Author: Joel Zaslofsky

Joel Zaslofsky is offering instant access to download the free tools that he and countless others use to simplify, organize, and be money wise. When he's not helping people Experience Curating, enjoying nature, podcasting, or chasing his sons around the house, he's cranking out useful stuff at Value of Simple. Join Joel on Twitter @joelzaslofsky, check him out on Google+, and see him on Facebook at ValueOfSimple.

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SASM 030 – How Personal Capital Simplifies Your Personal Finances with CEO Bill Harris
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-09-092020-10-24

This Smart and Simple Matters episode features CEO Bill Harris of Personal Capital. We talk about your biggest financial problem, investing in your investments, how Bill started a mutual fund when he was *thirteen*, and simplifying your finances.

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Challenges | Finding Your Why | Productivity | Simplifying

When Was Your Last Creativity Checkup (and Are You Still Healthy)?
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-09-052020-08-03

Is that desire to consume less and create more burning strong? Maybe you need to get it lit? Join the Continuous Creation Challenge to plan, rock, and support others in letting their inner “something” run free.

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Ask the Community | Finding Your Why | Reducing Stress | Simplifying

Ask the Community: How Do You Get Off a Roller Coaster? (and Feeling the “Tsh Tsh” Again)
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-09-022020-10-24

Find out how Value of Simple readers get off a roller coaster of emotions when things are getting them down. Maybe you have some insight to share too?

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Curating | Experience Curating | Self-Improvement

How to Experience Curating with FAOCAS: “S” is for Share
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-08-292020-08-03

Share with purpose, use the Experience Curating FAOCAS process to avoid the “Click here, I’m awesome!” trap, and discover other useful tips for sharing well in a world of “no takebacks.”

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Experience Curating | Joel Only | Podcast Episodes | Self-Improvement | Simplifying

SASM 029 – 4 Reasons and a Moral Imperative to Unsimplify
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-08-262020-10-24

This Smart and Simple Matters episode reveals 4 reasons to UNsimplify and if there’s ever a moral imperative to do so. I also answer the question, “Do you need to be worldly to be worthy?” and “Why is wading into the pool of other people’s problems so damn complex?

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Curating | Experience Curating | Handling Documents | Organizing | Simplifying

How to Experience Curating with FAOCAS: “A” (#2) is for Access
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-08-222020-08-03

A tool is only as good as your ability to access and use it. With the FAOCAS process of Experience Curating, you’re ready to access like a pro (and amaze).

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Curating | Experience Curating | Simplifying

How to Experience Curating with FAOCAS: “C” is for Context
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-08-192020-10-24

You’ll need to preserve and layer on meaningful context to master the “C” in the FAOCAS process of Experience Curating. Here’s how to rock that.

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Curating | Digital Info and Data | Experience Curating | General | Organizing | Put It In a Spreadsheet | Simplifying

How to Experience Curating with FAOCAS: “O” is for Organize
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-08-152020-08-03

You’ll need to know how to organize your experiences to master FAOCAS. “O” – Organize – is the third step in Experience Curating and a wicked (awesome) one.

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Finding Your Why | Joel and Guests | Podcast Episodes | Productivity | Reducing Stress | Self-Improvement | Simplifying

SASM 028 – How to Grow Abundance and Combat Stagnation with Charlie Gilkey
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-08-122020-08-03

This Smart and Simple Matters episode features Charlie Gilkey. We talk about how a philosopher becomes a warrior, why most things you want won’t get you what you need, types of abundance, the small business cycle… and more.

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Curating | Digital Info and Data | Experience Curating | Organizing | Put It In a Spreadsheet | Simplifying

How to Experience Curating with FAOCAS: “A” (#1) is for Archive
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-08-082020-10-24

You can be Experience Curating in no time by discovering how to archive like a freakin’ pro. Here’s how to rock the first “A” (Archive) in FAOCAS.

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Curating | Experience Curating | Finding Your Why | Simplifying

How to Experience Curating with FAOCAS: “F” is for Filter
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-08-052020-08-03

You can be Experience Curating in no time by living intentionally and creating amazing internal filters. Here’s how to rock the “F” (Filter) in FAOCAS.

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Announcements | Challenges | Curating | Experience Curating | HP | MPP | Organizing | Simplifying

Announcing: Experience Curating Month and How to FAOCAS
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-08-012020-08-03

August is hereby dubbed Experience Curating month on Value of Simple. Find some secret agent tasks, future goodies, and the scoop on Experience Curating now.

