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Our theme for today's conversation had to be Everything Conference itself, and Joel's perspective as a co-host and co-organizer. ETC 2024 came together thanks to the collective efforts of Joel, Cory Huff, and Vanessa Tharp, but as the local amongst the three, having highlighted and spearheaded choosing this venue in particular, I was curious to get Joel's take on how it's turned out. The post ETC Series, Ep. 10 – From Online to In-Person: How Meeting Face-to-Face Transforms Relationships with Joel Zaslofsky appeared first on The Puttyverse.
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3159: Joel Zaslofsky's piece, featured on BecomingMinimalist.com, explores the joyful practice of becoming "easily fascinated." Zaslofsky illustrates through personal anecdotes how adopting a mindset focused on wonder and curiosity enhances our interactions and relationships, making us more generous, grateful, and valued by others. Embrace the overlooked miracles of everyday life and discover how a shift in perspective can enrich your existence. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/fascinating/ Quotes to ponder: "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "People who seem to constantly find joy in us and the world around us are almost always more enjoyable to be with." Episode references: Emilie Wapnick's TED Talk: How to Be Everything - https://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3159: Joel Zaslofsky's piece, featured on BecomingMinimalist.com, explores the joyful practice of becoming "easily fascinated." Zaslofsky illustrates through personal anecdotes how adopting a mindset focused on wonder and curiosity enhances our interactions and relationships, making us more generous, grateful, and valued by others. Embrace the overlooked miracles of everyday life and discover how a shift in perspective can enrich your existence. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/fascinating/ Quotes to ponder: "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "People who seem to constantly find joy in us and the world around us are almost always more enjoyable to be with." Episode references: Emilie Wapnick's TED Talk: How to Be Everything - https://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3159: Joel Zaslofsky's piece, featured on BecomingMinimalist.com, explores the joyful practice of becoming "easily fascinated." Zaslofsky illustrates through personal anecdotes how adopting a mindset focused on wonder and curiosity enhances our interactions and relationships, making us more generous, grateful, and valued by others. Embrace the overlooked miracles of everyday life and discover how a shift in perspective can enrich your existence. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/fascinating/ Quotes to ponder: "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "People who seem to constantly find joy in us and the world around us are almost always more enjoyable to be with." Episode references: Emilie Wapnick's TED Talk: How to Be Everything - https://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Imagine an in-person event full of multipotentialites, spontaneity, encouragement, wackiness, reflection, creativity, and originality (we could go on). On August 1-4, 2024, it's happening in Minneapolis, Minnesota and called Everything Conference. We speak with conference co-organizers, Joel Zaslofsky and Vanessa Tharp, to learn all about the event's inspiration, how it's participant-driven, and how you can get involved. The post All About Everything Conference 2024 – The MultiPod 108 appeared first on The Puttyverse.
The Puttyverse hits its 10th anniversary! It's founder, Emilie Wapnick, and Connections and Operations Guy, Joel Zaslofsky, return to The MultiPod to chat about the big milestone. We go back even before the Putty doors first opened on April 17, 2012, to when Puttylike the blog was building followers and fans, and it became clear that the opportunity and need for a community was there. The rest, as they say, is history. The post Puttyverse 10th Anniversary: 100 Years in Internet Time – The MultiPod 091 appeared first on The Puttyverse.
Please don't make me choose! In today's world, there are millions of people who don't believe they have one true calling in life. These "renaissance souls" want to make all their passions, their journey. If you are unwilling to settle on doing just one thing for the rest of your life, this talk is for you. Some characterize us as a generalists (jack of all trades), or scanners, polymaths or renaissance souls. But in reality, we live a very dynamic and colorful life. Wouldn't you love to have someone at work who can juggle multiple types of projects? Meet your tribe. Job Search Empowerment News," hosted by Carla Leininger of KZSU's Global Ginga World Music Show, provides the latest labor market information, employment trends, technology information, job searching tips and special interviews. Let's get you working again! Joel Zaslofsky is the host of the My Smart and Simple Matters podcast and a believer that we MUST build a life around all our interests NOW instead of limiting our passions, skills, and creative outlets for a “someday” that may never come.
