You only need a Rolodex and some Post–its
If I told you there was a way to run your business with Rolodexes and Post-it notes, you'd think I was crazy. Right? Well, you'd be half right.
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00:00If I told you there was a way to run your business with rolodexes and post-it notes, you'd think I was crazy, right?
00:10Well, you'll be half right because you can run your business with rolodexes and post-its.
00:18If you go back, I mean, when I started my whole career, my working life back in the late 80s,
00:29that's basically how we were running our business.
00:32We had rolodexes and post-it notes, and that's how we were doing stuff, or equivalent to post-it notes.
00:41And that's how we were doing everything.
00:45We didn't have computers.
00:46We had a telephone, rolodex, and some paper, and post-it notes, and stuff.
00:50So when people say that they need all sorts of different types of software to run their business,
00:57it's not always strictly true.
01:00Now, I'm going to tell you that you probably can get rid of half the apps, and the software,
01:07and the tools, and things that you're using to run your business,
01:10because if there are people running their businesses with rolodexes and post-it notes,
01:16why can't you basically do the same?
01:19Now, I wouldn't use a rolodex and post-it notes right now,
01:26but the idea is that you can run your business with, say, Apple Notes,
01:33or with one app that can do all of these things, can do these two things.
01:40There was a time where I got annoyed with software,
01:43and I got so fed up with FileMaker and everything that I was using,
01:48and I went to Apple Notes, and I thought back as to how I was running,
01:53or how I was working before not running a business,
01:56but how I was working before in the small businesses that I was working with,
02:01and it was post-it notes and rolodexes, and it was working fine.
02:05So I went to Apple Notes, used Apple Notes for absolutely everything,
02:10and obviously an address book, and that was all I needed.
02:15And funnily enough, I can't see a reason why I shouldn't do that.
02:21So you need to understand how the process is with your business,
02:26and then find the tools to fit,
02:29whereas what I find is that people go and get tools
02:32because they're told from different people from different areas,
02:39and use these tools, and then suddenly realize nothing is working,
02:42because they haven't thought about the process.
02:44They've thought about, oh, I need to go and get these tools.
02:48Anyway, hopefully that's helped.
02:50If you need your question answered, let me know.
02:53There'll be a button around here somewhere.
02:56Have a great day, and I'll see you in the next one. Ciao.