Ben Grynol

Sam Corcos, Dr. Casey Means, & Ben Grynol discuss inbox zero, time management, and communication principles within a company. They highlight the benefits of achieving inbox zero, reducing anxiety, and increasing productivity. They also discuss prioritizing tasks, the importance of effective communication in leadership roles, and strategies for improving communication.

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with Co-Founder and CEO, Sam Corcos, and Head of Operations, Michael 'Miz' Mizrahi, about how we all scale our time at Levels to be effective team members. We achieve this with Executive Assistants (EAs) from a company called, Athena. They dived into how we delegate and outsource tasks to Athena and why they are an important part of our company. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health (06:47) - Reluctance to delegate (08:52) - Make time for bigger work (13:32) - Have automation and delegation (15:29) - De-risk delegation (16:55) - Document everything (22:49) - Hire support staff early (24:12) - Add in accountability (30:01) - Divide process work and critical thinking work (50:38) - See what they can take off your plate (54:37) - Audit communications Transcripts and Show Notes

How many times do you get clear about your priorities, and then get distracted and focus on something completely unimportant because it feels productive? This is what we at Levels call bike shedding, and here we talk about how it happens in companies, and how people can think in order to avoid it. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health. 🎙 What CEO and Co-Founder Sam Corcos and Head of Growth Ben Grynol discuss: (03:19) - The idea of shaving a yak (06:41) - What is Bike shedding? (08:35) - The hard things are not hard, they're just easy to avoid (11:35) - The Eisenhower Matrix (13:27) - The Bike Shed effect (15:47) - Get out of the weeds (31:16) - Focus your actions around your core values (34:13) - Stay true to your mission (40:56) - Sunk costs are the currency of bike shedding (43:47) - The responsibility of leadership Transcripts & Show Notes 🔗 Helpful links: Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol discuss the functions of glucose, the implications of reactive hypoglycemia, understanding glycemic index and load, how insulin drives fat storage, the damage caused by glucose spikes, effects of eating late before bed, healthy glucose levels, and the importance of managing insulin resistance for overall health.

Sam Corcos, CEO of Levels, discusses personal growth and challenges in different startup stages with Ben Grynol. Topics include time management, strategy vs. people ops, startup requirements, and quarterly think weeks. They also explore conflict avoidance, tough decisions, and key takeaways for founders and CEOs, such as humility, trust, and good decision-making.

Inbox zero – it's taken the email world by storm and has been popularized by startups, like Superhuman. But, everyone seems to have their own process for managing emails and prioritizing tasks. Sometimes, this is due to the vertical or industry that a person works within. Other times, it's because entire companies have specific ways of approaching work. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠https://levels.link/wnl For the Levels team, we value three factors deeply when it comes to communication: Discussing initiatives asynchronously Documenting projects thoroughly Closing the loop voraciously Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health. (03:26) - Why Sam is a proponent of inbox zero (04:25) - Reducing anxiety through inbox zero (06:00) - Transitioning from the medical field to a fast paced startup (09:12) - Transitioning to a new process for task management (11:31) - The impact of closing the loop (13:47) - How to force constraints on what you can accomplish every day (16:33) - Ben's biggest learnings from calendaring (20:09) - Working in Threads and a need for reminders (22:59)  -Learning specific skills for inbox management (25:51) - Superhuman as a tool for flow state (28:42) - The role of leadership: removing blockers from others (32:25) - Being clear on who has the ball (35:38) - Increasing visibility for deadlines in remote teams (45:00) - Adapting to moving into a leadership role (57:09) - Recommendations for better communication Transcripts & Show Notes

Join Cleo Abram, creator of Huge If True, and Ben Grynol as they discuss the balance between quality and speed in content creation, bottom-up versus top-down approaches, and the importance of fact-checking in maintaining journalistic integrity.

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Head of Partnerships, Tom Griffin, to chat about our memo culture at Levels, why it's crucial and how it compares to most meeting cultures. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health (04:23) - The role of documentation (07:33) - Use writing to crystallize your thoughts (08:36) - Respect how people communicate (12:49) - The benefits of memos (19:05) - Documentation aids external communication (32:49) - Make space for collaboration (39:40) - Memo pitfalls (47:29) - Don’t neglect formatting Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with Co-Founder and CEO, Sam Corcos, and Head of Operations, Michael 'Miz' Mizrahi, about how we all scale our time at Levels to be effective team members. We achieve this with Executive Assistants (EAs) from a company called, Athena. They dived into how we delegate and outsource tasks to Athena and why they are an important part of our company. 🎙 What Sam Corcos, Michael ‘Miz’ Mizrahi, & Ben Grynol discuss: (06:47) - Reluctance to delegate (08:52) - Make time for bigger work (13:32) - Have automation and delegation (15:29) - De-risk delegation (16:55) - Document everything (22:49) - Hire support staff early (24:12) - Add in accountability (30:01) - Divide process work and critical thinking work (50:38) - See what they can take off your plate (54:37) - Audit communications Transcripts and Show Notes Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on Levels - Inside the Company, where we have in-depth conversations about how the Levels startup team builds a movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. 🔗 Helpful links: Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/itc?utm_campaign=ep26 Learn about metabolic health: https://levelshealth.com/blog Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1 📲 Connect: Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/levels Connect with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/levels Connect with us on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/levels-health Connect with us on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@levelshealth

The history of the Big Food and Big Sugar industries still affect our metabolic health today. Learn more in this conversation between Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health 🎙 What Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol discuss: (09:24) - Create the consensus (17:17) - Exonerate sugar as the cause of heart disease (22:31) - Use shoddy science (23:35) - Buy off scientists and critics (24:50) - Weakening government oversight (26:53) - Fight back against regulated advertising (35:20) - Go all in on corn (40:40) - Sugar should be a condiment (43:04) - Increase food industry profits (48:27) - The public needs to demand better Transcripts & Show Notes  🔗 LINKS: Watch the conversation: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2-qq2Tzl5nM Subscribe here on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1 📲 CONNECT: Connect with Robert Lustig, MD, MSL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/robertlustigmd Connect with Robert on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertLustigMD Connect with Robert on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/robert-lustig-8904245