EPIDEMIC w/ Dr. Celine Gounder: With Us, About Us Black Americans are one of the groups who report less interest in receiving the COVID vaccine. Black healthcare workers want to change that. Job Search Empowerment News: Multipotentialites w/ Joel Zaslofsky Please don't make me choose! In today's world, there are millions of people who don't believe they have one true calling in life. These "renaissance souls" want to make all their passions, their journey. If you are unwilling to settle on doing just one thing for the rest of your life, this talk is for you. Some characterize us as a generalists (jack of all trades), or scanners, polymaths or renaissance souls. But in reality, we live a very dynamic and colorful life. Wouldn't you love to have someone at work who can juggle multiple types of projects? Meet your tribe. Job Search Empowerment News," hosted by Carla Leininger of KZSU's Global Ginga World Music Show, provides the latest labor market information, employment trends, technology information, job searching tips and special interviews. Let's get you working again! Joel Zaslofsky is the host of the My Smart and Simple Matters podcast and a believer that we MUST build a life around all our interests NOW instead of limiting our passions, skills, and creative outlets for a “someday” that may never come.
EPIDEMIC w/ Dr. Celine Gounder: Medical Racism Past & Present Black Americans are twice as likely to die from COVID than white Americans, yet report less interest in receiving the vaccine. This skepticism of medical institutions is not new, but that fear is rooted in some truth. In this first full episode of the EPIDEMIC Podcast featured on KZSU, we get a fuller picture of the African American experience with vaccines and public health, by looking at the history of medical experimentation on Black people. Job Search Empowerment News Please don't make me choose! In today's world, there are millions of people who don't believe they have one true calling in life. These "renaissance souls" want to make all their passions, their journey. If you are unwilling to settle on doing just one thing for the rest of your life, this talk is for you. Some characterize us as a generalists (jack of all trades), or scanners, polymaths or renaissance souls. But in reality, we live a very dynamic and colorful life. Wouldn't you love to have someone at work who can juggle multiple types of projects? Meet your tribe. Job Search Empowerment News," hosted by Carla Leininger of KZSU's Global Ginga World Music Show, provides the latest labor market information, employment trends, technology information, job searching tips and special interviews. Let's get you working again! Joel Zaslofsky is the host of the My Smart and Simple Matters podcast and a believer that we MUST build a life around all our interests NOW instead of limiting our passions, skills, and creative outlets for a “someday” that may never come.
If you’ve ever wondered how to combine multiple passions and build a community around it, Joel Zaslofsky is your guy. Apple // YouTube // Google Play // Stitcher // Spotify // TuneIn I chat with Joel Zaslofsky, the podcaster behind Smart and Simple Matters, a multipotentialite, and head of operations behind The Putty Tribe. In this episode, we talk about everything from quantum biology, building community, […] The post Building Community with Joel Zaslofsky appeared first on Break the Twitch.
We're not gonna lie, after some 17,000 miles, 29 US states and more than 35 incredible, heart-warming events, the Slow book tour is all wrapped up, and we're a little tired. But before we put a bow on what's been an incredible experience we want to share one final live recording with you, because it's a special one. The tour finished up in Minneapolis, where Brooke sat down for a conversation with her friend Joel Zaslofsky at ModernWell. Joel asks Brooke the big questions (he always has, it's one of his superpowers) and they dive deep in to topics we haven't covered before. Enjoy! And another heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out to the book tour events over the past few months - words can't describe how grateful we are. ==== If you're enjoying the show and want to know how to best support it, leave a rating or a review in iTunes or head over to the Patreon page to help support the show financially and join in on our live monthly video calls. And thanks so much for listening! === Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/slow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Building a tiny house may be the biggest single project you ever take on. Big projects require more than just checklists. Enter: Project Management. Joel Zaslofsky is a simple living enthusiast and Project Management extraordinaire, and he's here to answer the question, "how do I project manage my tiny house build?" The post Project Management 101: Planning Your Tiny House Like a Pro With Super Curator, Joel Zaslofsky – #023 appeared first on The Tiny House.
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Tired of splitting your life between work and home? Joel Zaslofsky shares how he achieved total life integration. The post Achieving Total Life Integration With Joel Zaslofsky (066) appeared first on Life Skills That Matter.
