How to Buy Back Time: 3 Strategies for Everyday People (TPS633)

How much would you pay to never stand in a grocery line again? It’s a question most of us never think to ask, because we assume outsourcing and executive assistants are only for CEOs and millionaires. But when time is the one thing you can’t make more of, using a little money to get some of it back might be one of the smartest trades you can make.

In this encore episode, we share three practical ways to buy back your time, from small tech fixes to delegating things you never thought you could hand off. You’ll hear why letting go is often hardest for tasks you’re good at, a simple budget trick that makes delegation work for everyday people, and a restaurant reservation hack you’ll want to try this weekend.

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Cheat Sheet

• ⏳ The trade most people never think to make [1:23]
• 📚 Top 3 Productivity Resources [2:50]
• 📱 How one app turned soccer team chaos into hours saved [4:00]
• 🧳 Why Brooks finally let someone else plan his vacation [10:39]
• 🪜 The hardest kind of task to delegate (it’s not what you think) [13:42]
• 🤝 Why Thanh waited six years too long to get help [29:22]
• 🍣 The restaurant reservation hack that works almost every time [33:41]
• ⚖️ On-demand service or dedicated assistant? How to choose [39:53]

Links

• DripDrop (promo code TPS)
• ElevenLabs / ElevenAgents
• 25X Productivity Coaching
• Jim Rohn
• TEA: The 3 Pillars of Productivity
• Upwork
• Fiverr
• TaskRabbit
• TeamSnap
• Hazel
• Keyboard Maestro
• Apple Shortcuts
• Organize Your Files
• Theragun
• Personal Outsourcing: How To Win Back 5+ Hours/Week (TPS333)
• Instacart
• Amazon Fresh
• MacSparky
• OmniFocus
• Productivity Academy
• Productivity Workflows and Strategies with Alice Ferris (TPS399)
• How to Get Started with An Executive Assistant w/ Tim Francis (TPS190)
• The CEO’s Secret to Productivity: An Executive Assistant (TPS143)
• Generator Athlete Lab
• TripIt
• OpenTable
• Resy
• How I Spend $5,000/Month to Win Back Time
• Fancy Hands

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