Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://getleverage.com/">Ari Meisel</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/arimeisel">@arimeisel</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Ari Meisel talks with Dave Rael about productivity, sickness and health, maximizing your potential, and the importance of managing your inbox and making decisions</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Ari Meisel is the founder of getleverage.com. In 2006, he developed a painful chronic autoimmune condition of the gut called Crohn’s disease. After taking a dozen medications and several hospitalizations, he committed to doing whatever it took to overcome his disease. Through a combination of yoga, nutrition, natural supplements and rigorous exercise he was able to fight back the symptoms of Crohn’s until he was finally able to suspend his medication. Eventually he was declared free of all traces of the ‘incurable’ disease, and competed in Ironman France in June of 2011. Through the process of data collection, self tracking, and analysis, he developed Less Doing. This was a system of dealing with the daily stresses of life by optimizing, automating, and outsourcing all of one’s tasks in life and business. Now he focuses on Achievement Architecture, helping individuals and companies to be more effective at everything.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave Introduces the show and Ari Meisel</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Only able to work an hour per day, Tim Ferris and the 4-Hour Workweek, and maximizing output in available time</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ari's iOS app - Less Doing Peak Time</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The correlation of the CNS Tap Test to identifying your time of day for maximum productivity</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The building of the Less Doing Peak Time app</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Outsourcing development work and the value of a freelance developer</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ari's familiarity with writing software and the need to be more than just a software geek</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ari's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The importance of managing your email inbox</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How you manage your inbox is a window into your soul and it is an indication of how you make decisions</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Taking control of your own life</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The sources of overwhelm with email</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Ari stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ari's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Ari</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://getleverage.com/" target="_blank">Less Doing - Ari's exceptional productivity and lifestyle site</a></li> <li><a href="http://getleverage.com/category/podcasts/" target="_blank">The Less Doing Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="http://getleverage.com/ldva/" target="_blank">The Less Doists - Ari's Virtual Assistants Servcie</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0399168524/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Ari's Book - Less Doing, More Living: Make Everything in Life Easier</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn%27s_disease" target="_blank">Crohn's disease</a></li> <li><a href="http://fourhourworkweek.com/" target="_blank">Tim Ferriss</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307465357/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich - Tim Ferriss</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/less-doing-peak-time/id1056219924?mt=8" target="_blank">Less Doing Peak Time App on the iOS App Store</a></li> <li><a href="http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-1-4419-1698-3_343" target="_blank">CNS (Central Nervous System) Tap Test</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)" target="_blank">Flow State</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.fiverr.com/" target="_blank">Fiverr: The marketplace for creative & professional services</a></li> <li><a href="http://getleverage.com/2012/06/04/the-three-ds-of-time-management-and-information-filtering/" target="_blank">Ari's Three D's (Delete it, Defer it, and Deal with it)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out" target="_blank">Fear of Missing Out</a></li> <li><a href="http://feedly.com" target="_blank">Feedly</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition" target="_blank">Spaced Repetition</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.brainscape.com/" target="_blank">Brainscape</a></li> <li><a href="http://ifttt.com" target="_blank">IFTTT (If This Then That)</a></li> <li><a href="https://zapier.com/" target="_blank">Zapier</a></li> <li><a href="https://evernote.com/" target="_blank">Evernote</a></li> </ul> <h6>Ari's top 3 tips for delivering value:</h6> <ol> <li>Optimize</li> <li>Automate</li> <li>Outsource</li> </ol> </div> </div>