Freedom doesn't always mean living out of a suitcase and jumping from country to country around the world on a whim. For the past 6 years that has definitely been how I've chosen to design my lifestyle, but over the past year, my Freedom Plan has been evolving. And, the more my Freedom Plan evolves, the more people I meet that are seeking Freedom on their own terms. And that's really it, isn't it? Freedom is whatever you want it to be. It's unique to YOU. It's whatever suits your desires, allows you to live the way you want to, and do work that lights you up that supports your lifestyle. In today's podcast episode, Joel Zaslofsky talks about the moment that led him to seek his unique Freedom Plan and his journey to achieving his goal to leave the corporate world. He shares some of his daily rituals and how he uses gratitude and meditation to love his work and be present with his family. Listen in to this episode to learn about: Joel's morning routine that helps keep him on track for his goals Why you deserve to do work that you love How Joel shifted out of his 9-5 How to use meditation to connect to yourself and your goals Why incremental progress is the best kind Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS [Tweet "Are you doing work that you love every day?"] Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast: Find out more about Joel at joelzaslofsky.com Check out SimpleREV Get help with daily meditation with Headspace Check outInsight Timer, a free meditation tool Come join me while The Freedom Plan is open for enrollment Attend my free workshop at http://thefreedomplan.rocks/live Create your Daily Power Hour Creating Freedom in Your Daily Routine with John Lee Dumas Want reliable hosting for your blog and website at 50% off? HostGator is your one-stop shop for all things web hosting. From design and marketing services to easy-to-use website builders, they are with you every step of the way. Thanks to their 24/7 - 365 days a year live support - which you can get via chat, phone and email - any and all questions you have can be answered in no time at all. They offer unmetered disk space and bandwidth, an easy to use control panel, 4500 free website templates, and one-click WordPress installs. HostGator has partnered with me to help my listeners get started. Click the link below to get 50% off any new hosting package. Visit Hostgator.com/Suitcase See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Joel Zaslofsky is one of the kindest, most encouraging people Brooke’s had the fortune of meeting, and today he’s back for his second visit to the pogpast. He and Brooke talk about his current efforts in optimising sleep, collecting natural spring water with his son and his fascination with the idea of rewilding. They also talk about raising kids who are advocates for nature, gratitude meditations and Joel’s passion for community. As always with Joel, this is a positive, passionate conversation that’s sure to leave you feeling invigorated! Head over to http://www.slowyourhome.com/80 to find links to Joel’s website, podcast and SimpleREV details, as well as a list of resources mentioned in today’s episode. Enjoy! ==== If you're enjoying the show and want to know how to best support it, leave a rating or a review in iTunes: (https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/slow-home-podcast-brooke-mcalary/id985005895?mt=2) or head over to the Patreon page (www.patreon.com/slow) to help support the show financially. And thanks so much for listening! ==== Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/slow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Joel just wants to help you simplify, organize, and be money wise. He’s the creator and Author of Experience Curating, and a coordinator for SimpleRev: a live, two-day simplicity themed event. He’s also the Host of the popular Smart and Simple Matters podcast and hangs out at ValueofSimple.com.
