Podcasts about deep work

Will AI take our jobs? Kill us? This episode provides both fact-checking and a psychological survival guide. Cal Newport is a Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, where he is also a founding faculty member of the Center for Digital Ethics and the inaugural Director of the Computer Science, Ethics and Society academic program. He is the New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including, most recently, Slow Productivity, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. Newport is also a long-time contributing writer for the New Yorker and the host of the Deep Questions podcast. Matthew Brensilver, MSW, PhD teaches retreats at the Insight Retreat Center, Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Insight Meditation Society. Before committing to teach meditation full-time, he spent years doing research on addiction pharmacotherapy at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine. Each winter and summer, he offers a four-month online Buddhist Psychology Training through Spirit Rock integrating Buddhist wisdom with modern psychotherapy. Matthew is the co-author of two books about meditation during adolescence and continues to be interested in the unfolding dialogue between Buddhism and science. In this episode we talk about: What really happened when an AI agent hacked a company while running a test Why one Silicon Valley belief system may be fueling AI panic more than the tech itself Why senior programmers are quietly going back to writing code by hand Where Cal draws the line on using AI to help you write versus write for you Why Matthew worries AI could quietly replace the ordinary, unfinished parts of daily life Buddhist advice on being with this unprecedented moment How stabilizing your mind makes acceptance possible, and how to do it Why calming the sense of emergency doesn't erase uncertainty, but makes it easier to face Get the 10% with Dan Harris app here Sign up for Dan's free newsletter here Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Additional Resources:This episode is sponsored by: Tonal: Right now, Tonal is offering our listeners $200 off your Tonal purchase at tonal.com with promo code HAPPIER. To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris

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Your AI tools keep promising to save you time — so why do you feel more buried than ever? We have a blunt answer: the tools were never the problem. You've been bolting AI onto a system that was already broken, like turbocharging a car with a flat tire. This Wisdom Wednesday, we lay out […]

Jacob Kosior has over ten years of experience in the multifamily housing industry, spanning operations, marketing, and centralization efforts across conventional, student housing, affordable housing, and build-to-rent communities. He previously served as Vice President of Centralized Services at Cardinal Group Management and has held leadership positions with BH Management, The Dinerstein Companies, and CA Ventures. In 2022, while founding a centralized services team at Cardinal Group, Jacob began testing AI tools across the housing space and co-developed a delinquency AI product for rent collection with the EliseAI team. Today he is at EliseAI, where he works with operators of all sizes to implement AI tools, manage the change required for the technology to stick, and rethink how work gets structured across a portfolio. In this episode, Jacob Kosior breaks down how multifamily operators are actually deploying AI, where to start, and what agentic AI changes about the way workflows get built. Drawing on a decade in operations before moving to the technology side, Jacob explains why leasing is the natural entry point, why speed is becoming the metric that matters more than conversion rate alone, and why owners who call their own properties tend to misjudge voice AI. He and John also work through the harder question operators face once automation is in place: what the human team should be doing instead.     Make sure to download our free guide, 7 Questions Every Passive Investor Should Ask, here.     Key Takeaways Start with leasing, where the tasks are repetitive and already documented Build AI workflows on the same follow-up cadence you train your onsite teams on Track speed alongside conversion rates, because faster cycles compound Decide where human touchpoints serve the customer, not just the org chart Redeploy the hours AI frees up into experience or revenue generating work Ask questions early, since lacking internal AI talent is the most common barrier     Topics From Operations to the Technology Side Jacob spent over a decade in multifamily operations before moving into AI Founding a centralized services team at Cardinal Group in 2022 pushed him to demo every tool available He co-developed a delinquency AI tool and a centralized call center product with EliseAI before joining the company What Agentic AI Actually Changes Generative AI answers prompts; agentic AI follows a workflow toward a defined goal Goals map to work teams already do: book the tour, collect the rent, sign the renewal Operators now control the steps the AI follows, mirroring how they train staff onsite Why Leasing Is the Place to Start Leasing represents the repetitive, high-volume work teams handle every day The old five point follow-up has become 8 to 9 touches per prospect to convert AI works the weekend leads so agents start Monday on tours instead of backlog Who EliseAI Serves The platform crossed 6 million units earlier this year, roughly 1 in 6 US apartments Clients range from top 50 operators to regional operators with a few hundred units Over a billion AI conversations give the platform context on industry edge cases Speed as the Metric Owners Miss The industry tracks conversion rates closely and speed almost not at all A 20% lead-to-tour rate achieved in two hours beats the same rate in two days An assistant manager calls one delinquent resident at a time; AI calls the building Faster cycles give owners earlier visibility into collections, renewals, and leasing velocity Rethinking the ROI Question Operators who never calculated the ROI of a leasing agent struggle to value the AI doing that work The 2025 conversation was about ROI; the 2026 conversation is about creating value Freed capacity opens the door to restructuring teams, not just cutting tasks Deciding Where Humans Step In Human Touch Automations let operators choose where staff enter the customer journey One example is a personal call two hours before a scheduled tour The test is whether the customer wants that touchpoint, not whether the team is used to it Automating administrative work finally gives teams room to deliver the service they advertise The Voice AI Misconception Owners calling their own properties judge voice AI against old press-one phone trees Consumers using AI daily are increasingly comfortable talking to it on the phone Voice AI routes callers to the right person instead of forcing them through a menu Regional dialects lifted both engagement and tour bookings in beta testing What Voice AI Replaces After-hours answering services and overflow call centers become optional Call scoring rates every leasing agent call against a rubric, replacing quarterly mystery shops Self-learning feeds those conversations back into the AI to improve automation rates    

