The Less Doing Podcast

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490 - Merv Symes - Value vs. Waste Aug 10, 2021

Show notes

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 with less - 4:09
The most valuable asset a company has - 4:55
What’s valuable and what's not valuable - 6:23
Think on the problem to solve - 9:32
What’s a huge waste on companies - 14:20
Getting a leadership team - 18:27
Removing waste - 28:33
Pieces of advice to be more effective - 29:32
“Your body is your engine.” - 30:06

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489 - The Only Interview Questions You'll Ever Need Aug 10, 2021

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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 what you think.

Highlights

Four questions you’ll need to ask to hire somebody - 1:59
Why you, why us - 3:04
How you handle a problem in your last work - 3:24
The last question to ask somebody in an interview - 6:46

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488 - What's to Come with Less Doing Aug 10, 2021

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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 episodes from Less Doing - 1:47

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487 - The Last Line of Defense Aug 10, 2021

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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
A different way of thinking - 2:23
Episode Resources
Connect with Ari Meisel
https://lessdoing.com/
https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/
https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/

486 - On Productivity: Chapter 2 Aug 10, 2021

Show notes

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 procrastination at some point - 1:35
What contributes to further procrastination? - 1:58
It’s necessary to be in the right mood - 2:34
Fear is on the top of the list of procrastination’s reasons - 2:54
With procrastination, you decided to do something - 4:05
Akrasia vs. Procrastination - 7:36
Something that you should not be doing - 8:00
Episode Resources
Connect with Ari Meisel
https://lessdoing.com/
https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/
https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/

485 - Less Doing Labs Aug 10, 2021

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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 something new - 2:36
Putting free content in a Facebook group - 3:04
The Less Doing Labs Program - 3:41
Episode Resources
Connect with Ari Meisel
https://lessdoing.com/
https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/
https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/

484 - Satisfaction Aug 10, 2021

Show notes

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 - 6:18
Episode Resources
Connect with Ari Meisel
https://lessdoing.com/
https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/
https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/

483 - Simplify with Kayvon K Aug 10, 2021

Show notes

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
Working on your mindset - 8:34
We all have unique abilities - 10:15
Getting things done, having clarity and focus - 11:45
The mindset work - 13:55
The uncomfortable conversations - 15:57
His parenting approach - 19:28
Helping clients with the implementation - 22:49
Learn more about The Implementation Zone - 34:15
Episode Resources
Connect with Ari Meisel
https://lessdoing.com/
https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/
https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/

482 - Recognizing Opportunity Aug 10, 2021

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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.

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