The time management book for tradies · by Tradie Coach
Flat out every day and still behind? Free up your time.
Free Up Your Time is Paul Rogers' guide to trading chaos for control. It shows you how to stop being the bottleneck every job runs through, create capacity without hiring, and build a business that keeps running when you step away.
Sound familiar?
Flat out on the tools, with no time to fix it
You're flat out on the tools, so there's no time to fix what's broken. The problems pile up, more lands on your plate, and the cycle starts again. More hours won't get you out of the Tradie Time Trap. A different way of running the business will.
The book
Free Up Your Time
Trade chaos for control
Stop reacting to every fire and start running your business on purpose. The book works on two layers: how you run yourself, and how your business is designed. Fix one without the other, and nothing sticks.
Inside, you'll find:
20 short chapters. 171 pages. Built to finish in a weekend and apply one chapter at a time.
The system in the book
Four steps to time freedom
Free Up Your Time gives you a clear path out of the time trap. See what matters, take back your week, create capacity, then build the systems that keep it that way.
How you run yourself
The habits and decisions that decide where your hours go.
Run every task through one filter: keep it, eliminate it, delegate it or systemise it.
Plan the week around what matters, not whatever is loudest or whoever calls first.
Set the standard and hold it, so your crew knows what good looks like without asking you.
How your business is designed
The structure that stops every job running through you.
Cut the tasks that don't need to happen at all, before you think about hiring.
Put your best hours into the work only you can do, at the value of your trade rate or more.
Hand work to people, tools and technology, so more gets done without more of you.
Write it down once, properly, so the business keeps working when you step away.
The book gives you the system. The Get Off The Tools!! Program builds it into your business.
Who it's for
For tradies who are done being the bottleneck
Whether you're on your own or running a crew, the problem is the same: too much of the business runs through you.
Sole traders
Stop doing quotes and admin at 9pm. Create real capacity in your week before you even think about hiring.
Growing trade businesses
Get the jobs, quotes and decisions out of the queue that runs through you, so the business can grow without you working longer hours.
Owners thinking about hiring
Know if you're actually ready, and bring the right person on at the right time, into a structure that holds.
The Get Off The Tools!! Program
Don't just read it. Build it with a coach.
Knowing what to change is one thing. Changing it, with a coach holding you to it, is what gives you your time back. The Get Off The Tools!! Program is Tradie Coach's 12-month coaching program. It takes the book and builds it into your business, one session at a time.
- A specialist coach to map where your week goes, and what to cut, hand off or systemise
- Your weekly rhythm, role descriptions and delegation built with you, not just talked about
- SOPs and checklists so jobs run to your standard without you standing over them
- 36 sessions over 12 months, delivered online wherever you are in Australia
How to get started
Read it. Book it. Build it.
Start with the book, talk to us about where your time is going, then build the system properly with a coach beside you.
Read the book
Free Up Your Time shows you where your hours are really going, and how to get the work that doesn't need you off your plate.
Book a discovery call
A free 45-minute, 1:1 call. We look at where your week goes, what's stuck on you, and what it would take to free it up.
Build it with us
If the program is a fit, you're matched with your Lead Coach and start building the system inside Tradie Blueprint® OS straight away.
About the author
From apprentice sparky to Business Coach of the Year
Paul Rogers started as an apprentice electrician at 16 and went on to a 25+ year career in business management before following his passion for coaching. Inspired by his late mentor, he founded Tradie Coach to give tradie business owners the education, mentoring and accountability he never had.
Today Tradie Coach runs a team of specialist coaches working with trade businesses across Australia.
I'm free to enjoy life. That's what's really important.Paul Rogers · Founder, Tradie Coach
Questions
Common questions
I'm already flat out. When will I find time to read it?
That's exactly the trap the book is written for. The chapters are short and built to apply one at a time, so you can read one, act on it, and win some time back before you start the next.
Do I need to hire someone to free up my time?
Not first. The book shows you how to create capacity without hiring, by cutting the wrong work, making your hours worth more and building simple systems. When you are ready to hire, the Hiring Readiness Checklist helps you check the business can actually carry it.
Will it work if I'm a sole trader?
Yes. A lot of the time you get back comes from how you plan your week and what you stop doing, and that works whether it's just you or a full crew.
What happens on the discovery call?
It's a free 45-minute, 1:1 conversation about your business: where your week goes, what's stuck on you, and what you want the business to look like. If the Get Off The Tools!! Program is a fit, we'll explain how it works. If it isn't, you'll still leave with a clearer picture of your next step.
How much does the Get Off The Tools!! Program cost?
It depends on your business and the pathway that suits it. We'll walk you through the options on the discovery call, including upfront or monthly payments.
Ready to get your time back?
Book a discovery session. We'll look at where your week is going, what's stuck on you, and what the Get Off The Tools!! Program would involve for you.