How to Redeem Your Time and Make a Bigger Impact with Jordan Raynor

If you don't have time to listen to today's episode because you are too busy responding to emails and Slack messages, then you need to make time because today Ryan is going to help you get that time back… and more!

Jordan Raynor is a bestselling author and his latest book "Redeeming Your Time" is full of great wisdom and tips to help dynamic business owners and CEOs create systems and hacks that help them focus on what's important in their businesses, growing it!

Key Takeaways

Having a system in place will help you scale your business
Budgeting your time is crucial to being more productive
Your clients want ideas and creativity and you can't deliver on that if you're tied up with emails all the time

About Jordan Raynor

Jordan Raynor helps Christians respond to the radical, biblical truth that their work matters for eternity. He does this through his bestselling books (The Creator in You, Redeeming Your Time, Master of One, and Called to Create), podcast (The Call to Mastery), and weekly devotional (The Word Before Work)—content that has served millions of Christ-followers in every country on earth.

In addition to his writing, Jordan serves as the Executive Chairman of Threshold 360, a venture-backed tech startup that Jordan previously ran as CEO following a string of successful ventures of his own. Jordan has twice been selected as a Google Fellow and served in The White House under President George W. Bush.

A sixth-generation Floridian, Jordan lives in Tampa with his wife and their three young daughters. The Raynors are proud members of The Church at Odessa.

In This Episode

Why you need a system to scale your business [8:42]
The mission behind Jordan's message [13:56]
The most productive person who ever walked the earth [18:23]
Open loops explained and how closing them relieves stress [22:44]
Why you need a budget for your time [30:43]
3 steps to help you not get distracted by your inbox [36:05]
What your clients want the most [39:57]
Why you don't need to answer your emails immediately, and some great email hacks [41:24]

Quotes

"The work we do in this world, especially as creators, is not just a means of earning a paycheck. It is a means of doing the thing the creator God made us to do." [15:08]

"Creation is not a product, it's a project, and I'm drafting you into service to take this world and fill it with great things that make this world more beautiful and more useful for your fellow humans." [16:04]

"You don't actually have to do the actions, you don't actually have to close the open loops in order for your brain to let them go you just have to externalize them in a single system, outside of your brain, that you know you're gonna come back to you within a reasonable period of time." [25:20]

"What your clients want most is not instant responses from you. What they want are results, and creativity, and new ideas that move their businesses forward, and you can't produce your best ideas and your best work if you're constantly playing ping-pong with emails and Slack messages" [40:30]