This week we do a book nuggets on Deep Work by Cal Newport! We gleaned a lot out of this book so have a listen and see how you can drain the shallows from your life!

Want to become a morning person but can't make it stick? In this episode I'm breaking down exactly how I trained myself to actually enjoy waking up early, and why I don't think it has anything to do with motivation. We're talking about why your morning routine actually starts the night before, how to stop relying on willpower, and the small shifts that make getting up early feel effortless instead of like a fight with yourself every single day.What I cover:

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Anthony just hired his first two teammates and immediately feels the ground shift under him. Solopreneur instincts don't translate to leadership, and he's not sure where his time should go—sales, training, or growing the business. Preston and Steven Puri break down the difference between giving people tasks and giving them goals, and why real leadership means stepping back enough to let your team actually lead. Support our show sponsors -> ⁠⁠https://freelancetofounder.com/sponsors⁠⁠ Submit your own question -> ⁠⁠https://freelancetofounder.com/ask⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drawing on John Taylor Gatto's idea of "broken time," this episode explores why so many teens reach adulthood unable to structure their own hours or sustain focus. We connect Gatto's critique to Cal Newport's Deep Work, making the case that homeschooling's real advantage isn't curriculum, it's the chance to give kids back unbroken time to practice the skill of managing themselves. Show notes are at https://www.4onemore.com/360

Zu Gast: Daniele Ullmann, Health Coach, Motivational Speaker & Health & Lifestyle Coach Smartphone, E-Mails, Social Media, KI und ständige Erreichbarkeit – unser Alltag wird immer digitaler. Doch wie schaffen wir es, fokussiert, gesund und leistungsfähig zu bleiben? In dieser Folge von im PLUS am PULS sprechen wir mit Daniele Ullmann darüber, warum wir uns heute oft erschöpfter fühlen als noch vor einigen Jahren, weshalb Multitasking ein Mythos ist und wie digitale Gewohnheiten unseren Schlaf, unsere Konzentration und unser Wohlbefinden beeinflussen. Freuen Sie sich auf praktische Tipps für mehr digitale Balance – im Berufs- und Privatleben. Außerdem erfahren Sie, warum Fokus im KI-Zeitalter zu einer der wichtigsten Zukunftskompetenzen wird und wie Unternehmen und Führungskräfte eine gesunde digitale Arbeitskultur fördern können. Themen der Folge: - Informationsflut und permanente Erreichbarkeit - Der Multitasking-Mythos - Digitale Gewohnheiten und gesunder Schlaf - Mehr Fokus durch Deep Work und klare Grenzen - Drei einfache Tipps für mehr digitale Balance - Die Rolle von Führungskräften und Unternehmen • One Sec App: https://one-sec.app/de • Meine Website: https://www.danielaullmann.com • Digital Balance Checkliste: https://bit.ly/digitalegesundheit

