Preface

In 2012, we (Karen and Sam) took the plunge and started our own business. Being new business owners was a steep learning curve for us. We were blown away by how many “company admin” tasks we had to do! Silly things like: blogging, accounting, payslips, marketing(!), sales, proposals, following up on payments and so much more. It seemed that we had more admin tasks than tasks for our core business.

Over the last 3 years we have mastered this problem. It wasn’t easy. We tried many things, some worked and others didn’t, some seemed to work and then backfired. Sometimes we even forgot about the things that worked and had to learn the lesson all over again!

Now we find ourselves able to work efficiently, get everything done, and enjoy what we do regardless of the task. Reflecting, we realised we are easily able to create a state of flow.

We see so many people struggle with this. Recently we taught a group of small business owners about a simple way to help them get more done, and achieve flow. They loved it. This session inspired us to share what we have learned. This book contains all our tips to get into flow and getting stuff done.

As a bonus we’ve included two of our favourite techniques that we use daily to help manage our work, as well as two games we use when we teach other people about the benefits of flow and limiting work in progress.

If you are thinking, great now I have to add reading this book to my huge to do list, don’t worry! We know you picked up this book because you want to get more done with your time. We made sure it’s a short book, that’s quick and easy to read. You don’t even have to read it all at once. Browse through and pick up just a few tips, you can be on your way to better flow in under 5 minutes!