Joel Zaslofsky of The Value of Simple joins Erik to talk about the concept simplicity and curating your life and experiences. This is an episode to listen to if you are ready to change the way you eat, exercise, work, prioritize, organize, and think about the world. Please connect with me Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes Follow @ErikJFisher Check out more Noodle.mx Network showsThe Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcastingBeyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivityThe Productive Woman: Productivity for busy womenONCE: Once Upon a Time podcastWelcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe podcastAre You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinkingthe Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy
http://slowyourhome.com/2 - Today I chat with Joel Zaslofsky, one of the most interesting, organised humans I have ever met. Joel is a spreadsheet aficionado who uses his data wrangling skills not to bore himself to sleep but instead to create a richer, more vibrant life. He is a huge advocate for the process known as 'experience curating' and we get into it in today's show. We also dig in to Joel's journey from gaming addict to renaissance man, his struggles with learning to slow down and simplify (interestingly, dealing with clutter was not one of his obstacles) and his work to create a community of people who want to embrace a simpler, slower way of life. This was such a great conversation and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/slow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Zachary discusses minimalism and priorities with Joel Zaslofsky. They discuss different productivity systems (including Joel’s use of spreadsheets) and why you should start a commonplace book. Links for this episode: World Domination Summit Joel’s interview with Mark Sisson (of Mark’s Daily Apple) Joshua Becker Courtney Carver Colin Wright Emily Wapnick Personal User’s Guide […]
Minimalism can be defined many ways. We’ll talk to Joel Zaslofsky about how to become a minimalist. He has embraced the lifestyle to learn why and how it has improved his life. What is a minimalist? Joel defines it as embracing what is important to you and stripping away the excess. He began down the path of minimalism five years ago when he and his wife were expecting their first child. Prior to that, he was following the prescribed American path, college, wife, house, dog, kid. Having a child was the kick in the ass he needed. Joel wanted to be a good father and knew some of the extraneous things in his life needed to go in order to do that. It’s not just stuff that needs to go. Toxic relationships need to be jettisoned too. Or just those that have become perfunctory. Joel started hard core and video games were the first thing to go. I’m not sure if I recommend this. I’ve seen you pasty video game players walk into the sunlight and it’s scary for you and us too. Tread carefully. Sugar was second and I do endorse this. Life improves 100% after this change based on the highly scientific study I just conducted. If you like that stat, look into Paleo which Matt and I both hardily endorse. Simplifies things to an incredible degree. He also recommends meditation and yoga. I’ve failed on both those fronts, I’m too wriggly. If you embrace minimalism even in just a few areas of your life, you will see an improvement in your finances. Less stuff equals more money. Joel’s advice is to not focus on what you’re giving up but what you will gain. Time, money, peace. All of which are more important and more fulfilling than stuff. Show Notes Ommegang BPA: A Belgian style pale ale. Flying Fish Hop Fish: A hoppy red ale. All My Money: The LMM rap video. Value of Simple: Liberate your time, money and talent. Smart and Simple Matters Podcast: Find freedom from stuff and live intentionally. SimpleRev: Workshops on simple living. Becoming Minimalist: Celebrating simplicity. Betterment: Stash the money you’re saving here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joel Zaslofsky is the founder of The Value of Simple website and podcast. He is an author, speaker, and curator. He the author of Experiencing Curating: How to Gain Focus, Increase Influence and Simplify You Life. He is the creator of The Continuos Creation Challenge and The Digital Launch Playbook. In This Interview Joel and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable. Doing something selfless. How we are all the same under it all. The sacrifices of starting your own business. Keeping your head up during hard times. The value of rituals. The power of gratitude. Setting up systems to deal with a bad memory. "Chaos was the law of nature, order is the dream of man". The value of curation. The Continuous Creation Challenge. How the bad wolf feeds on passivity. The power of momentum. Focusing on the goals instead of the tools. Doing what we planned, not what we feel like. Some of our most popular interviews that you might also enjoy: Kino MacGregor Strand of Oaks Mike Scott of the Waterboys Todd Henry- author of Die Empty Randy Scott Hyde See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the moment we always believe we’ll remember the events from our life just as vividly as when they happen. But inevitably, with time we find that the memories fade and the details become less crisp and often impossible to recall. For us, this creates challenges as we try to write about our experiences in the future. We struggle to recall specific feelings we were having or people we met in particular situations. When we bought our house in Spain we knew we wanted to document the process for a future book and so we explored how best to capture all of this to use later. On today's show we're sharing how we are capturing these experiences and how you can use the same techniques in your own life.
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Joel wants to help you simplify, organize, and be money wise. He's the creator and author of Experience Curating, a co-founder of the SimpleREV movement, the host of the popular Smart and Simple Matters podcast. Joel hangs out at ValueofSimple.com.
