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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Deep work & focus
Podcast
Breaking hidden time rules and reclaiming cognitive focus
How I Work
June 4, 2025
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
7
Motivation
6
- Unexamined childhood assumptions silently govern how you spend time
- You only have ~3 hours of real cognitive focus per day
- Optimising productivity systems just makes you better at the wrong things
Deep work & focus
Podcast
How Ben Shewry protects his creative passion amid growing success
How I Work
June 2, 2025
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
7
Work-life balance
6
- Success pulls you away from the work that made you successful
- T-shaped people with broad interests are measurably more creative
- Music as operational tool: Attica uses it to prime the whole team pre-service
Overcoming time anxiety: strategies for guilt, email, and priorities
How I Work
May 28, 2025
Time management
9
Productivity & habits
8
- Deciding what is 'enough' beats trying to optimise everything.
- Email bankruptcy: archive all unanswered messages every January.
- Ask 'what matters right now?' to cut through priority paralysis.
Work-life balance
Podcast
How to spend less time worrying using scheduled future check-ins
How I Work
May 26, 2025
Work-life balance
9
Resilience & grit
7
Mental health & wellbeing
6
- Worry is an attempt to mentally inhabit a future you can't reach
- Schedule a calendar reminder weeks out — then stop worrying now
- Nine times out of ten, the worry never needed your attention
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Counterintuitive strategies for sustainable energy and productivity
How I Work
May 21, 2025
Productivity & habits
10
Physical & cognitive performance
8
Deep work & focus
7
- Stopping work mid-sentence makes starting the next day effortless.
- Seven hours daily on email and meetings leaves no room for deep work.
- Two hall passes a week make daily habits more likely to stick.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Breaking the email cycle: strategies for inbox control
How I Work
May 19, 2025
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
- Email feels productive but is really just a dopamine trap
- Delegate first-touch: never be the first to see incoming mail
- Let someone else set the rules — you'll only break your own
Pre-mortem and pre-victorum: plan goals by imagining both outcomes
How I Work
May 12, 2025
Goal setting
9
Long-term planning
6
- Writing a future failure story surfaces blockers goal-setting misses
- Stanford found nurse shortages, not researcher gaps, blocked breakthroughs
- Pairing failure and success narratives reveals what actually drives results
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Dr. Amantha Imber on her real productivity systems and daily habits
How I Work
May 7, 2025
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
8
Time management
7
- Why checking email only twice a day is unrealistic advice
- Consistent sleep timing beats every other energy habit
- Change your default environment — willpower alone won't stick
Deep work & focus
Podcast
How Muse co-founder Ariel Garten uses neurofeedback to stay focused
How I Work
April 30, 2025
Deep work & focus
9
Physical & cognitive performance
7
Founder interviews
5
- Wandering thoughts aren't meditation failure — they're the whole point.
- A 5-minute prefrontal cortex workout strengthens focus like a gym set.
- Your bad habits become the trigger to return to what actually matters.
Mental health & wellbeing
Podcast
How to take a self-compassion break in three steps
How I Work
April 28, 2025
Mental health & wellbeing
9
- Self-compassion isn't bubble baths — it's a three-step practice.
- Physical touch (hand on heart) activates your body's soothing response.
- Treat yourself exactly as you'd treat a struggling friend.
How to run meetings that actually work, with Steven Rogelberg
How I Work
April 23, 2025
Communication
10
Management
8
Processes & SOPs
6
- Agendas alone don't improve meetings — questions do.
- Meeting leaders rate their own meetings far higher than attendees.
- Silent brainstorming generates nearly twice as many ideas.
Naming the elephant in the room at work
How I Work
April 21, 2025
- Saying the obvious out loud instantly defuses workplace tension
- We bury conflict in passive-aggressive messages instead of naming it
- One direct sentence can replace an entire dance of denial
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Thriving in uncertainty: resilience, meaning, and future thinking
How I Work
April 16, 2025
Resilience & grit
9
Communication
7
Long-term planning
5
- Asking teams to pivot triggers a hidden mattering crisis.
- Resilience is five trainable skills — not toughness or grit.
- Leaders build trust by planning for futures, not predicting them.
Physical & cognitive performance
Podcast
Three non-negotiable health habits for energy and well-being
How I Work
April 14, 2025
Physical & cognitive performance
8
- Irregular wake times give you weekly jet lag without the travel
- Planned 'haul passes' make exercise 40% more consistent long-term
- 30g protein per meal stops cravings and midday energy crashes
Mental health & wellbeing
Podcast
How to extend your holiday well-being for up to 43 days
How I Work
April 7, 2025
Mental health & wellbeing
8
Physical health & longevity
6
- Holiday well-being can last nearly six weeks after you return
- Mental detachment from work beats every other holiday factor
- Mixing home and away time outperforms trips spent fully abroad