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The Less Doing Podcast

by Ari Meisel

Welcome to The Less Doing Podcast with your host, Ari Meisel. Ari is a self-described "overwhelmologist" and founder of Less Doing. He helps entrepreneurs find focus, flexibility, and freedom in their business. The methodology enables founders to become replaceable so they can scale their business. His raving fans include folks like Tim Ferriss, Dan Sullivan, Victoria Labalme, Jim Kwik, and Steve Sims. So if you want to discover new tools, tech, habits, ideas, and workflows to improve your productivity, this is the audible hang you've been searching for. More at http://less.do/podcast

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  1. 500 - Finale with Jordan Harbinger

    Jordan Harbinger will interview Ari Meisel for this final episode of the Less Doing Podcast! Why did Ari choose Jordan to interview him for this final episode? Find out!

  2. 499 - voxwithari.com

    Get in touch with Ari by going to: voxwithari.com. The final episode of this podcast is coming, and we are sure that you’ll love it!

  3. 498 - James Clear - Mastering Your Habits

    We’re going back to some fan favorites! Enjoy this incredible episode with James Clear, where Ari and James talk about how to master your habits. Highlights How James became the “habit master” - 2:13 Consumer psychology - 3:59 A difference between routine and habit - 4:49 Automate the beginning…

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  4. 497 - David Allen - Getting Things Done

    Thanks for staying with this podcast for the long haul! We are getting into our final 500th episode. We are reviewing our fan’s favorites. Please enjoy this episode with David Allen, where he talks about getting things done. Highlights The creator of getting things done - 21:27 Creating the...

  5. 496 - Tim Ferris - Author of New York Times Bestseller: Tools of Titans

    New York Times bestseller Tools of Titans is with us in this podcast! We’re enjoying Tim’s insights again as this was one of our fan’s favorite episodes! Highlights An awesome book! - 4:59 Problems that you’re trying to solve - 6:43 Starting to use the right tools - 7:01 Spending time - 8:32 The...

  6. 495 - Dan Sullivan - Getting Focused

    Another fan favorite where Ari and Dan Sullivan talk about the importance of focus and how to get it. Highlights The creator of the strategic coach program: Dan Sullivan! - 2:00 It all started 43 years ago - 3:01 Running strategic coach today - 5:33 People that did not know their business model -...

  7. 494 - 10 Tasks You Should Delegate

    This is one of the favorite episodes of our audience. Do you know which are the 10 tasks you should delegate? Listen in as Ari explains them to us. Highlights How long it takes to do something - 2:37 Tedious tasks that you want to delegate - 3:00 Task someone you could learn from - 3:27 Tasks...

  8. 493 - Dave Asprey - Mitochondrial Health, Brain Energy, and Working Smarter

    Enjoy a fan’s favorite episode with Dave Asprey, where Ari and Dave talk about mitochondrial health, brain energy, and working smarter. Highlights Things that make you weak - 3:21 When your anxiety goes up or down - 4:36 Killing the weak mitochondrias - 8:24 Feeling anxiety and stress - 10:13...

  9. 492 - Author Neil Strauss

    With the final episode coming up, Ari shares some of his listeners’ favorite episodes. This one is an interview with Neil Strauss, author of Ari’s favorite book. Highlights Ari’s disease - 1:48 Reporting an image from Facebook - 5:54 The problem with image verification - 6:39 Making more than…

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  10. 491 - Cameron Herold - Intensive Coaching Session for Ari

    This podcast is one of the fans’ favorites with Cameron Herold talking about an intensive coaching session for Ari. Highlights Cameron came to coach Ari - 2:03 Looking at Ari’s company and model - 3:34 Raising prices as not an option - 5:37 “You’re going to be more successful than you think.” -...

  11. 490 - Merv Symes - Value vs. Waste

    Thanks for being a long-time listener of this podcast! With the 500th episode coming up, I thought it would be cool to go back to some fan favorites. Today’s interview is with Merv Symes, who gives us some examples about Value vs. Waste. Highlights Merv Symes’ background - 2:00 Deliver more value...

