All Episodes
It's counterintuitive to rest, do it anyway.
Recounting a lesson I have had to learn and re-learn time and time again. (a full transcript is available on the website)
What you want vs what you want to want
This is part of the same thought I had yesterday around generalists vs specialists, but tackles the desire angle instead. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Generalist vs Specialist
Exploring the idea of a generalized specialist – an unfinished thought I want to explore over a few days. Using a new microphone today, and clearly the audio needs som...
Forgiving yourself for your mistakes.
Let's just not beat ourselves up about our mistakes and deal with the aftermath more productively, yeah? (a full transcript is available on the website)
How to do great work ahead of your deadline.
Sharing some of the tactics I've used in the past to help myself perform better without being under the gun. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Why you do your best work right before that deadline.
A little rumination on why we do some of our best work at the last minute and why that's not so great. (a full transcript is available on the website)
The inevitable block you hit with any habit eventually.
Thinking out loud today about the future of The Daily 5 and reflecting on creative habits in general. (a full transcript is available on the website)
When it's hard to start, try a different approach.
Musing out loud on how to focus on deep work more, when it feels hard to start. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Notice. Wait. Take Action.
An unfinished thought about when to take action when you notice something going wrong. Not a big fan of the audio quality in this episode, you have been forewarned. (a...
On Balance
A very raw thought on balancing the different parts of our lives and context switching. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Don't grow too quickly.
An unfinished thought about growing too quickly and too much. (a full transcript is available on the website)The news about Apple – https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/ne...
Deliberate Practice
Thinking back to a time when I employed deliberate practice, then riffing on what it means and what we could do with it.(a full transcript is available on the website)...
Writing off the day.
This is more of a ramble than anything else, on the idea of a "cheat day". (a full transcript is available on the website)Ali's "Reitoff Principle" – https://aliabdaal...
Choose effectiveness over the long run, over efficiency.
Some musings about the difference between effectiveness and efficiency, and how to choose the one to aim for.
Aim to be 1 percent better everyday.
What if you tried to be just a little bit better everyday, instead of trying to turn your whole life around in one day?
Beginning the day with a mindfulness practice.
I was reminded today of how much more reasonable you feel after you've done a short mindfulness practice. So here's a short riff on that. :)
What we measure, we improve.
A short riff on tracking meaningful metrics and how they can help you do better and get better.
Day 30 is the time to reflect, systemize, and make a plan for your new routine.
A half celebratory and half forward-focussed thought on how to carry on after Day 30 of a new habit or routine.
Boundaries at work.
An episode recorded from a hotel room about professional boundaries. My apologies in advanced for the lack of a pop filter. 😅
Mornings startups and Shutdown routines
Riffing on the concept of morning and shutdown routines and how they can affect your day.
Do The thing.
I've been productively procrastinating. Do you do that? Well, this is a tiny kick in the butt to not do so, and go do The thing.
If you can't sleep, get out of bed.
A midnight thought about how to help you sleep better by getting out bed when you can't fall asleep.
Don't let your tools control you.
PSA for all of us who use Slack, Teams, or any other work instant messaging system and feel ruled by it.
Balance is overrated.
Or maybe balance isn't overrated and rather our definition of balance is flawed. Because "balance" doesn't help you achieve things in life. I'm weirdly fired up in thi...
Figuring out our 'why'.
How do we figure out why we want to do what we do? How do we figure out how to give meaning to our lives? And how do we live a life according to our values? Heck, how ...