From Busy to Strategic: The Real Job of an STR CEO
Summary
This article discusses how STR CEOs should focus their time to scale their businesses effectively, emphasizing strategic priorities over being constantly busy. It highlights the importance of recognizing bottlenecks, managing decision fatigue, and leveraging AI for efficiency. Hosts managing multiple listings can benefit by rethinking their priorities and identifying the most impactful areas for their attention.
Key Insights
- •Pattern recognition is becoming one of the most important CEO skills.
- •CEOs waste 30 to 50 percent of their time on low-value activities, which becomes more dangerous as STR businesses grow.
Action Items
- ✓Identify the biggest bottlenecks in your STR business.Effort: mediumImpact: medium
- ✓Rethink your priorities and recognize patterns inside your business.Effort: mediumImpact: medium
Tools & Resources
- →Freewyld Foundry: Learn more about Freewyld Foundry(https://www.freewyldfoundry.com)
- →Get Paid For Your Pad: Get Paid For Your Pad
Common Mistakes
- ⚠Confusing action with momentum can stall growth.
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