Trust your workflow, not the app!

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I talk for days and days about finding
the right system and not at all
the problem is people and companies is
trying trying to solve a problem by
creating yet another tool and it's
pointless hi my name is Kay I'm a tech
minimalist and I help my clients
organize their technology to free up
their time there was a conversation
going
sorry nor even a conversation there was
a post in a group on LinkedIn and they
were asking for feedback from coaches as
to how they work because they're
thinking of creating a new app to help
coaches fantastic my ears pricked up
because it's another tool that I need to
know about and I would love to give some
feedback on it so I looked through the
forum it made sense and surveys are
always good for everybody actually but
it got me thinking this is kind of an
area that I'm working in I help people
find the right tools for what they need
some conversation started I posted and I
said I basically said I think you're
tackling this the wrong way
we don't need another tool what we need
is for people companies developers to
understand the process the process is
way more important than the tool and I
keep banging on about this it's the
workflow it's the process it's it's the
arc it's that it's what you do that's
way more important than finding that
shiny tool I've used a ton of tools
because I am Who I am I love working
with these things and I want to know
what these tools do so I can give the
right tool for to the right client for
their workflow so I know pretty much all
of them there are specific apps and tour
services I don't use because it's not my
forte it's not my niche I
know anything about estate agents real
estate agents I don't know anything
about finance people or specific tools
for lawyers this isn't my area my area
is solopreneurs people who work for
themselves professionals and home users
who got a side hustle and they need to
so basically is solopreneurs and kind of
small businesses so generic small
businesses so the point is I don't know
every single tool but I know pretty much
all the tools that you would need to run
your business now if someone said to me
listen your computer guy that you got to
carry on working because of the process
that I've created for myself I could run
my business on a notes app pretty much
any Notes app and there are times that I
did because I got annoyed with all these
tools so I can run my business with my
email my calendar my contacts obviously
and a Notes app I don't need a project
management tool I don't need a to-do
list I don't need remind I don't just a
plain ordinary stock notes app that
comes with the Apple I can run my
business on that if that's not because
the Notes app is a great app to run a
business it isn't and just trying to
prove a point here is the fact that my
process the process that I have created
for myself works for me because it's the
process not the tool so someone banging
on about I don't know what's going on
and I'm like this conversation went
[ __ ] heywhy to be honest and they I
don't get it if you're asking for
feedback
don't cherry-pick the good feedback that
you want you want feedback take all the
feedback constructive criticism actual
feedback from people don't cherry-pick
it's stupid anyway this comments say it
was only like three or four posts but
again the point is the process matters
not the tool I can't say this enough
I've done this for far too long and
known so many different kinds of people
that just don't understand it's the
process and not the tour the tours are
not going to help you here's the thing
so I watch a lot of van life stuff on
YouTube and stuff it just interests me
and they bang on about you know running
you know getting a van and running to a
sunny country and living out of a van is
not you're not running away from your
problems you still have the same
problems you're just in a different
place having a fantastic tool like a
fantastic van you think it's gonna make
your life easier you're gonna be living
your life much nice in a sunnier climate
it's not the same as actually fixing
your problems ie
fixing your workflows once you fix your
workflows once you fix your problems you
can go anywhere you want without the
baggage without the annoyances without
the distractions and so on man it just
annoyed me that this person wasn't
actually listening I hope that makes
sense to you and this was kind of a rent
video episode I could start calling
these episodes rather than videos I'm
trying to but anyway today's Thursday
have a great day hope you're having a
great day today I'm gonna go and Zen out
rub my earlobes chill have a great day
as always keep it simple and I'll see
you in the next episode ciao bye bye