Books That Influenced My Views On Business - The Long Game - Ep. #110

What would you do with your week if you stopped doing the tasks that cost you more than they’re worth? In this episode of The Long Game Podcast, Ryan breaks down some of the books that have made the biggest impact on him and his business. Instead of a simple book list, he focuses on how he’s putting the ideas into practice. What You'll Learn: How to run a time audit and sort every task into energizing, draining, or neutral How to calculate your buyback rate and what outsourcing at 25% of your hourly income looks like in practice Why a task that takes you two hours really costs you two hours of your hourly value, whether you pay for it or not Why you don’t need to outsource everything, especially the tasks you actually enjoy Why “that’s just how it’s done” is the signal to start digging for a better way How Tesla turned a 30-click financing application into a one-click process and simplified its options to three How to build a “why do we do it this way?” habit across your whole team If you’re an entrepreneur who feels buried in tasks and stuck doing things the way they’ve always been done, this episode gives you two practical frameworks for getting your time back and improving how your business runs. Interested in connecting? HOST Ryan Richards | Branch Manager, Northpoint Mortgage | NMLS 1987735 [email protected] | www.financewithteamrichards.com  204 Turnpike Rd, Westborough, MA 01581 Licensed in CT, FL, MA, ME, NH, RI, NC, PA, TN, VT Follow us on Instagram @financewithteamrichards @the.longgamepodcast #TheLongGamePodcast #FinanceWithTeamRichards Chapters: 00:00 Three Books That Shaped Me 00:37 Buy Back Your Time Basics 01:08 Time Audit Exercise 02:05 Find Your Buyback Rate 03:33 Outsourcing in Real Life 04:40 The Algorithm at Tesla 05:34 Question Everything Mindset 05:55 Tesla One Click Breakthrough 07:31 Apply It to Your Business 08:05 Final Book Tease and Wrap