Leadership

**Summary** In this episode of the Less Doing Podcast, Ari welcomes Ben Ahrens to the show. Ben is a health and performance coaching expert and the current Executive Vice President of [Innovative Medicine](https://innovativemedicine.com/). Listen as Ben shares his journey battling Lyme Disease and what Innovative Medicine does for people like him.

**Key Quote ** “We are doing research, development, and educating medical doctors in a new paradigm of personalized medicine that takes personalized protocols and personalized treatments to a whole new level.”

**What You’ll Learn ** – What Innovative Medicine is and what they do – Ben describes his battle with Lyme Disease – Getting stuck in a negative feedback loop – What is neuro-cognitive rehabilitation? – The symptoms kept coming back and and we have to choose how to respond – Lyme is a multi-faceted and multi-systemic disease – The medical protocol and nutritional supplements that were involved in treating Ben – Ben is working on a book called, _The Set Point Effect_ – The idea is to not force change from the outside-in – The basic conception of homeostasis – The science of “small wins” explained – Ben’s

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In this episode of the Less Doing Podcast, Ari shares the mic with Dr. Erica Reischer, a psychologist and the author of _What Great Parents Do: 75 Simple Strategies for Raising Kids Who Thrive_. Listen as Dr. Erica opens a new world for understanding your children as parents, what the common parenting mistakes are and how you can correct them for a better emotional connection with your kids. **Key Quote** “Parents say things to kids using blame, shame, or fear. But kids are NOT responsible for our feelings.” **What You’ll Learn** – How having kids can make you more empathetic and compassionate.

– How we respond to our kids depends on how we perceive what they’re doing. – Why you have to pay attention to your feelings and thoughts as parents. – How your biological needs as a human play a part in good parenting. – The importance of each parent being consistent, especially with rules. – Balancing short and long game parenting.

– What the common parenting mistakes are and how to fix them. – To make your kids understand that it isn’t them that is the problem, but their behavior—which is a choice. – How siblings influence each other’s behavior. – How you cannot assume what is obvious to us is obvious to our kids as well. – How to meet feelings with feelings. – Emotional connection is the cornerstone to a happy family. **Less Doing Podcast Resources:** Trello Board – [https://trello.com/b/jtqdNTp3/leverage-podcast-resources](https://trello.com/b/jtqdNTp3/leverage-podcast-resources) ——- [Get the FREE Optimize, Automate, Outsource Blueprint here.](https://go.lessdoing.com/blueprint?utm_campaign=blueprint-ari&utm_medium=link&utm_source=podcast) — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message

In this episode of the Less Doing Podcast, Ari and Nick interview Dan McCarty, founder of Crystal Commerce, a leading web solution company dedicated to servicing game and hobby industry. Crystal uses a proprietary system to allow retailers to launch new websites while fully integrating their inventory and e-commerce systems in less than 24 hours.

Listen to learn how Dan and his company are changing the way brick and mortar hobby stores do business. **Key Quote** “We’re serving an entire community vertical which is any game and hobby store.” **What You’ll Learn** – What Crystal Commerce is and what it does – How Crystal Commerce proprietary system works and how it caters to brick and mortar clients – Syndicating inventory across platforms – Processing orders from Ebay to a central CRM – How much Crystal Commerce charges its customers – Group leverage on catalogs and inventory – The challenges of moving to a multi-tenant platform – How you can use Grow for analytics – The importance of having a content marketing routine – How to start with the value proposition of local **Less Doing Podcast Resources:** Trello Board – [https://trello.com/b/jtqdNTp3/less-doing-podcast-resources](https://trello.com/b/jtqdNTp3/less-doing-podcast-resources) ——- [Get the FREE Optimize, Automate, Outsource Blueprint here.](https://go.lessdoing.com/blueprint?utm_campaign=blueprint-ari&utm_medium=link&utm_source=podcast) — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message

In this episode of the Less Doing Podcast, Ari interviews Cole Hatter, host of the annual Thrive Conference, a business coach, and a former firefighter.

Listen as Cole shares his journey from life as a firefighter, to brain injury survivor, to coach who spends each and every day working hard to help and inspire others life lives they could never imagined possible. **Key Quote:** “I believe that business can be the number one catalyst in the world for change.” **What You’ll Learn:** – What the Thrive is and how its format flows. – Why Cole started his professional life as a firefighter. – How Cole’s real estate success practically evaporated overnight in 2008. – The importance of investing in yourself. – Why Cole never released his book. – How Cole uses entrepreneurship as a catalyst for fulfillment. – The importance of scaling up.

– Why outsourcing is the easiest way to optimize productivity, but only if done properly. – How to identify your strengths, and sidestep your weaknesses. – The key to focusing on money generating activities. ——- [Get the FREE Optimize, Automate, Outsource Blueprint here.](https://go.lessdoing.com/blueprint?utm_campaign=blueprint-ari&utm_medium=link&utm_source=podcast) — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message

In this episode of the Less Doing Podcast, Ari and Nick interview [Holger Seim](https://de.linkedin.com/in/holgerseim), one of the founders of [Blinkist](https://www.blinkist.com/), a site that lets users extract the key lessons from more than 1000+ nonfiction books in less than 15 minutes.

Listen to as Holger shares the idea behind Blinklist, where the idea for the company came from , and what his advice is for all the entrepreneurs out there.

## Key Quote “It’s all from the idea of helping people to keep learning and inspiring them to try something new every day.”

## What You’ll Learn

1. What Blinkist is and how it works.

2. Why reading books end-to-end is actually really inefficient.

3. How Blinkist handles hiring.

4. The potential copyright issues tied to Blinkist’s work.

5. How Blinkist preserves the surprise moments for the readers.

6. The technology and tools Blinklist uses to summarize the books.

7. How Blinklist coordinates an employee roster that stretches across dozens of countries.

8. The importance of orchestrating a plan.

9. Why you need to focus on developing a winning plan and tackling the challenges at hand.

10. The all too often overlooked art of relaxation. ——- [Get the FREE Optimize, Automate, Outsource Blueprint here.](https://go.lessdoing.com/blueprint?utm_campaign=blueprint-ari&utm_medium=link&utm_source=podcast) — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message