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Answering your productivity and self-development questions every week.
If you’re listening to this, there’s a good chance you’re a human being. (Although the speed at which AI is developing may be not all of you...
What are your priorities today? What about tomorrow? Do you even know? This week, I’m sharing a simple switch you can make that will make pr...
Podcast 414 "Organisation is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up. But if you spend all your...
“I have the most ill-regulated memory. It does those things which it ought not to do and leaves undone the things it ought to have done. But...
Podcast 412 Continuing my series on designing the “perfect” retirement, this week, I share some insights on one of the most common fears of...
Podcast 411 Last July, I had a conversation with my father-in-law. He was scared and worried. He was due to retire at the end of 2026 (now o...
Have you ever wondered how those in highly demanding jobs that require almost 24/7 attention to the job manage to do it? Well, I’ve been res...
Email, Teams, Slack and other instant messaging systems are great, until they clog up our day and we find we spend more time responding to m...
"The key is not to prioritise what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities." Ah, Stephen Covey got it right. If you don’t know w...
“By far, the greatest danger of AI is that people conclude too early that they understand it” —Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI researcher AI is everyw...
Steve Jobs once said, “Deciding what NOT to do is as important as deciding what TO do”, and that quote has been, and still is, a cornerstone...
“If everything’s important, then nothing is important”. You’ve probably heard that many times. Yet, are you guilty of ignoring it? In today’...
Podcast 405 "Pen and paper will solve almost anything. Or at least start the process." - Nicholas Bate This week, I have a special episode f...
Peter Drucker once said “Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else” How is your management of time? Links: Email Me | Twitter | F...
You’ve probably heard of something called AI. It seems everyone is talking about it. The question is: how will this affect our productivity,...
Albert Einstein once said, “Organised people are just too lazy to go looking for what they want.” And I think he makes a very good point. Li...
WOW! We’ve reached the 400th episode of this podcast. I’d like to thank all of you for being here with me on this incredible journey. And no...
“Most people overestimate what they can achieve in twelve months and underestimate what they can accomplish in a decade.” I first heard that...
"The first ritual you do during the day is the highest leveraged ritual, by far, because it has the effect of setting the mind and setting t...
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returnin...
"In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more l...
"The mind is like water. When it's turbulent, it's hard to see. When it's calm, everything becomes clear." — Kobe Bryant Kobe Bryant was def...
Back in October, I gave you the five questions to ask yourself before 2026. In this special follow-up episode, I share with you what you can...
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." That’s a quote from one of my favourite people, and a friend of this p...
“When I was Leader of the Opposition in the UK and some time out from an election which we were expected to win, I visited President Clinton...
"Prioritise what matters. You can't be everywhere, do everything, and have everything!" That’s a quote from Oprah Winfrey, and it captures t...
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." That’s a famous quote from Groucho Marx and encapsulates perfe...
Hyrum Smith, the creator of the Franklin planner, once said: "When your daily activities are in concert with your highest priorities, you ha...
“I used to say, ‘I sure hope things will change, ' then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change." Tha...
“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.” That is possibly one of Stephen Covey’s most fa...
I want to begin today’s episode by thanking you for listening to this podcast. Earlier this week, this podcast surpassed one million downloa...
"The real magic lies at the intersection between eating, moving, and sleeping. If you can do all three well, it will improve your daily ener...
Let me take some pressure off. Your problem is not discipline. Your problem is not organization. Your problem is not that you have yet to st...
“I'm not gifted. I'm not smarter than everybody else. I'm not stronger. I just have the ability to stick to a plan and not quit.” That’s a q...
"There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences." That’s a quote by...
"Think of yourself in a concert hall listening to the strains of the sweetest music when you suddenly remember that you forgot to lock your...
"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why." E...
“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential” That quote from Winston Churchill perfectly captures the dilemma we face when it...
“Word-processing is a normative, standardised tool. Obviously, you can change the page layout and switch fonts, but you cannot invent a form...
“If you want rest, you have to take it. You have to resist the lure of busyness, make time for rest, take it seriously, and protect it from...
“Every morning in SEAL training, my instructors, who at the time were all Vietnam veterans, would show up in my barracks room and the first...
”But the fact remains, with all the changes that have happened in our lifetime—whether we’re “boomers,” “Gen Xers,” “Millennials,” “Gen Zers...
“Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to...
“Whoever runs your schedule is the most important person in your world as Leader. You need time to think, time to study and time to get the...
Do you feel you have to push yourself every day just to stay on top of your work? Well, this week I’m looking at why this happens and what y...
How important is it to develop your Areas of Focus? That’s the question I am answering this week. You can subscribe to this podcast on: Podb...
How can you preserve simplicity and work at a reasonable pace in an increasingly complex and rushed environment? That’s the question I’m ans...
Podcast 369 What’s the most effective time management practice you can adopt today that will transform your productivity? You can subscribe...
Backlogs. We all have them. But, how do you clear them and then prevent them from happening again? That’s what we’re looking at today. You c...
Where would you start if you were to completely redesign your productivity and time management system? That’s what I’m looking at this week....