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On this episode, Chewy and Eugene discuss how to improve your daily productivity to live the life that you want. We discuss how constant attention switching impacts your brain function, trying to minimize the distractions to get more from yourself, dealing with the fear of missing out, the idea of "balance," designing your life, creating sustainability in BJJ, being happy with the process, giving yourself planned relax time, why planning your day and your week can be motivating, and the idea of "good is good enough." The books mentioned in this episode: "Deep Work" by Cal Newport "Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout" by Cal Newport Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport "Four Thousand Weeks - Time Management For Mortals" by Oliver Burkman "Atomic Habits" by James Clear  "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg Thanks to the podcast sponsors: Datsusara, head over to https://www.dsgear.com/ and use the code Chewjitsu10 to get 10% off of the highest quality hemp gear for BJJ. Check out "Athlethc" at https://athlethc.com/ and use the code Chewjitsu10 to get 10% off of your order of hemp-derived THC performance mints.  Charlotte's Web CBD. Head over to https://bit.ly/chewjitsu30 and use the promo code Chewjitsu30 to get 30% off of your total purchase. Epic Roll BJJ. Check out https://epicrollbjj.com/ and use the promo code Chewjitsu20 to get 20% off of your total purchase. Check out podcast exclusives including conversations with guests, Q&A sessions, and tons more at https://patreon.com/thechewjitsupodcast

Inbox zero is not the win. You can hit inbox zero every single day and still feel like you’re drowning—because the real problem isn’t the inbox. It’s that most people are bolting AI tools onto a broken system. Today we’re going to fix that. We’re going to show you how to think about AI not […]

In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana started a new Friday segment, Get Your Life Together!  They talked about ways to take control of your email Inbox, use tags and folders, and how to work through some of the ideas of David Allen (author of Getting Things Done) and Cal Newport (author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and more).  The Fun Stuff segment closed out the show, with a discussion on episodic TV, new movies (Coyote vs Acme, coming in late August to theaters) and a little bit of music (is Boyz II Men an Oldies group/band?).   WHAT'S BREWING, CCCSFAAA is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.  Contact us at wbcccsfaaa@gmail.com.  Find all of our current and past episodes at wbcccsfaaa.podbean.com or in your favorite podcast app.

