The Art of Less Doing – Ari Meisel

Solution Sundays – Toy Detective

Ari M August 26, 2012 Posts No Comments

This past weekend we were visiting family and my cousin has a 16 month old daughter. She had a little playhouse that was actually really cool, everything in it was interactive from the phone in the living room to the doorbell to the television set in the bedroom. My son, who is almost 8 months old was absolutely fascinated with it.

We wanted to get one but my cousin couldn’t remember where they got it and it had no identifying marks on it to give us some clue what it was even called. I thought I’d take a shot in the dark, I took a picture with my iPhone and sent it to Fancy Hands with the instructions “Try and find this.”

About 20 minutes later I got an email with a link toe the toy on Target.com, to which I responded “Wow, order it!” and that was that.

The reason I’m writing this as part of my Sunday Solutions series is that sometimes being ambiguous and not giving specific direction can produce positive results. The assistants at Fancy Hands are required to complete tasks to the best of their abilities, this was a shining example.

About The Author

In 2006, I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Crohn's is an incurable disease of the digestive tract. My case was severe, and required over a dozen daily medications and several hospital visits. After reaching a personal low point in hospital, I decided he would do everything in my power to strengthen my by then weak body. Through a combination of yoga, nutrition, natural supplements and rigorous exercise (Ironman and Crossfit) i was able to fight back the symptoms of Crohn's until I was finally able to suspend my medication. Eventually I was declared free of all traces of the 'incurable' disease, and competed in Ironman France in June of 2011. I has since spoken at seminars and at a regional TED Talk about my struggle against a seemingly insurmountable opponent. Through the process of data collection, self tracking, and analysis, I helped develop Less Doing. This was a way of dealing with the daily stresses of life by optimizing, automating, and outsourcing all of my tasks in life and business. Now I focus on Achievement Architecture, helping individuals be more effective at everything.

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