Name: Stop Automating Tasks That Should Be Dropped
Uploaded: 2026-05-14T14:00:37.000Z
Duration: 723
Description: Toxic trait: I automate everything. So I built a flowchart to tell me when I shouldn't — and what to do with those tasks instead. Here's how it works. I'm a...

Toxic trait: I automate everything. So I built a flowchart to tell me when I shouldn't — and what to do with those tasks instead. Here's how it works.

I'm a chronic automator. But after years of running this business solo, I learned that automating the wrong tasks costs you more time than it saves. So I built a decision tree: a simple 4-outcome flowchart that decides whether a task should stay on your plate, get removed, get automated, or get delegated. In this video I walk through the whole thing — including the 3-question test that does most of the work.

Try it yourself at https://streamlined.fm/flowchart

## Chapters:

0:00 Introduction to the Task Decision Tree
0:43 Does the Task Need to Exist?
1:54 What is Expertise for a Solopreneur?
4:40 How to Choose Between Automation and Delegation
9:30 Summary of the Full Flowchart
10:11 Interactive Flowchart Tool

solopreneurs, systems, automate business tasks, how to delegate tasks, business automation,