Last week, I offi­cial­ly wrapped up my MBA, but my infor­mal edu­ca­tion will con­tin­ue until the day I die.

And as I hit the ground run­ning post-grad, the first book I picked up (again) is The EOS Life by Gino Wick­man.

I used this frame­work in a pre­vi­ous role and saw first-hand how pow­er­ful it can be.

As an entre­pre­neur, I know what it feels like to do every­thing. But I also know that’s nei­ther sus­tain­able nor smart.

EOS helps entre­pre­neurs get clear on what they’re tru­ly great at, and build busi­ness­es that sup­port that.

Chap­ter 1 is all about doing what you love and are great at—100% of your work­ing hours.

Wick­man sug­gests the fol­low­ing:

Start by writ­ing down every­thing you do in your role.
(TIP: are some of the things you’re doing even nec­es­sary? Maybe you don’t need to del­e­gate them to any­one. What would hap­pen if you just stopped doing them?)

Cat­e­go­rize this list using the Del­e­gate & Ele­vate quad­rant.

In the main top left, list what you love & are great at (your sweet spot- no more than 5).

Top right: What you like & are good at.

Bot­tom left: What you don’t like but are good at.

Bot­tom right: What you don’t like and aren’t good at.

The goal is to grad­u­al­ly del­e­gate (and ele­vate some­one else) every­thing except the top left quad­rant and even­tu­al­ly spend all of your work­ing hours in this quad­rant.

The bot­tom two quad­rants are clear-cut—those tasks should be del­e­gat­ed as soon as pos­si­ble.

The top right quad­rant may take more time, but Wick­man rec­om­mends set­ting a goal to del­e­gate at least one task from that list each quar­ter

EOS isn’t just for vision­ar­ies and CEOs.

It’s for any­one who wants to feel aligned, ener­gized, and ful­filled in their work.

Whether you’re an exec­u­tive, a team leader, or just start­ing out—this is about find­ing your place, your pur­pose, and own­ing it.

As part of this process, you also cre­ate some­thing called an Account­abil­i­ty Chart—like an org chart, but focused on roles and respon­si­bil­i­ties.

It’s about mak­ing sure every­one is in the right seat, doing work they were born to do.

The chap­ter ends with 5 pow­er­ful ques­tions I invite you to ask your­self:

1. How close are you to doing 100% of what you love in your work­ing hours?

2. What would doing 100% of what you love look like?

3. Why aren’t you there yet?

4. What will it take for you to get there?

5. What will you com­mit to doing in the next 7 days to move clos­er?

I’ll be answer­ing these myself and I chal­lenge you to do the same.

And because I believe the best way to learn is to teach, I’ll be shar­ing more insights as I go.

Stay tuned for Chap­ter 2!

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