The Less Doing Podcast

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 mindset - 5:32 Change your relationships with your expectations - 5:50 Making more money as possible - 6:46 Doing the right thing at the right time - 7:46 Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/

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 multitasker - 6:50 Time management and doing things in the right time - 8:38 The most powerful hour in your day - 11:42 The objective-measurement of success - 13:31 What you can do as a founder - 14:58 Having back-to-back meetings - 17:26 You can’t pay attention to every single person - 19:36 The sleep routine - 23:11 The most important thing that you could do to be more productive - 23:57 What can exponentially grow your business - 24:48 Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/

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 thing in the morning - 2:50 Using asynchronous communication during the day - 5:08 Using voxer messages to express ideas - 6:35 What’s Less Doing - 8:16 Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/

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 - 3:34 Focus on getting unstuck - 4:29 Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/

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 increase productivity by returning to their own stories. They talk about Joanna’s new coaching and what that’s looking like. Highlights Joanna’s new coaching - 1:08 Doing a lot of talking to people - 2:02 Some of the Less Doing principles - 2:14 The importance of asynchronous communication - 3:04 The lack of ability to use Slack - 4:26 Forcing yourself to live with paper - 8:02 Benefits of asynchronous communication - 10:01 Being an active listener - 17:01 So many teams are not good at listening - 17:24 Four KPIs that you have to focus on - 29:10 Making yourself more replaceable - 29:55 Planning your journal - 32:55 Always record a Loom video to explain what you want - 33:32 Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/ Connect with Joanna https://www.coachingbyjoanna.com/ joanna@coachingbyjoanna.com https://www.transformyourmind.io/

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 We’re all seeking something - 8:20 Discovering a form of spirituality - 10:59 We look for love in the wrong places - 12:07 Everything is recorded now - 19:48 Having so many limitations - 20:55 How coaching creates a safe space - 21:30 People care about connecting with you - 24:02 Darkness can be complex but the light is simple - 27:11 Selling you the idea of transformation - 31:44 What she does when she’s frustrated - 33:17 What builds your confidence over time - 39:12 Taking back control of your breathing - 42:17 Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/ Connect with Tanya Ezekiel https://conductivecoaching.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/conductivecoaching/ https://www.facebook.com/beconductive/ https://www.instagram.com/beconductive/

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 military experience - 3:31 The ability to be proactive - 6:30 One of the most valuable things that she learned in the military - 8:07 A position that causes a lot of stress - 14:47 Being one of the top Zapier users in the world - 19:11 A problem-solving app - 22:31 Attention to details - 26:12 The ideal person that Courtney likes to work with - 29:00 Some automation that every business should have - 38:48 Why people need CRM - 45:42 Define what you want - 48:04 Being an automation expert - 50:25 Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/ Connect with Courtney Waid https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-waid-779487bb/ courtney@firstturnops.com

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 Delegating effectively by using these levels - 6:58 Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/

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 path - 0:55 The first accelerator of managing processes - 1:23 Having a system for processing your ideas - 2:25 We need to capture the ideas and move fast - 4:35 Using Trello - 5:27 The framework of the three “W’s” - 7:58 Who, When and Why - 9:05 Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/

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 method really matters - 1:40 Having systems with “phases” - 2:52 Every task needs to have one owner - 3:16 Offer help as a leader - 5:27 The tool does not matter - 5:55 Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/