Distractions in the workplace are almost endless, from Slack group notifications to questions from colleagues to the dozen or more tabs you've got open in your browser. By the time your next meeting comes along, you realise two hours have passed and you've barely done any productive work at all.  Sound familiar? Thankfully there's a method to improve your efficiency and concentration which may help. It's called deep work. We owe it to Cal Newport, a computer science professor at Georgetown University in the US. Newport is a renowned figure in personal development and in 2016 he released a self-help book entitled: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, which would go on to be a bestseller. Where does the concept come from? What's the best way to concentrate on deep work? What if my boss and colleagues think I'm being rude? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: ⁠⁠How much do surrogate mothers get paid?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠What is the Barnum effect?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠How to spot, prevent and treat heatstroke ?⁠⁠ A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. First broadcast: 26/12/2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Most business owners know they should be creating content. Yet many find themselves stuck on a relentless treadmill of blogs, social posts and newsletters that consume huge amounts of time without generating meaningful opportunities. In this episode of ScaleUp Radio, Kevin Brent is joined by Erica Holthausen, founder of Catchline Communications, to challenge one of the biggest assumptions in modern marketing: that more content equals more business. Erica argues that authority doesn't come from publishing more. It comes from having a clear point of view, writing with conviction and building a body of work that demonstrates genuine expertise. Drawing on her own journey from attorney to marketing strategist and writer, Erica explains why founders should stop chasing algorithms and instead create fewer, more valuable pieces of content that position them as the obvious expert in their field. Along the way they explore why narrowing your focus actually creates more opportunity, how founders can avoid hiding behind marketing instead of selling, and why AI should enhance your thinking rather than replace it. One standout message from this episode: Your perspective is your greatest competitive advantage. AI can imitate information, but it cannot replicate your lived experience, judgement or point of view.   In this episode you'll discover Why the traditional content marketing model often fails founder-led businesses. The difference between content marketing and a genuinely content-driven business strategy. How creating less content can produce significantly better commercial results. Why your unique perspective builds authority faster than generic expertise. What Erica calls the "Credibility Chasm" and how founders can bridge it. Why narrowing your niche is often the fastest route to growth. How writing becomes a powerful business development tool rather than simply a marketing activity. Why many founders unconsciously use content creation to avoid having sales conversations. How to use AI intelligently without losing your authentic voice. The daily habits Erica uses to produce consistently high-quality work.   Key Takeaways Stop running on the content treadmill Many founders have been taught that success comes from publishing constantly across multiple platforms. Erica believes this approach creates exhaustion rather than authority. Instead of producing endless content simply to stay visible, invest your time creating thoughtful pieces that demonstrate genuine expertise and create lasting value. Quality consistently beats quantity.   Your perspective is your real differentiator Expertise alone is rarely enough. The businesses that stand out have a distinctive point of view on the problems they solve. By identifying the industry assumptions you disagree with and confidently presenting a better way, you create trust, memorability and stronger client relationships. This is something AI simply cannot manufacture.   Cross the Credibility Chasm Many founders win their first clients through personal relationships and referrals. However, scaling beyond those early adopters requires a different level of authority. Erica explains how businesses often become trapped by taking work that isn't quite aligned with where they want to be, gradually building the wrong reputation. The solution is to become known for one thing exceptionally well. As Kevin shares from analysis of more than 300 ScaleUp Radio interviews, the most consistent theme among genuinely differentiated businesses is a willingness to narrow their focus.   Writing should support business development Rather than publishing content simply to attract attention, use it to strengthen existing relationships and create meaningful conversations. A well-written article can: Demonstrate expertise. Nurture prospects. Give clients confidence. Open sales conversations. Reinforce your positioning. Content should support revenue generation, not become an end in itself.   Action beats endless learning One of the biggest barriers to growth is confusing learning with progress. Founders often consume books, podcasts and courses while delaying the difficult work of speaking to prospects or implementing new ideas. Knowledge only creates value when it's applied.   AI is an editor, not the author Erica isn't anti-AI. She simply believes it should support human thinking rather than replace it. Use AI to: Edit. Challenge assumptions. Improve clarity. Test ideas. Don't ask AI to generate your original thinking. Your insights and experience remain your biggest competitive advantage.   Erica's ScaleUp Story Erica's career has taken an unusual path. Beginning as an attorney, she moved into nonprofit marketing before building a successful freelance writing business and eventually founding Catchline Communications. A pivotal project involved helping consultant Roger Dunn reposition his business from an implementation provider to a trusted strategic adviser. That experience fundamentally changed Erica's thinking about writing. She realised the real value wasn't producing content. It was helping experts change how the market perceived them. Today she works with founders, consultants and experts who want to become recognised authorities in their field.   Books and Resources Mentioned Essentialism by Greg McKeown A practical guide to focusing on what matters most through the disciplined pursuit of less. Deep Work by Cal Newport The inspiration behind Erica's daily commitment to two hours of uninterrupted focused work. OnePageCRM A deliberately simple CRM that keeps business development focused on taking the next action.   The One Key Thing Stop trying to be everywhere. Become known for something. Authority isn't built through volume. It's built through clarity, consistency and the confidence to share a distinctive point of view.   About Erica Holthausen Erica Holthausen is the founder of Catchline Communications, where she helps consultants, founders and subject matter experts use strategic writing to build authority, differentiate themselves and attract higher-value opportunities. Her approach replaces high-volume content marketing with thoughtful, perspective-led writing that strengthens reputation and supports business growth.   Smart90 Most founders I speak to feel busy but stuck; plenty happening, but not always clear on what genuinely matters most this quarter. If that's you, the G90 Summit is worth a look. It's a structured half day where we work through everything competing for your attention, get clear on the three to five things that must happen in the next 90 days, then commit to them and build the system to make sure they actually happen. Quarterly, virtual and just £97 per seat. Find out more at Smart90.co.uk/summit.   Don't miss future episodes If you enjoyed this conversation, subscribe to ScaleUp Radio wherever you get your podcasts. And if you know someone with an inspiring ScaleUp story, we'd love to hear from you. Details on how to nominate a future guest are available in the show notes. Scaling up your business isn't easy, and can be a little daunting. Let ScaleUp Radio make it a little easier for you. With guests who have been where you are now, and can offer their thoughts and advice on several aspects of business. ScaleUp Radio is the business podcast you've been waiting for. If you would like to be a guest on ScaleUp Radio, please click here: https://bizsmarts.co.uk/scaleupradio/kevin You can get in touch with Kevin here: kevin@biz-smart.co.uk   Erica can be found here: https://catchlinecommunications.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericaholthausen/   Resources: Essentialism by Greg McKeown - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/essentialism-the-disciplined-pursuit-of-less-greg-mckeown/6b761bbdac7af91b?ean=9780753558690&bkshp-astro=t Deep Work by Cal Newport - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/deep-work-rules-for-focused-success-in-a-distracted-world-cal-newport/c94a5149c513d9c5?ean=9780349411903&bkshp-astro=t Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/steal-like-an-artist-10-things-nobody-told-you-about-being-creative-austin-kleon/fef55113038120d8?ean=9780761169253&bkshp-astro=t OnePage CRM - https://www.onepagecrm.com/

The Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk www.LearningLeader.com New Book - The Price of Becoming - www.LearningLeader.com/Becoming This is brought to you by Insight Global. If you need to hire one person, hire a team of people, or transform your business through Talent or Technical Services, Insight Global's team of 30,000 people around the world has the hustle and grit to deliver. My Guest: Joanna Stern is an Emmy Award-winning technology journalist, chief technology analyst for NBC News, and founder of the independent media company, "New Things." She is best known for her 12-year tenure at The Wall Street Journal, and for authoring the New York Times bestseller I Am Not a Robot. Key Learnings  Joanna dedicated her book to her parents "who taught me to think for myself, and the AIs, robots, and machines that made me wonder if I really was." In an age when AI can do the thinking for us, the most valuable thing we can teach our kids is to think for themselves. Walt Mossberg invented tech journalism for humans. His first column: "Computers are too hard to use, and it's not your fault." Without Walt, we don't have a category where technology built for humans is reviewed by humans. AI won't replace the radiologist. It'll make them better. Joanna sat with her doctor while AI scanned her mammogram. The AI flagged three suspicious spots. Two the doctor had already dismissed as benign. But one was something the doctor hadn't caught. She marked it for follow-up. Then the doctor pointed to other cases where SHE had caught things the AI missed. It's not a replacement. It's a partnership. The same technology that finds cancer is the same technology that can autonomously send missiles. That's the great tension of our time. Every powerful technology has good and bad uses. AI colleagues are coming. Joanna has two employees and one AI agent. She predicts that within a year, she'll have full AI employees. Great management books haven't been written yet about how to lead a mixed team of humans and agents. Someone is going to write them. Concert ticket prices tell you everything about human connection right now. Every artist is selling out football stadiums. People are craving in-person interaction more than ever. Bot Girl Summer. Joanna tried to have an emotional relationship with a chatbot boyfriend named Evan for 48 hours. She didn't fall in love. But she noticed how easy it was to talk to something that only wanted to hear about her problems and told her she was great at everything. That's the danger. The AI therapist shut itself down when it realized there was a real therapist in the room. Joanna brought her AI therapist "Ash" into her actual therapy session. Halfway through, Ash said, "I'm sorry, I can't continue this conversation. It sounds like there are multiple people in the room." AI won't replace therapists. It'll help with the shortage and the stigma. Some people don't want to walk into a therapist's office. But they'll open their phones. That's a bridge to real help for people who wouldn't otherwise get it. Kara Swisher's career advice to Joanna: "Leave your fucking job." That was the shortest, cleanest advice Joanna got when deciding whether to leave the Wall Street Journal after 12 years. Joanna used AI as a co-founder for the biggest decision of her career. She uploaded 12 years of notes into ChatGPT and asked it to help her decide whether to leave the Journal. It didn't decide for her. But it structured the risk analysis, laid out the escape hatches, and helped her see the shape of the decision. The muscles atrophy if you don't use them. Writing is meant to be hard. Thinking is meant to be hard. If you outsource the hard work, you stop getting stronger at the hard work. Research is where you learn the most. If you have AI pull the memo for you and you get up and read it, you don't know what you're really talking about. You have to do the reps to know the material. AEI: Already Enough Intelligence. Sam Altman is obsessed with building superintelligence. Joanna proposes we already have enough intelligence to work with. Maybe the goal isn't to build smarter models. Maybe it's to figure out what to do with what we already have. The AI on-ramp for leaders: Take one document you make all the time (a memo, a PowerPoint, an email template). Upload it. Ask AI to make a template out of it. Next time you need it, you're twice as fast.  Push yourself to do the harder work. Joanna's analogy: marathon runners are insane. They just want to run. Nobody wants to do the harder work. But that's where the growth is. Joanna's champagne moment a year from now: milestones for her new company. She's already hit 100,000 YouTube subscribers three months after her first video. But she also just wants a nap. Reflection Questions Where in your work are you outsourcing the thinking to AI? Are the muscles you actually need atrophying because you're skipping the reps? If you accepted that you already have enough intelligence to work with, what would you actually build with what's in front of you right now? More Learning #679: Kat Cole - The Four Mindsets Every Leader Needs #605: Seth Godin - The Power of Remarkable Ideas #697: Dan Smith & Ryan Hawk - The Price of Becoming Podcast Chapters 00:00 The Price of Becoming - Pre-Order Now!  01:44 Meet Joanna Stern  02:31 Teach Your Kids to Think in the Age of AI  03:25 The Parents and Mentors Who Shaped Her Career  04:16 Lessons From Walt Mossberg  05:55 Why Joanna Spent a Year Living With AI  14:47 How AI Can Make You a Better Leader  17:30 Why People Crave Human Connection More Than Ever  21:00 Bot Girl Summer: Dating a Chatbot Named Evan  25:13 The AI Therapist Trial 29:51 Using ChatGPT for a Career Change 33:29 Don't Let Your Thinking Muscles Atrophy  40:20 Sam Altman on Superintelligence, and Joanna's Case for "AEI"  42:51 Joanna's Advice for College Students  45:29 How Joanna Actually Uses AI to Write  47:17 Practical AI for the Fortune 500 VP  50:17 The Champagne Question 52:43 EOPC