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Having just returned from Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. a heartfelt “THANK YOU!” to Joel Zaslofsky and Dan Hayes for putting together the first ever SimpleREV conference where folks from around the world came together to share stories and discuss how the simplicity/minimalism movement is changing lives and communities. Sheryl and I were honored to speak. We told […]
Okay, folks. We had intended this episode to be more of a “finality”. It was supposed to be more of a "farewell" episode and post. But the truth is, we’re having trouble with this because Simple Life Together is such a big part of our life. If it sounds like we’re waffling a bit, that’s because...well, we are! So I guess you could say that we're simplifying Simple Life Together. We should just jump right into the dirty work and break it all down for you... Read More... Note: Get a copy of Supermom vs Super Mom for yourself or gift it to a Mom who needs a little "less" in her life. It's less than $5 and will save you countless hours and effort! Buy Supermom vs Supermom Topic: Simplifying Simple Life Together It Hasn’t Been an Easy Decision to Simplify Simple Life Together! On the last episode and up until we went to SimpleREV in Minneapolis we intended for this episode to be our last for quite a while. Here's why: What started off as us documenting our journey to simplify our lives, turned into something more...something better than we expected! We unexpectedly built an amazing community of supporters and like-minded people in 154 countries. We’ve gotten and continue to receive such heart felt support from that community...especially when we shared some of our toughest challenges. We’ve also made some amazing friends along the way. We were blessed with opportunities to speak about our life and our podcast at different conferences and on different podcasts. We’ve been blessed with the opportunity to meet many of the people who inspired us both personally and professionally on our journey. Folks like Leo Babauta, Joshua Becker, Patrick Rohne, Mohammed Tohami, The Minimalists, Joel Zaslofsky, Dan Miller...just to name a few. Some of them have become good friends. Even better...we’ve gotten to meet some of our loyal listeners and supporters...how cool is that? And, we’ve helped others in the community who are just starting out and making a real impact; folks like Dave & Sheryl Balthrop, Chris & Sarah Wehkamp, JF and Cheryl Moreau, Lara Blair, and others. We were blown away by the amount of positive feedback about the show and how we influenced others to simplify their lives too. Feedback that brought us to tears. We never thought we could impact people the way that we did...and be impacted by them, as well. The podcast helped us to really focus on what was important to us...and solidified our passion for simplicity and to live more deliberate and meaningful lives But Producing the Show Isn’t All Sunshine Although we love sharing and teaching others, over time, the success of our podcast led to the feeling of obligation of having to produce awesome content ALL the time. And let’s face it...our lives just aren’t THAT interesting that we have some type of major topic to talk about for 40 minutes each week. Still, we started realizing that the show was shifting from documenting our journey to “having” to produce good educational content each and every week, then every two weeks. Some of which took a lot of time to either research or compile coherent thoughts. And we started to feel the pressures of the podcast from: Coming up with content Arranging our week to fit in research, recording and editing Dealing with tension between the two of us...running out of content, waiting until the last minute to produce, the time obligation, defining roles and expectations, mistaken assumptions of who should do what, etc. We get along really well and, for the most part, what you hear on the show is what you get with us. But every once in a while, working together on the show stretched things a little bit. Not too often, but definitely more so when we started feeling like we HAD to do a show as opposed to the times when we just couldn’t wait to share something. Hopefully, those tougher times were transparent on your end and you weren’t any the wiser. They weren’t often, but hey,
Mike Vardy is the Chief and founder of Productivityist, where he writes, speaks, coaches and podcasts on productivity and more. Mike and Erik cover a lot in this episode, and even mention their favorite Task Management Tool: ToDoist. ToDoist even generously has given Erik 5 premium accounts to give away. All given away! Mentioned in this episode: Podcast Movement Greg Hickman ToDoist Chase Reeves – Mike’s on Mic’s Scott Dinsmore – Live Your Legend Brett Kelly Assessing projects Don’t Just Ship – Deliver Merlin Mann – Chasing the right zero Jon Acuff 90% Paul Jarvis Mark Johns Chris Ducker – Virtual Freedom Donald Miller’s Life Plan John Lennon – Beautiful Boy John Cleese on the creative process Heavy lifting/light lifting days David Sparks – Presentations Field Guide SimpleRev – Joel Zaslofsky Dan Hayes, Vanessa Hayes Energy, Time, Priority, Work/Life: 4 New Ways To Organize Your To-Do List Time moves on whether you want it to or not. Tasks only move as far as you move them.Click To Tweet Please connect with me Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes Follow @ErikJFisher Check out more Noodle.mx Network showsThe Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcastingBeyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivityThe Productive Woman: Productivity for busy womenONCE: Once Upon a Time podcastWelcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe podcastAre You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinkingthe Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy
Joel just wants to help you simplify, organize, and be money wise. He's the creator and Author of Experience Curating, and a coordinator for SimpleRev: a live, two-day simplicity themed event. He's also the Host of the popular Smart and Simple Matters podcast and hangs out at ValueofSimple.com.
