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Jonathan Swanson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
606 total appearances

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Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

I want you to pre-draft an email from me to this person asking for an introduction to the best CFO they've ever worked with.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

And then those emails get dropped in my inbox and I send those out.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

And I have my assistant CC herself on the email.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

So when the responses come back, she can help schedule them.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

So

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

When people say, what can I delegate?

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

It's basically anything.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

I turn around, I say, what's your top personal and professional goals?

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

Tell me what those things are, and I'll tell you some ways you can delegate.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

For you, 2026, Chris, what are your top personal and professional goals?

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

Great.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

And on health, how could you delegate components of that?

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

Yeah, I mean, I've...

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

I've done, related to health, one of the first projects, kind of mega projects I did with my assistant was look through my calendar and my inbox for every doctor's appointment I've had for the last decade.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

And then from my inbox, reach out to those doctors and ask for my health records.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

because it has to come from my inbox, and then centralize all of those test results, all the doctor's visits, put it in one spreadsheet.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

And this, you know, I wouldn't just never have done otherwise.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

It just wouldn't have happened.

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

But now that I have it, I can drop that into ChatGPT and be like, hey, what should I do about my cholesterol?

Modern Wisdom
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time

And it can look over the last decade and make real recommendations.