Management

YouTube

How leaders can build community and connection at work

Coaching for Leaders May 26, 2025

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Management 9

Culture building 9

Community building 6

• Missing community cancels out contribution and challenge entirely.
• Loneliness is as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
• Five-minute meeting rituals outperform costly after-hours events.

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Productivity & habits

Podcast

The workload fairy tale: why most knowledge work is optional

Deep Questions with Cal Newport May 26, 2025

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Productivity & habits 8

Work-life balance 7

Time management 7

• Four-day workweek studies reveal most of your 40 hours produces no value.
• AI agents are stalling — scaling laws failed, smart search wins instead.
• Continuous Slack use harms cognition; the workflow, not the tool, is the problem.

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Founder interviews

Podcast

How Tamara Mellon built and lost control of Jimmy Choo

Founders May 26, 2025

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Founder interviews 10

Business models 7

Bootstrapping 6

• Ceding majority control cost her the company she built
• Being your own customer is the sharpest product compass
• Private equity's short-term focus destroys what founders spend years building

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Case studies

Podcast

How Calm went from a quirky website to a $2 billion meditation app

How I Built This with Guy Raz May 26, 2025

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Case studies 10

Pivoting 7

Growth hacking 6

• Sleep Stories unlocked meditation's largest untapped market: everyone sleeps
• A 30-second 'do nothing' Facebook ad made 2017's first million-dollar month
• Refusing VC money forced scrappiness that built a more defensible business

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Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Stop caring what others think: a Stoic practice

The Daily Stoic May 26, 2025

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Identity & self-belief 9

Resilience & grit 6

• Seeking approval hands your wellbeing to what you can't control.
• Cato practised non-conformity daily so integrity held under pressure.
• Fear of judgment silently costs you presence, laughter, and memory.

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Work-life balance

Podcast

How to spend less time worrying using scheduled future check-ins

How I Work May 26, 2025

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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

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