  12. 489 - The Only Interview Questions You'll Ever Need

    Thanks for listening for a long time to the podcast. For the last episodes coming up, I thought it was cool to go to some of the fan’s favorite podcasts. These episodes are some of your favorites and what I would love for you to do is listen to the episode and get in touch with me and let me know...

  13. 488 - What's to Come with Less Doing

    Welcome to my very last episode… episode 488. The next episodes will be some of the pre-recorded episodes from the Less Doing Podcast. Highlights Listening to some of the first pre-recorded episodes of Less Doing - 0:52 How the intro has changed - 1:22 There’s a lot to come - 1:23 Enjoy the next...

  14. 487 - The Last Line of Defense

    In the early nineties, there was a movie called “True Lies”… Ari talks about this movie and the phrase “The last line of defense.” Highlights His position in the business world as a coach - 0:42 What’s the last line of defense? - 0:49 A proven system - 1:20 An interesting position to be in - 1:30…

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  15. 486 - On Productivity: Chapter 2

    This week, Ari spent a couple of hours in a recording studio to record the audio for his newest book: On Productivity. Ari shares his experience and how he is happy with the result. Listen to a snippet of Ari's newest book! Highlights Procrastination sucks - 1:27 Everybody deals with...

  16. 485 - Less Doing Labs

    Ari talks about the material that he offers, why it’s valuable, and why it shouldn’t be completely free. Listen and learn about the Less Doing Labs program. Highlights A growing mailing list - 1:29 What provides more material to Ari to help us optimize processes - 1:38 Always up for trying...

  17. 484 - Satisfaction

    This past weekend, Ari did a lot of yard work. He shares his experience and how it was satisfying to finish it. Highlights What’s really frustrating - 1:55 Part of life and living - 2:51 Having things done - 5:30 Being efficient and satisfied - 5:39 Why he shut down the operations of Less Doing -...

  18. 483 - Simplify with Kayvon K

    Ari talks with Kayvon K about his journey and how he arrived into where he is now. Kayvon shares his experience and background. Highlights Getting stronger and not being intimidated - 1:52 His background - 2:19 Learning the lessons from a situation - 4:30 It’s all about implementation - 7:22...

  19. 482 - Recognizing Opportunity

    Optimize, automate and outsource, are the main focuses of Less Doing. Optimization is about self-awareness and knowing how you are operating. Ari shares an experience on how to operate better and recognize an opportunity. Highlights People that truly help you become successful - 1:02 The Less…

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  20. 481 - More Effective Coaching

    Ari had an experiment with Voxer… He explains how he started as a private coach and shares his experience until now. Highlights Working as a private coach - 0:49 Using voxer as a great tool - 2:44 Voxer coaching with Ari - 4:08 Managing the expectations - 5:35 A different kind of coaching - 6:28...

  21. 480 - On Productivity: Chapter 1

    This week, Ari released the latest and possibly his last book On Productivity. How do we define productivity today? Check it out in this episode! Highlights Mindset is not static - 2:12 Being more productive and effective - 2:37 As productivity increases, cost does too - 4:35 It’s all about…

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  22. 479 - Asian Efficiency with Than Pham

    Ari talks with Than Pham, who shares his story as a child until he came to the U.S. He explains the importance of not being an extreme multitasker and why. Highlights His background and dream - 2:33 Figuring out what to do with his life - 4:16 The worst thing: extreme multitasking - 4:49 Being a...

  23. 478 - A Day in the Life

    As Ari is arriving on the last 20 podcasts of Less Doing, he wants to share an experience of a day in the life of a replaceable founder. Highlights The book about productivity - 1:02 How you can make yourself more replaceable - 1:32 The most successful people never check their email inbox first...

  24. 477 - Riptide

    Ari shares a traumatic memory he had as a kid and how learning from that experience has helped him in his businesses and can help you too. Highlights Ari’s negative memory - 0:38 A frustrating thing about riptides - 1:36 Having a traumatic experience - 2:02 What happens when you’re in a riptide -...