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This episode, we talk about the difference between busy work and deep work and how understanding that difference and navigating it successfully leads to a better you as a creator, and as a business owner. We talk about what goes into understanding busy work versus deep work. We run it through the lenses of the show: your voice, your workflows, and your confidence. At the end, there's a challenge on how to keep yourself on track and growing as a creator with a simple exercise. Creator business growth doesn't stall from lack of effort. It stalls because busywork and real progress feel exactly the same from the inside. This episode opens with three hours lost to a script that wouldn't come together, and the question that followed: is reworking the process real work, or avoidance? From there, Shawn defines busywork and deep work in concrete terms, collapses the productivity checklist into one question (is this moving a meaningful goal forward in your business?), and names the four inputs that build your awareness: your tells, your definition of excellent, your confidence, and your previous experience. The specifics covered: the four questions hiding inside one, what work looks like with you in the process versus without you, the client who took courses for three years instead of launching (and what her launch finally taught her), the lesson from Apple about fixing friction instead of accepting it, why 85% accuracy beats 80% at AI scale (one degree off, over a long enough line, lands you somewhere else entirely), the Thor: Ragnarok magic cup that never empties, and the Harvard Business Review and Stanford finding on AI "workslop." It ends on the episode's real turn: the better input is you, knowing when an impulse to change is a signal and when it's a distraction. If you've ever ended a busy week with nothing meaningful shipped, taken one more course before launching, or wondered whether tinkering with your process is progress or hiding, this one is about your week. That's the creator-led business growth problem: the tools and processes are the same for everyone; the input isn't. → Make your AI sound like you, not like everyone else's AI. Free 30-minute setup: shawnbuttner.com/voiceprint → The written version is in my newsletter, The Output: shawnbuttner.com/joinus Input/Output is the creator system for experts: people who built a track record in another career and are now turning that into a creator business. Hosted by Shawn Buttner, certified high performance coach. The premise is simple. You are the ultimate input into your creator system. Get yourself clear, and the tools, team, and content follow. This episode is about creator business growth and the creator-led business growth that comes from knowing your own tells. Chapters 00:00 - Busywork and progress feel the same: the three-hour script spiral 02:38 - The difference: intention plus knowing your tells 02:50 - Input: busywork vs. deep work, defined 09:19 - Signal: the work with you in it, and without you 21:24 - Output: the better creator, the AI busywork trap, and the better input 25:50 - Voiceprint: get clear on what you want as a creator 26:32 - Recap: judge the week by intention and direction 27:29 - Challenge of the week: your five next best moves 28:26 - Wrap-up

