can also pick up Katryn’s book Automate Your Routine, Guarantee Your Results.

How We Can Start Automating

Becoming an automator really is a mindset and a lifestyle. The word automation means to set up systems so that things can be done without human control. 

We all have repetitive tasks that we can outsource to other people. We can use software systems to free up our headspace and out time. 

Catherine discovered in her early twenties that she was lacking motivation and will power to get up. By setting up a simple system with a loud alarm clock, she discovered that she could use that tool and suddenly set herself up for success. 

She even applied this principle to eating healthier; instead of having waffles and cinnamon rolls in the house, she would only have egg whites. 

All automation can be simplified to one basic question: 

How can I avoid making the same mistake twice? 

Automation Is More Than Apps 

There is more to a system than just an app; barriers are important. The elimination of other possibilities is essential too. When you combine human behavior with essentially computer science coding, right, you’re actually able to program your brain. 

If we look at the basics of coding, it’s zeros and ones.  A computer will do exactly what you tell it to do. 

So when you’re creating your routines, it is important to write out what you want to do as if you are a computer. Break it down, and you literally program your mind. 

With the example of using an alarm clock, she broke it down like this:

  1. Open your eyes
  2. Take two deep breaths
  3. Sit up
  4. Get out of your bed
  5. Leave your room and close the door so you can’t go back in there
  6. Walk to the alarm clock
  7. Turn it off
  8. Go into the bathroom
  9. Close the door and shower.

When you eliminate other options, you also get your brain into a regimented routine. 

I highly recommend you listen to this entire episode, as we spoke more about health and routines in the show notes as well as automating your business. Thanks to Kathryn for being a guest on the Success Road Podcast.