Entrepreneurs on Fire Free Time Through Smarter Systems with Jenny Blake: An EOFire Classic from 2022
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Aug 17, 2025 
Jenny Blake, an author and podcaster specializing in helping entrepreneurs streamline their operations, shares her insights on moving from friction to flow. She emphasizes the significance of focusing on processes over tasks to boost efficiency and joy in business. The discussion includes the 'Fiji test' for business continuity and the transformative power of smarter systems. Jenny advocates for empowering teams through delegation and highlights practical tools for reducing mental clutter, enabling entrepreneurs to thrive by doing less and concentrating on what truly matters.
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Measure Systems Not Metrics
- Measuring metrics alone doesn't improve outcomes; systems do.
- Design and split-test systems to manage and improve results.
Pass The Fiji Test
- Build documentation so anyone can step in if you disappear.
- Create replaceable roles so absences don't crash operations.
Hurricane Wake-Up Call
- John described being stranded by a hurricane and fearing business collapse.
- That experience motivated him to make his business more hurricane- and Fiji-test-proof.