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Digital Info and Data | General | Joel and Guests | Organizing | Personal Finance | Podcast Episodes | Put It In a Spreadsheet | Simplifying

SASM 027 – Risk-Taking, Rough and Ready Creativity, and Checklists with Corwin Hiebert
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-07-292020-10-24

This Smart and Simple Matters episode features Corwin Hiebert. We talk about creative and financial risk-taking, the business side of simplicity, translating “rough and ready” cooking skills to business, and much more.

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Experiments | Finding Your Why | Self-Improvement

42 Unusual Ideas To Power Your Remarkable Life (WDS2013 Recap)
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-07-222020-10-24

How many unusual ideas can one man experience in four days at the World Domination Summit? Plenty… not to mention amazing people, conversations, and food.

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Announcements

In Loving Memory of My Grandpa Irving
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-07-182020-08-03

This is a tribute to my grandpa Irving; a man who taught me so much about life and, just as important, how to handle death with grace, humor, and humility.

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General | Joel and Guests | Organizing | Podcast Episodes | Productivity

SASM 026 – Multipotentialite Crimes and Triumphs with Emilie Wapnick
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-07-152020-08-03

This Smart and Simple Matters episode features Emilie Wapnick as we discuss multipotentialite crimes, triumphs, and some revealing stories from both of us.

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Personal Finance | Reducing Stress | Relationships with Money | Self-Improvement

Money Problems: Are You a Worshipper, Avoider, Status-Seeker, or Vigilante?
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-07-082020-08-03

You and I have money problems. It’s a fact of life… but does it have to be this serious? We can overcome the issues that lead to money worship, avoidance, status-seeking, and vigilance by exploring the research and making some small changes.

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Pulse Check

Pulse Check – Monthly Report for June 2013
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-07-042020-10-24

Every month I recap the past, present, and future of my personal journey and the voyage of Value of Simple. This “Pulse Check” is intended to be an honest, transparent, and (hopefully) inspiring assessment of where I’ve been and where I’m going. This is the June 2013 Pulse Check.

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Joel and Guests | Podcast Episodes | Self-Improvement | Simplifying

SASM 025 – Tetris Theory and How to Act Accordingly with Colin Wright
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-07-012020-08-03

This Smart and Simple Matters episode features Colin Wright. We discuss Tetris Theory, mental frameworks, his new book – Act Accordingly – and why my sports team is better than yours.

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Ask the Community | Finding Your Why | Simplifying

Your Community (Part 2): Their Questions, Struggles, and Triumphs
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-06-242020-10-24

Kristie, Jay, and Chris share their questions, struggles, and triumphs with all of us. See how your community *really* deals with living a simplified, organized, and money wise existence.

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Daily Money Management | Experiments | Finding Your Why | Joel and Guests | Personal Finance | Podcast Episodes | Relationships with Money | Self-Improvement | Simplifying

SASM 024 – Reinventing Yourself and Rapidly Reframing Misfortune with Adam Shepard
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-06-172020-08-03

This Smart and Simple Matters episode features Adam Shepard. We discuss reinventing yourself, reframing misfortune, why budgeting is sexy, life-changing $10 purchases, living in a homeless shelter, and much more.

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Challenges | Reducing Stress | Self-Improvement | Simplifying

How and Why to Lead With “I Love You”
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-06-102020-08-03

Leading conversations with “I love you” creates big smiles, endless gratitude, and a better world. So why don’t we do this? Discover how to fix this and all the powerful reasons to “Lead With I Love You.”

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Experiments | Pulse Check

Pulse Check – Monthly Report for May 2013
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-06-062020-10-24

Every month I recap the past, present, and future of my personal journey and the voyage of Value of Simple. This “Pulse Check” is intended to be an honest, transparent, and (hopefully) inspiring assessment of where I’ve been and where I’m going. This is the May 2013 Pulse Check.

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Curating | Digital Info and Data | Finding Your Why | Joel and Guests | Organizing | Passive Income | Personal Finance | Podcast Episodes | Simplifying

SASM 023 – How to Curate and Informational Nurses with Robin Good
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-06-032020-08-03

This Smart and Simple Matters episode features Robin Good, curation master. We discuss curating (of course), how to be an informational nurse, getting a big slice of “P.I.E.,” the limits of Google search results, and forming alliances with similarly passionate people.

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Experiments | Reducing Stress

Why Today is Thanksgiving (Plus the Secret to Recreate Any Holiday on Any Day)
ByJoel Zaslofsky 2013-05-272020-08-03

Why do people wait until a special day like Thanksgiving to experience the awesomeness surrounding it? This is a new paradigm to recreate any special day on any day of the year you want. Calendar be damned!

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