  25. 476 - Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Communication with Joanna

    Ari talks with Joanna, a Less Doing Certified Coach with over 20 years of experience working at mom and pops, non-profits, start-ups, and entrepreneurs as a consultant and coach. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in the storytelling space, and is adept at guiding entrepreneurs to…

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  26. 475 - Working with Coaches with Tanya Ezekiel

    What is it like to be a woman in the area of finances? Ari talks with coach and founder of Conductive Coaching, Tanya Ezekiel, who has a very incredible background story, so be sure to stay tuned and listen to it! Highlights Feeling that you belong in one place - 5:50 The desire to belong - 6:28...

  27. 474 - Zapier Automation with Courtney Waid

    In her second podcast interview ever, Courtney Waid talks with Ari about Zapier Automation and how Courtney’s experience of being in the military helped her with responsibility and proactiveness. Highlights The authority issue - 2:15 In some roles, there is no room for innovations - 2:32 The...

  28. 473 - The Six Levels of Delegation

    The third accelerator of communicating effectively is the six levels of delegation. Ari explains all of these levels and explains why each of them is important for a process. Highlights The problem with delegation - 0:19 Six levels that can help you delegate - 2:19 Explaining each level - 2:52...

  29. 472 - Managing Projects

    The second biggest focus in the Replacement Founder System is on managing projects, and this comes after communicating effectively. It’s interesting when people try to skip the steps, and that’s why Ari explains why every step is important in this process. Highlights Communication on the right…

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  30. 471 - Radical Transparency

    One of the big things that are missing in some companies' project management systems is a reason “why”. Ari explains why we need project management systems and tools. Highlights What’s radical transparency? - 0:41 Transparency so that everybody knows what they need to do - 0:58 Using a system and...

  31. 470 - Accountability

    One of the big benefits of creating a system that provides transparency is accountability. Accountability needs responsibility and this helps people know what they are responsible for and what they need to do to improve the company's growth. Highlights Mistakes are inevitable in life - 1:05 We…

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  32. 469 - Perfect Processes

    In the Replaceable Founder System, the final goal is to perfect processes. Having perfect processes is something that we can achieve by automating and outsourcing. Highlights Automating first - 0:49 The best use of your time - 1:26 What’s the real journey - 2:06 Look on what we do and how we do…

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  33. 468 - Outsourcing

    Outsourcing is the final piece of the puzzle in the Optimize, Automate, and Outsource method. There are many reasons for that and Ari will explain them in this episode, check them out! Highlights Oursource last - 0:29 Characteristics of outsourcing - 2:41 A dedicated person - 3:37 Not being a fan...

  34. 467 - The Ultimate KPI and How It Works

    After all these years, developing the Less Doing framework, and working with so many different companies, Ari had a lot of trouble finding the ideal people to work with. Identify your ideal clients measuring objectively what success looks like. Highlights People that help you grow - 1:40…

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  35. 466 - Taking Action

    In life, as in business, we should take action to succeed. Listen to learn about some life experiences Ari shares in this episode. Highlights Having success in video production - 1:55 Wanting to do coaching - 3:24 Sharing an idea to the world - 7:42 Keeping things pretty simple - 11:31 Being a...

  36. 465 - Asynchronous Communication

    What’s synchronous communication and what's asynchronous communication? Find out the difference between them by listening to this episode! Highlights Asynchronous communication setting - 1:30 Meetings as the last result- 2:50 Forcing someone to have a meeting - 3:49 Changing voice messages with...

  37. 464 - Creating Good Content

    What are the biggest challenges to create good and valuable content? Check them out in this episode! Highlights What you intend and how it’s received - 3:03 It’s your uniqueness that people want - 4:21 Frank Sinatra’s example - 16:43 If you want to be a good writer, you have to read - 17:34...

  38. 463 - Communicate Effectively

    Communicate effectively, manage projects, and perfect processes for your business! Why is communication the most important thing? Highlights Why is communication so important? - 0:57 Communicating effectively is not just words - 1:27 The ability to communicate effectively - 2:58 What’s the idea…

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  39. 462 - Keep Moving Forward

    Becoming an unstoppable business! The takeaway is movement, we have to keep moving forward! Highlights Making the right decision - 0:35 Not making a decision is the worst thing you can do - 0:50 Unlock constraints and move forward - 1:20 The importance of freedom - 1:43 Episode Resources Connect...

