Bitely

Less Doing, More Living

Ari Meisel

While modern life may appear to be filled with stress, there are methods to regain control of your time. Utilizing straightforward strategies and cutting-edge tools and services, you can free up more time for the activities you enjoy. Always keep in mind the principles of optimization, automation, and outsourcing to streamline your life.

personal-development

productivity

business-world

17 min

9 Bite

Insight

What's it about?

Published in 2014, Less Doing, More Living provides a guide with nine key steps to boost your efficiency. The author, in these bites, shares their preferred tools and techniques for automating, optimizing, and outsourcing tasks on your to-do list, leaving you more time for what truly matters in life.

Book summary

Ari Meisel is an author and businessman who coaches companies, executives, and readers on how to use time management techniques that will improve their life and their work.

“If you have good habits, technology can make them better. If you have bad habits, it will intensify those habits.”

“Put your ego aside and recognize that sometimes the hurdle is you.”

“For any challenge, the first thing to do is optimize it. Break it down to its bare minimum, simplify it, and eliminate everything that’s not completely necessary.”

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All Bites

9 Bites

Learn how you can save time by tracking your life.

Create an external storage system to free up valuable mental space.

Save time and money by customizing!

Become in charge of your workweek.

Minimize the accumulation of errands!

Manage your finances effectively using the most recent tools.

Set limits to enhance your overall quality of life.

Increase focus with task batching.

Health holds the key to ultimate productivity.

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