Podcast Episodes

My Favourite Tip: Sam Wood - You don’t have to think about it if you do it every day

You’re tackling a huge project - something that’ll take you multiple months, if not years. Maybe you’re writing a book, learning a new skill, or tryi…

3 years, 3 months ago

Marketing pioneer Ann Handley shares tools, tactics and attitudes that will make you a better writer

When marketing expert and author Ann Handley says everyone should improve their writing skills, she doesn’t mean we should all be turning our email e…

3 years, 3 months ago

My Favourite Tip: Matt Jones - Don’t underestimate aesthetics

At Four Pillars Gin, they have a mantra: they’re ‘makers, not marketers’. Ironically, they have some of the best marketing in the world! 

But it’s al…

3 years, 3 months ago

BEST OF: “Quirkology” Professor Richard Wiseman on using magic to up your public speaking game

**BEST OF 2022**

If you know anything about magic, you know a true magician never reveals his secrets. While psychologist and author Richard Wiseman …

3 years, 3 months ago

My Favourite Tip: Hugh van Cuylenburg - It all comes back to ‘why’

Hugh van Cuylenburg hangs up the phone - he’s been speaking to his (very) pregnant wife, who’s struggling at home without him. He’s exhausted too, af…

3 years, 3 months ago

BEST OF: Eric Barker on his Five-Four Rule and deliberate work-life imbalance

**BEST OF 2022**

It’s the greatest productivity debate of our time: how do we achieve work-life balance? Or maybe the real debate should be: is work-…

3 years, 3 months ago

My Favourite Tip - Dom Price: Just do one thing

Atlassian’s Dom Price is just like anyone else - some days, he just doesn’t want to get out of bed. The difference is: he stays in bed. 

After decade…

3 years, 3 months ago

BEST OF: Learning on the job - how Brian Koppelman turned his first movie into a DIY film school

**BEST OF 2022**

For productivity geeks like us, the professional writer can become a bit of a mystic figure. When we fantasise about finally perfect…

3 years, 4 months ago

My Favourite Tip - Catriona Wallace: Avoid bad money

How much is a million-dollar investment worth? 

If that feels like a trick question, maybe you haven’t come across ‘bad money’ the way Dr Catriona Wa…

3 years, 4 months ago

BEST OF: Meetup CEO David Siegel teaches you to make better, faster, more purposeful decisions

**BEST OF 2022**

David Siegel’s in his third CEO role, and if all his years of experience as a leader have taught him anything, it’s that most people…

3 years, 4 months ago