  40. 461 - Unleash the Team

    We have to unleash the team! You are at the level now that you have to make a decision. Highlights You and your team’s productivity - 1:06 Success and failure - 1:26 It is very hard to have success - 2:06 People need to become replaceable - 2:32 What makes a business successful - 3:04 What’s the...

  41. 460 - Constraints

    What would you do if you could work for only an hour a day? What are the constraints? Highlights The Less Doing system - 0:51 Unlocking constraints - 1:07 Growing and working - 1:58 Removing your constraints - 2:53 It is not just about removing them - 3:33 Do you use an hour to complete a task? -...

  42. 459 - Team Structure

    When having a team and people that work for you, it’s so important to have structure. Ari explains how and why it’s important to have a team and create a structure to get things done. Highlights Your clients and customers are part of your team - 0:53 Two ways that entrepreneurs stress out their...

  43. 458 - Decision Making

    Decision making is something that all of us do. How many decisions do you make in a day? Do you feel exhausted at any point? The hidden stress with having to make decisions. Highlights We get overwhelmed - 1:13 Having a decision making problem - 1:24 Making decisions your whole life does not mean...

  44. 457 - Working Within Your Constraints

    Multitasking is a really damaging thing. Training ourselves to be better in using our time is a mindset. Learn how you can control what’s urgent and what is not in your life by listening to this episode. Highlights The communication SOP - 1:35 One tool for external communication and one tool for...

  45. 456 - Who is Managing Your Calendar?

    Let’s talk about how your calendar looks. In this episode, Ari talks about his full calendar and how he is working with private clients. Highlights Having a full calendar - 1:03 More than one calendar - 1:13 Having a full calendar is overwhelming - 1:32 A big fan of using calendly - 2:13 Manage...

  46. 455 - Let’s Talk About Procrastination

    This is a hot topic. Everybody feels that they have some procrastination. Ari uncovers the truth around this. Highlights Why procrastination is rude - 0:46 Why we choose to procrastinate - 1:17 With procrastination, you have decided to do something - 2:15 His experience snacking - 5:08 An example...

  47. 454 - Stopping the Podcast

    I do not want to do this podcast anymore. I do not want to do it anymore and that’s what I’m going to do. I will stop at 500 episodes. Highlights I’m not going to stop the podcast right now - 0:36 I will stop the podcast at 500 episodes - 1:04 What I’ve done - 2:09 Being creative right now - 2:45...

  48. 453 - Crohn's Follow Up

    This is a different episode where Ari talks about Crohn’s disease. He shares his experience overcoming the disease. Highlights Ari’s story with Crohn’s disease - 0:32 Being really sick - 1:04 Training hard - 1:38 Curing himself - 3:04 Stress as an inflammatory agent - 3:50 Control stress and...

  49. 452 - Ultimate KPI and Being Replaceable

    What’s the ultimate KPI? Learn more about it as Ari explains and more about how making yourself replaceable does not mean being replaced. Highlights Automatization and outsourcing - 0:22 Making replaceability part of your job - 0:45 People grow in different ways - 1:20 We need to extend the…

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  50. 451 - Why Voxer?

    I switched my programming to offer one-on-one private coaching. I shut down the operations of Less Doing and I have been focusing on coaching using asynchronous communication as the best tool, that’s why I recommend using Voxer! Highlights Why is Voxer a good tool? - 1:05 Voxer is the only tool...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to The Less Doing Podcast with your host, Ari Meisel. Ari is a self-described "overwhelmologist" and founder of Less Doing. He helps entrepreneurs find focus, flexibility, and freedom in their business. The methodology enables founders to become replaceable so they can scale their business. His raving fans include folks like Tim Ferriss, Dan Sullivan, Victoria Labalme, Jim Kwik, and Steve Sims. So if you want to discover new tools, tech, habits, ideas, and workflows to improve your productivity, this is the audible hang you've been searching for. More at http://less.do/podcast

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