# How To Think Like An Automator --- [[23-10-01 Bijou Bio]] --- # What is [[Automation]]? --- The process by which manual tasks or processes are transferred to technology or systems that can perform those tasks without human intervention. --- Have a daily practice to [[notice repeatable patterns and codify them]]. --- _Business Automation_ focuses on the optimization of organizational processes. This can include automated email marketing campaigns that send out emails based on user behavior, to manufacturing robots that assemble cars. Main goal is on improving operational efficiency, boosting productivity, and often leads to significant cost savings for the company. _Personal Automation_, on the other hand, centers on automating aspects of individual daily lives to save time and reduce the cognitive load of repetitive tasks. Examples include setting up smart home systems that adjust lighting and temperature based on your preferences, or using smartphone apps that automatically sort and categorize your expenses for easier budgeting. --- # Why Automate Once you automate a task, you never have to do that task again. Frees up your time to have bigger thoughts, redirect focus. Reduces errors and standardizes results. [[Let robots do what they're good at]]. --- # Getting Started Start very simple. You don't have to have a big idea to begin automating. --- Complex systems are born from simple systems that work. This is [[Gall's Law]]. --- A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system. John Gall - _General systemantics, an essay on how systems work, and especially how they fail_, 1975 --- Use Keyboard Shortcuts --- Use a Clipboard Manager --- Use a Text Expander --- Learn Coding Fundamentals Javascript and Python are best for beginner automation. # References The Top 10 Customer Support Automation Examples and Use Cases [The Top 10 Customer Support Automation Examples and Use Cases (ultimate.ai)](https://www.ultimate.ai/blog/ai-automation/the-top-10-customer-support-automation-examples-and-use-cases) [100 Automation Use Cases To Intelligently Transform Your Industry | by Ike Kehal | AIAutomation | Medium](https://medium.com/aiautomation/100-automation-use-cases-to-intelligently-transform-your-industry-fd9aed3488b) 100 Automation Use Cases To Intelligently Transform Your Industry [[How to think like an automator post presentation notes]]