Are you confusing busyness with progress? It's an easy mistake to make, working all day long and wondering why you made no progress. Today's guest, Joel Zaslofsky, talks about why simplicity from the inside out will give you more of what you want in life. And he even taught Betsy a way she can finally love spreadsheets... More about Joel: He is the creator of unsexy tools that result in a very sexy life. What he can teach you at Value of Simple is to focus on what really matters in your life instead of pushing it to the side or waiting for "leftover" time. Too busy to journal? Wondering how you'll ever finish your bucket list? Concerned about where your money is going (or not going)? Joel has practical answers to all these questions, and you know how much we love practical tips. Check out his website, and listen in below for a great conversation about what really matters.
An SLT Update, & the Value of Simple w/Joel Zaslofsky Well, we're a little over 6 months into this "whole blog/podcast thing" and we figured it was time for an update. Actually, we're probably way overdue for an update! There are some things upcoming that you may be interested in and we'll also be taking a little bit of a break as we head into our summertime family working vacation. But the highlight of this week's episode is an interview with a good friend of ours, and fellow simplicity aficionado, Joel Zaslofsky of the Value of Simplicity blog and the amazing Smart and Simple Matters podcast! Simple Life Together Update: We wanted to let you know some things that are going on with us and the show: Photo organization: We’ve talked about this in the past and it’s probably one of the most requested topics we get. We’re still researching and asking the pro’s for some tips, so you can look forward to that in the next couple of months. Dan will be doing an Evernote tutorial, too, at some point. He's been waiting for the dust to settle and now is ready to start working on it. If you have any special requests regarding Evernote, drop Dan a note at Dan@SimpleLifeTogether.com. Finally, we’ll be on the road a bit for the next month or so...we’ll be in Portland for Chris Guillebeau’s World Domination Summit for the 3rd year in a row and then we have some mixed business & fun time with family throughout July and early August. We typically release shows every Thursday but for July we'll have shows on the 4th and 18th and then pick back up in August! Interview with Joel Zaslofsky of the Value of Simple We had an amazing interview with Joel Zaslofsky...creator of the awesome Smart and Simple Matters podcast and the Value of Simple blog. He’s incredibly open about his journey from a six-figure corporate job to carving out a niche online, while shaping his simple lifestyle. He offers tons of tips and free resources on his website to help you "liberate your time, money and talent." We were thrilled to be his guests on Episode 15 of the Smart and Simple Matters show back in January and we’ve been dying to have Joel on our show. Well, we finally made that happen and it was fantastic! You don't want to miss this interview! Here are some of the questions and things we talked about: - So Joel, who are you and how do you make people's lives simpler? - So, you talk about your “Personal Renaissance.” Can you describe what that is, what it’s been like for you, and how it has led to a simpler/more focused life? - Can you tell us a little about the backstory of “liberate your time, money and talent” as it relates to you, your clients and your people who follow your work? - Tell us about your love for spreadsheets and some ways you use them to simplify your life. - How would you define curating, what do you curate personally, and how do you think others could benefit from curating? - Batman has his Batcave, the Super Friends had the Hall of Justice, and you have the Refuge of Simplicity! Can you share what goes on there? - Can you give us any tips about “keeping it simple” with a family? - For a lot of people, the whole “investment thing” is complicated. You address simplifying that in your online course “Start Investing with $100.” Can you share a little about that? - So Joel, what have we left out that is “must know” info for our listeners? What have you got going on these days? Thing Segment Dan’s Thing: Our upcoming trip to WDS Vanessa's Thing: Passing her BCPO Exam and all the support she got from friends, family, colleagues....and even YOU...our listeners!!! Links from our Interview with Joel: Research: How Much Information? 2009 Report on American Consumers (this is the 100,000 words a day research) Your Memory is Like the Telephone Game (this is the reference to how much our memories suck, even if we think they rock) Smart and Simple Matters: iTunes