"Buy Back Your Time" Book Review
Daniel Crosby • February 26, 2025
“Buy Back Your Time” by Dan Martell is a good book if you own a business and you’re overwhelmed and drowning in the day-to-day tasks that seem to just keep growing.
You’ll also get something out of it if you stay at home, work for an employer, or just find that life is too busy.
His concept is simple, you must decide which tasks in the business only you can do. What is your area of genius to make this thing run well? All other tasks, begin finding ways to delegate them.
That might mean putting them into someone else’s corner on your team.
That might mean hiring someone new who is a pro at that task.
That might mean eliminating that tasks altogether because it doesn’t move the needle.
That might even mean someone else already has that task on their plate and you’re micromanaging by continually picking it up. Give it back to them!
It’s true that when we say “yes” to one thing we automatically are saying “no” to something else.
Time is one of our most valuable resources and Dan offers tips and tricks to help organize it better and get rid of tasks wasting our time. It’s a business book but it’s valuable to anyone who feels crunched for time.
“Buy Back Your Time” by Dan Martell.
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