Weekly 40 Hour Kit by Fabiano Abreu Ott

The journey of growing your business without grinding 24/7.

40 Hour Kit: What Stops You From the Next Level?

(Here for the subject line? Find it in the❓ Question for you to ask another Entrepreneur section)

Hey Reader,

Last week I did my first 'Automation Day'. I set the goal to take one day every month to fully focus on what can be automated in my day-to-day work. And even though I gained some AI experience during my time at Google, I was blown away by what's possible nowadays. In the end, I set up an AI agent that does some of my uncreative, repetitive research tasks. And it is saving me roughly 2 hours every day, which is crazy.
​(I documented the process in a recent blog post.)

What was the last thing you automated with AI? Would be interested in how you set such things up.

But now, let's jump into your weekly Founder Kit:

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💡 Entrepreneurial Insight

Your calendar should reflect the following: bootstrapping means focusing only on building what is absolutely necessary for your customers (and what would make you money).

Based on the philosophy from founder Janine Sickmeyer, who successfully bootstrapped and sold the software company NextChapter - quoted in 'Work Better. Live Smarter. Be Happier'.

⚖️ Balance Hack

Shutting down the laptop in the evening can be hard. Especially if it feels like there are dozens of open tasks left...

To ease switching off and feeling productive, try the 3-3-3 method. You had a successful day if you did:

• 3 hours deep work on your most important thing.
• 3 shorter tasks you were avoiding.
• 3 activities that keep your life balanced (e.g. cleaning, sports, meditation).

Based on the 3-3-3 method invented by best-selling author Oliver Burkeman and used by bootstrapped entrepreneur and content-creator Sahil Bloom.​

🚀 Challenge

Sit down and visualize yourself taking over your own company.
Imagine you were handed a business that is burdened by all the mistakes the previous CEO made (which is basically you).

Write down the 3 most important steps you would take to save the company from bankruptcy.

Inspired by a technique Tobi Lütke (founder of Shopify) uses to fight sunk cost fallacy and gain back clarity on what needs to be fixed to grow his company (mentioned on the David Senra Show).

✨ Recommendation

Professional athletes experience performance plateaus. It's the same for founders. To overcome the plateau it's important to own your weaknesses and start to work on them.

To do so, try out a Founder Skills Audit. A vulnerable comparison between how you see your founder skills and how your team, partners and friends actually experience them. The real power of this audit comes from accepting the actual delta and working on it.

Want to get more inspiration?
I put together a Google Doc for you on how to run the audit.​

Inspired by Tim Ferriss' conversation with ex Quarterback Steve Young on frameworks on how to assess mental toughness.

❓ Question for you to ask another Entrepreneur

What is the one personal habit or trait that got you to where you are, but will stop you from getting to the next level?

Wish you a nice & productive week!

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Best,

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Fabiano

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