Ever notice how you're still thinking about that last email while your kid is talking to you in the kitchen? That's attention residue, and it's slowing you down more than you know.In this episode, Steph talks about the concept of attention residue, first coined by University of Washington professor Sophie Leroy, and why it's draining focus, energy, and presence from modern life. She breaks down why every notification, phone check, and quick task switch leaves a cognitive trace that follows us into whatever comes next, and why that trace is just as powerful whether we're jumping between massive projects or just glancing at a text. Drawing on research and a story about catching her own teenage daughter in an unconscious phone-tapping habit, Steph makes the case that most of our modern exhaustion isn't really about being busy. It's about being scattered. She shares the magnifying glass analogy that reframes how to think about focus, and offers a simple challenge for reclaiming deep, concentrated attention this week.In this episode you'll discover:What attention residue actually is and why it happens every time you switch tasksWhy small distractions (a quick email check, a social scroll) cost your brain just as much as switching between major projectsHow to start noticing your own unconscious "checking" habits before you can change themYour takeaways:Every task switch leaves a cognitive residue that can take 5 to 12 minutes to fully clear, so stacking small interruptions adds up fastAwareness is the starting point for change. You can't manage a habit you haven't noticed yetConcentrated, protected time (phone away, timer on) produces dramatically better focus and output than trying to multitask your way through the dayResources mentioned:2021 Superhuman report on email-checking Cal Newport "Deep Work"

GM Jacob Aagaard joins Dojo Talks for a deep conversation on chess books, AI, coaching, and the future of chess improvement. Join the Dojo - https://chessdojo.club Watch Live - https://twitch.tv/chessdojo Play Chess - https://go.chess.com/chessdojo Merch - https://www.chessdojo.club/shop Want to support the channel? Patreon - https://patreon.com/chessdojo Donate - https://streamelements.com/chessdojo/tip Find all of our chess book & supplies recommendations (& more!) on our Amazon storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/chessdojo Shopping through our link is a great way to support the Dojo. We earn a small affiliate % but at no cost to you. Website: https://chessdojo.club Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojo Discord: https://discord.gg/GhKsJtjpFw Twitter: https://twitter.com/chessdojo Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chessdojo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chessdojo Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@/chessdojoclips 00:00 Jacob Aagaard's Publishing Journey 07:09 The New Dvoretsky Book Collection 12:18 Are Chess Books Still Relevant? 27:25 Deep Work vs. Digital Learning 39:33 AI, Chess, and the Future of Learning 50:19 Why Great Chess Coaches Still Matter 56:05 Why Beginner Chess Books Are Too Hard

