Ari Meisel is the Automation King
The question really isn’t what you would do if you had more time, it’s what wouldn’t you do. And if those things that you wouldn’t do still have to get done, who or what is going to get them done for you? Ari looks at that extreme restriction of time as a blessing to start to think about a new system and a new way of getting things done through optimizing, automating, and outsourcing everything in life.
Ari Meisel, is an entrepreneur and best-selling author of “The Replaceable Founder” and “The Art of Less Doing.” He has been a TEDx speaker, a contributor to Time Magazine and TechCrunch, and has hosted several entrepreneurial programs based on his works.
Meisel is the founder of “Less Doing,” he also hosts an international award-winning podcast aimed to empower individuals and businesses in order to reclaim their time through three major points:
● The education and implementation of optimization.
● The education and implementation of automating.
● The education and implementation of outsourcing.
It sounds like a dream for many entrepreneurs who aren’t quite savvy on these three aspects of technology, but Meisel is confident that these keys are the trinity of doing less to focus on more important things as a business owner or entrepreneur.
In a recent episode of “The Art of Making Things Happen” podcast hosted by Steve Sims, Meisel spoke about his process of optimization, automation, and outsourcing.
In a sense, much of what Meisel’s philosophy focuses on is replacing as many people as possible in an enterprise or startup.
“It led to this big journey of creating a coaching program and several books, and that has morphed into this business methodology which we call ‘The Replaceable Founder,’” Meisel said in the interview, “Which is all about making people as replaceable as possible.”
It may sound a little rough, but there’s something deeper to this mindset of replaceability.
“This is a mindset shift that doesn’t require new technology to be able to let go of these things, and realize that you’re not that unique,” says Meisel, “None of us are. And if you give that up, then you can actually progress. The one thing that I really took away from my college education was this professor of mine that used to say ‘Don’t ever be irreplaceable, because if you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.’ And it’s true. We get ourselves stuck in these situations as much as we create our own job. And if you have a business that you’re operating that you can’t step away from without it sort of faltering, or stumbling, or crumbling, then you don’t own a business. You own your own job. That’s it.”
Meisel is also hyper-aware of the value of automation. This is not a new concept by any means, but Meisel is convinced that when grouped with outsourcing and optimizing, it can be the key to success, saving money, and saving time in a technological field.
“So, I want to automate this process that I don’t have. And it’s just a fool’s errand because if you’re doing something now and you’re getting the result that you are looking for, even if it’s dirty and takes a long time and it’s inconsistent, you get that result that’s awesome. Because now we can work backward from that to make that better.”
To learn more about Ari Meisel…
Visit his website: Less Doing
To listen to this podcast: Ari Meisel with Steve Sims
To subscribe to Steve Sims, “The Art of Making Things Happen — Podcast”
