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
How Jake Knapp makes complex decisions faster and protects deep work
How I Work
April 2, 2025
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Business operating systems
6
- Plot every option on multiple 2x2 charts to eliminate decision bias
- Deliver outcomes inside long meetings, not plans for later
- Saying no to social media and email protects your most valuable work
Relationships & family
Podcast
Managing work-travel guilt as a new parent through honest communication
How I Work
March 31, 2025
Relationships & family
9
Mental health & wellbeing
5
- Hiding enjoyment of work trips makes things worse, not better
- Six weeks' notice for travel gives both partners time to prepare
- Pre-cooking all meals before leaving removes a concrete burden
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
When your career becomes your identity: risks and strategies
How I Work
March 26, 2025
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
Mental health & wellbeing
5
- Role loss can trigger identity collapse if work is your whole self.
- Traits — not job titles — are the only identity no one can take.
- Hobbies, diverse friendships, and abundant thinking buffer the risk.
AI tools & automation
Podcast
How to reverse engineer high-performing content using GenAI
How I Work
March 24, 2025
AI tools & automation
9
Copywriting
7
Content marketing
6
- Any great content has a hidden structure GenAI can extract
- Feed multiple examples to uncover shared patterns and replicate them
- Look beyond your own work — steal structure from global leaders
Productivity & habits
Podcast
A simple journaling system for people who keep quitting
How I Work
March 19, 2025
Productivity & habits
10
Goal setting
6
- Three morning questions that build presence, clarity, and daily focus
- Six-week sprint cycles prevent daily work collapsing into reactive to-dos
- Two words in tension beat a single word of the year every time
AI tools & automation
Podcast
Build an AI advisory board using the @ trick in ChatGPT
How I Work
March 17, 2025
AI tools & automation
9
Automation & tools
6
- Use @ in ChatGPT Plus to summon expert personas mid-conversation
- New GPTs must be used once before they appear in the @ pop-up
- Free-tier users can replicate this with named threads and copy-paste
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Overcoming people-pleasing to lead with clarity and respect
How I Work
March 12, 2025
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
Communication
5
- Needing to be liked as CEO makes honest feedback impossible
- Vague feedback wrapped in reassurance is the real unkindness
- The self-critical 'whip' feels like drive — but isn't
AI tools & automation
Podcast
Using multiple AI models as a personal advisory board
How I Work
March 10, 2025
AI tools & automation
9
Processes & SOPs
5
- Different AI models return genuinely different perspectives, not just variations
- Run complex problems through two models, then synthesise the best outputs
- ChatGPT excels at analysis; Claude at writing; Gemini is rapidly closing the gap
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Burnout recovery, boundaries and productivity tools with Dr Amantha Imber
How I Work
March 5, 2025
Resilience & grit
9
Management
6
Processes & SOPs
5
- The 'Yes But' method lets you set boundaries without saying no
- Burnout recovery requires owning what you created, not just coping
- SCAR and cyclic sighing cut stress faster than mindset work alone
AI tools & automation
Podcast
Getting better AI results by asking AI to interview you
How I Work
March 3, 2025
AI tools & automation
9
Processes & SOPs
5
- AI assumes when context is missing — most prompts guarantee mediocre output.
- Telling AI to ask questions until 95% confident transforms result quality.
- One round of Q&A is usually enough; prompt for more if needed.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Rewiring exhausted minds: Sarah Grynberg on mindset, gossip, and authentic living
How I Work
February 26, 2025
Identity & self-belief
9
Productivity & habits
7
Mental health & wellbeing
6
- 95% of your negative thoughts are the same ones repeating daily.
- Gossiping bonds through negativity — and quietly poisons your environment.
- Forgiveness frees you, not the person who wronged you.
Mental health & wellbeing
Podcast
How Qigong helped Lisa Leong reconnect mind, body and joy
How I Work
February 24, 2025
Mental health & wellbeing
7
- When biohacking fails, movement-based meditation can break the cycle
- Lisa flew to the US to learn Qigong from a master — it worked
- A single mindful moment with a bee signalled her joy had returned
Mental health & wellbeing
Podcast
How a psychologist recognised and recovered from burnout
How I Work
February 19, 2025
Mental health & wellbeing
8
Resilience & grit
7
Identity & self-belief
5
- Holidays relieve burnout temporarily — returning to the same conditions resets it
- Fear-based leadership decisions are a hidden driver of sustained burnout
- Identifying what you can't control is the first real step to recovery
Why bringing your best self to work beats your whole self
How I Work
February 17, 2025
Communication
9
Culture building
8
Identity & self-belief
5
- Unchecked authenticity spreads negative emotion and harms teams
- Oversharing erodes trust; processed vulnerability builds it
- Leaders set the emotional weather — show up accordingly
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Self-compassion at work: handling setbacks, saying no, and building resilience
How I Work
February 12, 2025
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
6
- Self-criticism after mistakes actively worsens performance — self-compassion doesn't.
- A two-minute 'self-compassion break' works anywhere, even mid-meeting.
- Saying no is fierce self-compassion — a skill, not selfishness.