Ari Meisel

that's when we can look at outsourcing or delegating to some sort of specialist or generalist. But if you do it before that, which a lot of people do, they try to outsource first because it's this like hands off knee jerk reaction. I don't want to touch this. That's where we get into problems.

that's when we can look at outsourcing or delegating to some sort of specialist or generalist. But if you do it before that, which a lot of people do, they try to outsource first because it's this like hands off knee jerk reaction. I don't want to touch this. That's where we get into problems.

that's when we can look at outsourcing or delegating to some sort of specialist or generalist. But if you do it before that, which a lot of people do, they try to outsource first because it's this like hands off knee jerk reaction. I don't want to touch this. That's where we get into problems.

Yeah. So I think the actual average across all industries of productive work in a nine to five kind of position is like an hour and 12 minutes. productive work.

Yeah. So I think the actual average across all industries of productive work in a nine to five kind of position is like an hour and 12 minutes. productive work.

Yeah. So I think the actual average across all industries of productive work in a nine to five kind of position is like an hour and 12 minutes. productive work.

I mean, it's kind of like 80-20, right? Another really funny statistic is that in the average nonfiction book, there's like 12 pages of actual content. Everything else is just bluff. So we see that all the time. And it's one of the reasons that oftentimes when people say to me that they have no time or they don't have enough time, typically what I find is that they actually have too much time.

I mean, it's kind of like 80-20, right? Another really funny statistic is that in the average nonfiction book, there's like 12 pages of actual content. Everything else is just bluff. So we see that all the time. And it's one of the reasons that oftentimes when people say to me that they have no time or they don't have enough time, typically what I find is that they actually have too much time.

I mean, it's kind of like 80-20, right? Another really funny statistic is that in the average nonfiction book, there's like 12 pages of actual content. Everything else is just bluff. So we see that all the time. And it's one of the reasons that oftentimes when people say to me that they have no time or they don't have enough time, typically what I find is that they actually have too much time.

And they're just not using it correctly at all. I have no idea. I love when someone it's, I mean, I'm kind of a jerk about this, I think, but some, when people are like, oh, I'm so busy. How have you been? Oh, I'm just so busy. I always like to be like, what are you busy with? And like nine times out of 10, it's like, uh, busy. I'm just busy. It's like with what are you, you're not busy.

And they're just not using it correctly at all. I have no idea. I love when someone it's, I mean, I'm kind of a jerk about this, I think, but some, when people are like, oh, I'm so busy. How have you been? Oh, I'm just so busy. I always like to be like, what are you busy with? And like nine times out of 10, it's like, uh, busy. I'm just busy. It's like with what are you, you're not busy.

And they're just not using it correctly at all. I have no idea. I love when someone it's, I mean, I'm kind of a jerk about this, I think, but some, when people are like, oh, I'm so busy. How have you been? Oh, I'm just so busy. I always like to be like, what are you busy with? And like nine times out of 10, it's like, uh, busy. I'm just busy. It's like with what are you, you're not busy.

Exactly. Uh, so. people have too much time. There's an unpopular opinion, sometimes too much money. Like that's where these restrictions are really what breed innovation, as you said, mother invention or necessity of the mother of all invention restrictions are the mother of innovation as far as I'm concerned.

Exactly. Uh, so. people have too much time. There's an unpopular opinion, sometimes too much money. Like that's where these restrictions are really what breed innovation, as you said, mother invention or necessity of the mother of all invention restrictions are the mother of innovation as far as I'm concerned.

Exactly. Uh, so. people have too much time. There's an unpopular opinion, sometimes too much money. Like that's where these restrictions are really what breed innovation, as you said, mother invention or necessity of the mother of all invention restrictions are the mother of innovation as far as I'm concerned.

No, so the first one was Less Doing, More Living, and then I wrote another version of it called The Art of Less Doing, and then I think the third one was Idea to Execution. Okay.

No, so the first one was Less Doing, More Living, and then I wrote another version of it called The Art of Less Doing, and then I think the third one was Idea to Execution. Okay.

No, so the first one was Less Doing, More Living, and then I wrote another version of it called The Art of Less Doing, and then I think the third one was Idea to Execution. Okay.

Yeah, so this was 2015, August of 2015. a very large virtual assistant company at the time called Zirtual, which I think is still around in a different form than I thought. But they very suddenly went out of business. They basically ran out of capital. And I guess, you know, requirement-wise, they had to let everybody know, like, hey, we can't pay you, so you got to go home.

Yeah, so this was 2015, August of 2015. a very large virtual assistant company at the time called Zirtual, which I think is still around in a different form than I thought. But they very suddenly went out of business. They basically ran out of capital. And I guess, you know, requirement-wise, they had to let everybody know, like, hey, we can't pay you, so you got to go home.