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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Why visualising success can undermine your goals
How I Work
March 18, 2026
Goal setting
9
Resilience & grit
6
Management
5
- Visualising the end goal makes you less likely to achieve it.
- Failure goals turn rejection into measurable progress toward success.
- Athletes visualise obstacles and responses, never the trophy.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Using AI to prioritise tasks when everything feels urgent
How I Work
March 15, 2026
Productivity & habits
9
AI tools & automation
9
Processes & SOPs
6
- A weekly AI brain dump separates urgent tasks from noise in minutes
- Identifying your single most stressful task and doing it first reduces overall anxiety
- Connecting AI to email and calendar turns it into a real productivity assistant
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How hidden beliefs shape your goals, habits, and relationships
How I Work
March 11, 2026
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
- Limiting beliefs feel like facts — but they're not
- Venting reinforces false perceptions instead of resolving them
- Four questions can dissolve any belief causing you suffering
How to prepare your team for AI adoption without losing trust
How I Work
March 8, 2026
Management
9
AI strategy & adoption
8
Automation & tools
5
- Giving AI licenses without support actively destroys productivity, not boosts it.
- The one question every leader must ask: how do I get my people AI-ready?
- Change leads — not IT — are the real key to successful team AI adoption.
Daniel Coyle on storytelling, deep questions, and building local community
How I Work
March 4, 2026
Communication
9
Identity & self-belief
6
- Three questions that cut through small talk and build real connection
- Yellow doors: why saying yes to uncomfortable invitations changes your life
- Change happens slowly then blooms — how leaders should think like gardeners
AI tools & automation
Podcast
How to use AI to critique and stress-test your work
How I Work
March 1, 2026
AI tools & automation
9
Processes & SOPs
7
Iteration & feedback loops
5
- Basic AI prompts polish work — structured critique finds real flaws
- Quality gates score your output across eight diagnostic dimensions
- Works as a second opinion even when AI wrote the original draft
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Five skills that will make you more promotable in 2025
How I Work
February 25, 2026
Identity & self-belief
9
Communication
8
Productivity & habits
6
- 70% of workplace skills will change in the next five years
- Why using a single word transforms how you handle conflict
- How to use AI as a research partner without outsourcing your judgment
Founder interviews
Podcast
Leaving a 12-year identity behind: Dom Price on what comes after quitting
How I Work
February 11, 2026
Founder interviews
10
Management
7
Resilience & grit
6
- Why clarity rarely arrives before you quit — only after.
- AI productivity gains are meaningless if teams just fill time with meetings.
- Leaders who admit "I don't know" outperform those who fake certainty.
AI tools & automation
Podcast
How to use AI as a personal shopping assistant to save money
How I Work
February 8, 2026
AI tools & automation
9
Automation & tools
5
- Perplexity beats ChatGPT for live product research and comparisons
- Scheduled AI prompts can automate weekly price tracking for you
- Find fresher discount codes via Perplexity instead of coupon sites
Content marketing
Podcast
LinkedIn strategy built on depth, not reach
How I Work
February 4, 2026
Content marketing
9
Branding
6
AI tools & automation
5
- Return on intimacy beats return on investment for LinkedIn growth
- Deep comment threads, not impressions, signal content that resonated
- AI handles hooks and ideas; human voice does the actual writing
How an autistic CEO rebuilt her company culture around energy
How I Work
February 4, 2026
Culture building
9
Hiring & recruitment
7
Resilience & grit
6
- Why masking costs neurodivergent workers four times the energy
- Losing $500K forced a complete culture rebuild from scratch
- Six office days a month — and Friday meetings are banned
AI tools & automation
Podcast
Five AI hacks to take back control of your email inbox
How I Work
February 1, 2026
AI tools & automation
9
Automation & tools
6
Processes & SOPs
5
- Free AI tools can't touch your inbox — only paid integrations can
- Tables and scoped prompts turn 300 unread emails into a triage list
- Mirror your recipient's writing style to get better replies
AI tools & automation
Podcast
13 AI tools Dr Samantha Imber and Neo Applin use every day
How I Work
January 28, 2026
- Why using one AI tool for everything is leaving time on the table
- Granola, Whisper Flow, and Consensus: three under-used daily essentials
- Running AI locally keeps sensitive data off the cloud entirely
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Making time for what matters: Oliver Burkeman on limits and letting go
How I Work
January 21, 2026
Productivity & habits
9
Goal setting
7
Deep work & focus
6
- Your to-do list is infinite — you're always choosing, not clearing
- Comparing output to zero, not infinity, dissolves productivity guilt
- Quantity goals beat quality goals for getting creative work moving
Recovering from burnout as a leader: radical honesty and rebuilding culture
How I Work
January 14, 2026
Communication
9
Case studies
8
Resilience & grit
6
- Hiding burnout from your team backfires — they sense it anyway.
- Long tenure can quietly kill innovation from inside an organisation.
- A dismissed gen AI bet became a third of company revenue within months.