The Art of Less Doing – Ari Meisel

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Things We Like: Boomerang for Gmail

What Is It? Similar to previously reviewed LetterMeLater and Followup.cc, Boomerang is a plugin for Gmail that makes it easy to follow up on and delay certain emails.  What Do I Do With It? Delayed Sending – Write an email now, [...]

January 11, 2011 Posts
Stop Wasting Resources - Reciprocal Uses

Stop Wasting Resources – Reciprocal Uses

The Concept I’d like to introduce this concept that I refer to as Reciprocal Uses as in R U using that right now? Basically you take the idea that most resources in life are fixed. You can’t magically produce more [...]

December 13, 2010 Posts
This Is How We Do It: Testing Your Systems

This Is How We Do It: Testing Your Systems

The Setup We have said before that there is some element of trial and error whenever developing a Less Doing system. Whether it’s paperless billing or automated e-mail responses, you’ll rarely get it perfect the first time, and even if [...]

November 29, 2010 Posts
Things We Like: Fancy Hands

Things We Like: Fancy Hands

I had a very weird thing happen to me a few months ago. Upon the one year anniversary of working with my virtual assistant Christy, she got a promotion and would no longer be an assistant. I immediately panicked. She [...]

November 5, 2010 Posts
Fundamentals of Less Doing: Finances

Fundamentals of Less Doing: Finances

Fundamentals of Less Doing is a series of articles detailing how we think about productivity from a conceptual level. If you are new to Less Doing, the Fundamentals series is a great place to start. The Less Doing lifestyle is [...]

October 8, 2010 Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Less Doing: Customization

Fundamentals of Less Doing: Customization

Fundamentals of Less Doing is a series of articles detailing how we think about productivity from a conceptual level. If you are new to Less Doing, the Fundamentals series is a great place to start. We live in a society [...]

September 12, 2010 Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Less Doing: Doing What Matters (The 80/20 Rule)

Fundamentals of Less Doing: Doing What Matters (The 80/20 Rule)

Fundamentals of Less Doing is a series of articles detailing how we think about productivity from a conceptual level. If you are new to Less Doing, the Fundamentals series is a great place to start. Take a moment to think [...]

August 16, 2010 Fundamentals
Tips & Tricks: Progressing Beyond A Dedicated Virtual Assistant

Tips & Tricks: Progressing Beyond A Dedicated Virtual Assistant

My virtual assistant, Christy, who has worked with me for over a year, recently got a promotion at the outsourcing company she works for and would no longer be a virtual assistant. I immediately panicked and started figuring out how [...]

August 16, 2010 Posts