How I Work
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How I Work explores practical ideas on work habits, productivity, decision-making, and building more sustainable ways of operating.
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Included for practical guidance on work habits, productivity, decision-making, and building more sustainable ways of operating.
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Nir Eyal on timeboxing, relationships, and managing internal triggers
How I Work
January 17, 2024
Time management
9
Deep work & focus
7
Relationships & family
6
- To-do lists create anxiety; constraints from calendars force real trade-offs.
- Friendships don't end in fights — they starve to death through neglect.
- All distraction is an attempt to escape discomfort, not a tech problem.
Physical & cognitive performance
Podcast
How Lisa Leong turned burnout and shingles into a personal health lab
How I Work
January 10, 2024
Physical & cognitive performance
8
Physical health & longevity
7
Resilience & grit
5
- Being fit and healthy are not the same thing.
- Qigong beat every biohacking gadget for restoring joy.
- Work backwards from age 100 to build your daily habits.
Physical & cognitive performance
Podcast
Breaking sugar addiction and building lasting health habits
How I Work
January 9, 2024
Physical & cognitive performance
9
Productivity & habits
6
Physical health & longevity
5
- Saying "I don't" instead of "I can't" boosts healthy choices by 50%
- Sleep restriction — less time in bed — is the most powerful insomnia cure
- Post-meal 10-minute walks significantly blunt blood glucose spikes
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How Amantha Imber wrote and published The Health Habit
How I Work
January 8, 2024
Productivity & habits
8
PR & media
7
Processes & SOPs
6
- Why health books keep failing — and how behaviour science fixes it
- The streak board, hall passes, and temptation bundling that got 60,000 words written
- Audiobook recording is harder than writing the whole manuscript
Resilience & grit, Productivity & habits, Motivation
Podcast
Investigative journalist Nick McKenzie on stress, trust, and staying sane
How I Work
February 15, 2023
Resilience & grit, Productivity & habits, Motivation
8
Collaboration, Communication, Conflict resolution
7
Resilience under extreme pressure, High-stakes decision making
6
- Fear of failure — not ambition — is the best guard against confirmation bias.
- How running mid-afternoon solves problems, purges anger, and wins source trust.
- Five years of defamation warfare taught him to channel stress, not eliminate it.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Dan Pink: why regret is your most useful emotion
How I Work
December 28, 2022
- Suppressing regret wastes its signal — it clarifies what you value.
- Annual top-three regret review beats New Year's resolutions.
- "What would I tell my best friend?" is the best decision tool.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How 1-800-GOT-JUNK CEO Brian Scudamore builds culture and vision at scale
How I Work
July 13, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Culture building
9
Vision & mission
7
- Writing down a five-year vision — not a plan — unlocks real belief.
- Personal 60-second welcome videos cost minutes but build lasting loyalty.
- Repeating the same message in different channels beats any single all-hands.
A simple numbers trick to make networking less overwhelming
How I Work
July 4, 2022
Communication
8
Prospecting & outreach
6
- People cluster in pairs — find the odd one out
- Odd-numbered groups signal someone needs a conversation partner
- Turns an overwhelming room into a solvable targeting problem
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Four career lessons from top Australian business leaders
How I Work
January 24, 2022
Resilience & grit
8
Identity & self-belief
7
Long-term planning
6
- Hard times develop you more than comfortable periods ever will.
- Position yourself in growing sectors — opportunity rises with them.
- Not all feedback is equal; filter by who is qualified to judge.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Three practical tools for managing time and email
How I Work
January 17, 2022
Productivity & habits
8
Time management
7
Automation & tools
6
- A Chrome plugin shows exactly where your online time disappears.
- A free calculator proves you have more spare hours than you think.
- An email client forces batch checking by limiting delivery to twice daily.
Four practical tools for writing more clearly and effectively
How I Work
January 10, 2022
- Target a year-nine reading level to maximise clarity and comprehension.
- Grammarly catches grammar errors live inside Gmail and LinkedIn.
- Identify any font from an image with WhatTheFont.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
A weekly tech Sabbath ritual to reclaim rest from your devices
How I Work
December 20, 2021
Productivity & habits
8
Work-life balance
7
Automation & tools
6
- Shutting off all devices for 24 hours each week reduces compulsive checking.
- Ritual and a friend's accountability make the tech Sabbath actually stick.
- Motion.io merges task lists and calendar into one dopamine-friendly workflow.
Work-life balance
Podcast
Making your home office work: aesthetics and rituals with Lucy Feagins
How I Work
October 11, 2021
Work-life balance
8
Productivity & habits
7
- A daily setup ritual is the fastest way to separate work from home life.
- Your Zoom backdrop is now part of your professional presentation — curate it.
- Layered lamp light beats harsh overheads for mood and natural-feeling ambience.
Replacing "have to" with "get to" to shift motivation
How I Work
October 4, 2021
Motivation
8
Identity & self-belief
5
- One word swap turns obligation into genuine motivation
- "Have to" kills intrinsic drive; "get to" restores it
- Works for chores, exercise, and high-stakes professional moments
Productivity & habits
Podcast
A weekly device-free ritual and a unified calendar-task tool
How I Work
August 23, 2021
Productivity & habits
8
Deep work & focus
7
Work-life balance
5
- A Friday tech Sabbath breaks device dependency with a shared ritual.
- Accountability partner and ceremony make the habit actually stick.
- Motion.io merges task list and calendar into one drag-and-drop view.