#694: Sam Corcos, Co-Founder of Levels — The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Assistants, 10x Delegation, and Winning Freedom by Letting Go (Plus: Creating Leverage with Tools, Systems, and Processes)

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Sam Corcos (@samcorcos) is the CEO and
Co-founder of Levels, an a16z-backed startup that shows you how
food affects your health using continuous glucose monitors and
other biosensors.


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[05:08] Delegation implementation and common mistakes.


[11:07] Recommended reading for delegators, delegatees, and all
humans.


[13:26] Building a company culture that treats people like
adults.


[15:01] Tools for performance and communication accountability.


[20:39] Why Sam considers Loom the “most important” tool in the
kit.


[24:18] Friday Forum.


[27:17] Acclimating the recording-averse to Loom.


[30:40] Organizing Loom recordings for later search and use.


[36:35] Common challenges of sourcing and properly utilizing
EAs/chiefs of staff.


[43:19] Novelty-seeking and board games.


[44:35] Vetting, pairing, and onboarding EAs and chiefs of staff.


[48:38] News and social media sobriety.


[55:20] Why does new employee onboarding take a month at Levels?


[1:00:59] What most delegators wish they’d known as newbs.


[1:04:57] Loom security and privacy concerns.


[1:08:10] From to-do list to calendar.


[1:13:17] How Sam skips the to-do list entirely.


[1:16:49] General schedule and repeating items.


[1:18:22] Scheduling stress reduction.


[1:21:59] Selecting books and hosting themed salon dinners.


[1:37:03] Calendly and related social hurdles.


[1:38:42] Using email proactively.


[1:41:23] The underrated power of hotkeys and shortcuts.


[1:44:42] Scheduling spontaneity.


[1:48:23] Calendar course correction.


[1:49:59] How Sam utilizes multiple EAs.


[1:51:58] Improvement growth for intermediate delegators.


[1:58:56] The Working with Sam user manual.


[2:04:20] Memo culture over meeting culture.


[2:11:55] Fighting organizational entropy.


[2:14:12] Raised secularly, what does Sam get out of theology?


[2:22:54] The perils of postmodernism.


[2:26:35] Network theory and relationship management.


[2:39:33] The investor-swaying juice cart moment.


[2:41:22] Metabolic health and the Levels mission.


[2:45:29] Who is Levels hiring right now?


[2:46:37] Physical over philosophical minimalism.


[2:51:37] Why Sam has a travel-sized copy of the US Constitution.


[2:55:21] Parting thoughts.


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