Automation is a mindset that helps individuals and businesses streamline their work processes by setting up systems that run on their own, freeing up time for more important tasks. The automation mindset involves proactively thinking about how automation can improve workflows, identifying repetitive, fragile, and timely tasks to automate. To develop this mindset, one should start small with simple automations, educate the team, create an automation cadence, budget time and money upfront, and have winning anecdotes in their back pocket. By adopting this mindset, individuals and businesses can save time and energy, reduce human error, and increase productivity.