Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff

This was incredibly insightful and really well-written. If you are a fan of systems thinking, follow the work of other productivity experts, or just want to find the time to focus on the work that matters most, then you need to read this book!It is not just a bunch of short-term tips and tricks, but rather a deep dive into the enduring principles of automation (and the accompanying mindset) that gives people the bandwidth to do deeply human work.It's filled with practical examples, backed by deep research, and provides the motivation to re-evaluate your current workflows. I highly recommend it!

This book lacked sufficiently practical ideas for automating true busywork and the concepts for freeing yourself from the tyranny of "busyness" was undeveloped. If you work for a decently large company you can't simply download and use random third party apps as he suggests, nor can you deploy most automation without a reasonable degree of technical aptitude. The poor business schmucks who read this will get an account with Jotform and realize they still need two more integrations and a pro from IT to actually develop a working workflow. Need to onboard an employee? Yeah, you shouldn't use an off-the-shelf toolkit unless you want to hang your company's entire reputation and financial well-being on your capacity to map, build, and deploy software on your own. His advice may be more suitable for a family or small business of less 20 employees. Conceptually the ideas to think in terms of automation are helpful for laypeople but entirely superficial for readers with experience in coding, Agile, and the software delivery lifecycle.

Contains practical applications to automating business functions. Features an actionable framework to follow and then includes use cases and tools that you can take and apply for your business functions.

It starts strong but quickly fizzles into a commercial for his company. The main use is a list of service providers to automate your work.

This book helped me to see the possibilities for automating so many things in my business. It’s not a how-to as software platforms change on a regular basis. This book will help you think about productivity and getting busywork off your plate. I’ve recommended this to several friends.

I’m a huge fan of JotForm and use it at my school to streamline a lot of processes that Google Forms and other apps can’t really handle or provide a viable solution. I figured the book would offer more ideas in the area of education uses, but it’s geared more towards business than school….understandably. I did walk away with a few ideas, but nothing really mind-blowing.

Just a list of things your should automate. No helpful how-to. Pretty much pointless. Missed the return window unfortunately :(

Great insides from one of the best bootstrapped founders

Appealing title but very abstract on the content, tought it was gonna be way more actionable but no

Love this book and I wish the mainstream media pushed books like this but obviously they will continue to market those "you are a loser if you don't wake up at 5am" non-sense and make us all feel like a failure. I found this book very actionable. 4 days in and I'm making some healthy progress towards applying the Automation Flywheel which is the framework at the center of the book. Aytekin Tank offers insights that are as enlightening as they are practical, painting a picture of a man who not only talks the talk but walks the walk. I love his vision for a future where busywork is a thing of the past. Highly recommended

Automate Your Busywork" is a groundbreaking book by Aytekin Tank that offers a practical roadmap to maximize productivity and reclaim your time. Tank explores the power of "no-code" automation tools, showing readers how to offload repetitive tasks and focus on what truly matters. This must-read guide empowers professionals to achieve a state of "timefulness" and revolutionize their approach to work and life.

I have never read a book with so much padded out, filler content. There is nothing of real value here.