One hundred years ago women spent 58 hours a week on household chores. Although it feels like we still do, apparently we spend something more in the region of 18.

Thank goodness for the vacuum cleaner (1913) the washing machine (1916) the freezer (1947) and the microwave (1973)!

But it’s not just that we don’t have to get down on our hands and knees to broom the floor or suffer from red-chaffed hands from doing the washing. No. These appliances actually changed the options available to women; they freed us up to go out to work. (see how neatly we spend 40 hours less a week doing household chores…methinks we spend that 40 hours at work).

And that’s the beauty of technology. It can replace the dull repetitive jobs to give us the space to work on more interesting things.

Thinking about your business: what is the number one/two repetitive time consuming job that you would like to get rid of? Now go and Google it. You will be amazed, someone somewhere has probably automated it.  Often this technology is cheap and its pay-as-you-go. Wouldn’t you rather be spending your time on the fun stuff, the important stuff, the stuff that will grow your business than business equivalent of washing the clothes?

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