I Thought Automation Would Save Me Time. It Nearly Broke My Business

If your systems feel messy, clunky, or like they need babysitting, you’re not scaling, you’re just suffering faster. Here’s how I fixed mine.

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Ever feel like your automations are making things more complicated, not less?

You know what I’m talking about.
You set up 12 zaps, 3 tools, and a handful of “set it and forget it” systems.
Only to end up with missed messages, broken links, and more fire drills than before.

Now you're drowning in tech that was supposed to save you time.
And if you don’t fix it, scaling will only multiply the mess.

What if automation didn’t add chaos, but actually created clarity?
What if you could trust your systems to run like clockwork?

Let’s see how that becomes possible.

Lesson 1: Automation Without Strategy = Digital Duct Tape

Everyone wants to move faster. I get it. I did too.

So I started plugging in tools. Zapier here. Pabbly there. “Automate all the things.”
It felt productive. Until it wasn’t.

What I built was a digital Frankenstein. Random workflows duct-taped together.
Stuff was breaking. Clients were confused. My team? Over it.

The problem wasn’t the tools. It was the lack…