Time Management

Self-Imposed Overwhelm

Why is the word “overwhelm” sometimes self-imposed? Ari talks about being overwhelmed and why that’s an excuse to not do something better.

Highlights

  • The word “overwhelm”- 0:14
  • Learning to become more efficient – 1:17
  • What causes the overwhelm – 1:30
  • Many times overwhelm is self- imposed – 2:16
  • Changing lives with what we teach – 3:50
  • Think on one thing at the time – 4:51

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Getting “Back” to Work

There’s been such a culture about being at the office, and now with the pandemic, people are working more at home. Ari dives into bringing people back to the office during this uncertain time.

Highlights

  • Returning to the office – 0:49
  • There is some work that you can’t do from home, for example: “tele-medicine” – 1:16
  • Doing more work while you are at home – 2:00
  • Coming back to the office? – 2:27
  • The four mindsets – 3:22
  • It is all about mindsets – 3:39

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Doing Things on Your Own Schedule

Ari Meisel talks about getting dental work done at 11 pm as an illustration of working on your schedule. Why is doing things on your own schedule beneficial? Listen as he explains how to think differently when it comes to your time.

Highlights

  • Ari’s dental work – 0:16
  • Doing things on your schedule – 1:06
  • A big point – 1:52
  • The importance of doing things on YOUR schedule – 2:18
  • A schedule that works for you – 2:26
  • Looking for an emergency dentist – 3:08
  • Doing things to get the best results – 4:08
  • Think differently when it comes to your time – 4:20

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Protecting Your Attention

There’s nothing more valuable than your attention! Ari Meisel explains what protecting your attention means, and why optimizing, automation, and outsourcing is important for a business.

Highlights

  • The right of your attention – 0:34
  • The idea of attention – 1:11
  • Designing a process – 1:31
  • A podcast professionally produced by Podkick (https://podkick.com/) – 2:37
  • Designing a good process and the question of attention – 3:13
  • Thinking about the cost of your attention – 4:09
  • Optimizing and outsourcing – 5:28
  • There’s nothing more valuable than your attention – 5:40

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Asynchronous Communication with Voxer

For having effective communication, you need to separate the essential from the non-essential and learn how to keep team and client requests from controlling your time. The first thing that you need to learn is all about asynchronous communication, and the rest will follow.

Highlights

  • The value of asynchronous communication – 0:15
  • Allowing people to communicate when it is more effective for them – 0:58
  • Why does Ari love Voxer? – 2:30
  • How you can use Voxer – 3:18
  • Staying connected with other people – 4:28
  • Get in touch with Ari and Less Doing – 5:33

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