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

490 - Merv Symes - Value vs. Waste

Welcome to The Less Doing Podcast with your host, Ari Meisel. Ari is a self-described "overwhelmologist" and founder of Less Doing. He helps entrepreneurs find focus, flexibility, and freedom in their business. The methodology enables founders to become replaceable so they can scale their business. His raving fans include folks like Tim Ferriss, Dan Sullivan, Victoria Labalme, Jim Kwik, and Steve Sims. So if you want to discover new tools, tech, habits, ideas, and workflows to improve your productivity, this is the audible hang you've been searching for. More at http://less.do/podcast

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Jordan Harbinger will interview Ari Meisel for this final episode of the Less Doing Podcast! Why did Ari choose Jordan to interview him for this final episode? Find out on this episode!  Highlights  Trying to do something different for the 500th episode - 0:48 Shutting down the company - 2:50 Listening to procrastination - 3:59 How to not procrastinate anymore - 4:58 Replacing sources of income - 10:46 Not being a goal-setting person - 18:22 Having goals, but not concrete - 19:49 How to protect the freedom that you already have - 22:17 How to take a break - 27:11 The ultimate KPI - 31:19 Volunteering for a company - 45:45 Keep in touch with Ari - 56:42   Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/  

500 - Finale with Jordan Harbinger

Get in touch with Ari by going to: voxwithari.com. The final episode of this podcast is coming, and we are sure that you’ll love it!  Highlights  What to do next? - 0:55 Use the free resources that may help you - 1:53 Go to voxwithari.com and get in touch! - 2:53   Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/  

499 - voxwithari.com

New York Times bestseller Tools of Titans is with us in this podcast! We’re enjoying Tim’s insights again as this was one of our fan’s favorite episodes!   Highlights  An awesome book! - 4:59 Problems that you’re trying to solve - 6:43 Starting to use the right tools - 7:01 Spending time - 8:32 The opportunity of having a podcast - 10:30 Interviewing speakers in the US - 12:53 Constantly trying to hire people smarter than you - 15:39 Not being an investor - 22:56 Sleeping better at night - 25:10 Thinking on long-term planning - 26:37 The importance of goal setting - 33:56 Where you can find his books - 35:00   Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/  

496 - Tim Ferris - Author of New York Times Bestseller: Tools of Titans

This is one of the favorite episodes of our audience. Do you know which are the 10 tasks you should delegate? Listen in as Ari explains them to us.  Highlights  How long it takes to do something - 2:37 Tedious tasks that you want to delegate - 3:00 Task someone you could learn from - 3:27 Tasks you’re not good at - 4:31 Having someone else do things that consume your time - 5:19 Routine or recurring tasks - 6:29    Episode Resources  Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/  

494 - 10 Tasks You Should Delegate

With the final episode coming up, Ari shares some of his listeners’ favorite episodes. This one is an interview with Neil Strauss, author of Ari’s favorite book.  Highlights  Ari’s disease - 1:48 Reporting an image from Facebook - 5:54 The problem with image verification - 6:39 Making more than just one click - 7:42 Helping people get to the process of divorce - 9:29 Scheduling follow ups - 10:49 Sugar is addictive - 19:39 What decisions can you stop making? - 22:46 Reading Neil’s book - 30:22 Think on what created the problem in the first place - 37:04 Put the most important things first - 47:39 What to do first - 1:03:45   Episode Resources Connect with Ari Meisel https://lessdoing.com/ https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/  

490 - Merv Symes - Value vs. Waste

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