Last year I went on a business retreat in Austin that completely changed how I think about working, and it all comes down to one thing: deep work. In this episode I break down Cal Newport's framework from the book Deep Work, the four rules for building a focused work practice, and exactly how I've implemented it into my own life and business.What I cover:

Dernier volet de la conversation au long cours de Procrastination avec Karima Amarouche, ergonome chez France Travail, qui répond patiemment à toutes les questions du podcast (enfin, surtout celles de Lionel) sur la configuration précise de l'environnement de travail informatique. Écrans incurvés, résolution, luminosité, lumière bleue, mode clair ou sombre, tout y passe sur la santé oculaire ; mais aussi l'usage du trackpad, les écouteurs à réduction de bruit active, la dictée et la commande vocale, les bloqueurs de distraction, le pouvoir de ne rien faire, jusqu'aux questions soumises par le poditoire. Le podcast remercie encore très chaleureusement Karima Amarouche pour sa gentillesse, sa disponibilité et ses innombrables conseils ! Références citées - f.lux, https://justgetflux.com/ - Nebo, maintenant appelé MyScript Notes https://www.myscript.com/notes/ - Cal Newport, Deep Work

Hello, Beautiful...I'm so grateful you're here with me. An empty press room creates a spacious and subtle indoor ambience filled with soft echoes and stillness. Perfect for concentration, productivity, or calming your environment, this quiet soundscape supports deep focus. Let the silence work in your favor. Love,

Do you feel like you're constantly busy at work but never making real progress?Between emails, Teams messages, Slack notifications, meetings, and endless interruptions, it's no wonder so many people struggle to focus. And if you have ADHD, these constant distractions can leave you feeling mentally exhausted by the end of the day.In this episode, you'll learn:Why constant interruptions make it so difficult to focus at workHow ADHD brains are especially affected by task switching and notificationsWhy being highly responsive doesn't always mean you're being productiveHow overcompensating at work can lead to burnout and overwhelmA simple strategy to protect your focus and get more meaningful work doneIf you've been struggling with ADHD at work, productivity, executive functioning, email overload, or workplace distractions, this episode will help you create systems that work with your brain instead of against it.Ready to stop scrambling? Book your complimentary Chaos to Calm session.Free Resources:

Atenția noastră s-a fragmentat și asta produce schimbări măsurabile în creier. În al doilea episod din seria Digital Wellbeing, Paul Olteanu și Adrian Dinu analizează mecanismele din spatele „minții împrăștiate" și explică ce putem face concret ca să ne recâștigăm atenția.Adrian Dinu este psiholog, trainer și speaker în echipa Mind Architect și a livrat programe despre stres, atenție și stare de bine. Împreună cu Paul, traduce cercetarea de neuroștiință într-un limbaj accesibil, fără alarmism și fără să demonizeze tehnologia. Ultima treime a episodului este dedicată strategiilor și acțiunilor concrete pe care le putem folosi pentru a ne recâștiga atenția.În acest episod am discutat despre:Mitul "multitasking": ce se întâmplă de fapt în creier și ce ne costă multitasking-ulImpactul notificărilor: cum și cât de tare ne afectează de fapt performanța cognitivăCele 4 rețele cerebrale și funcțiile cerebrale afectate de utilizarea problematică a social media și telefoanelor smartDe ce copiii și adolescenții sunt mai vulnerabili la aceste efecte negativeBugetul energetic și cum ni-l consumă rețelele sociale și telefoanele smartCele 3 pârghii pentru recâștigarea atenției: mediu, ritualuri de tranziție și refacerea bugetului11 acțiuni concrete pentru recâștigarea atenției la adulți și adolescențiResurse menționate în conversație:Cartea Attention Span, de Gloria MarkBook Espresso MA Premium despre Digital Minimalism, de Cal NewportCartea Digital Minimalism, de Cal NewportStudiul ISBRD 2026 — Fundația Vodafone, Save the Children, Ipsos - Copilărie Conectată: starea de bine și reziliența digitală a copiilor și tinerilor din EuropaCercetări: Rezultatele studiului Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) pe 11.000 de adolescențiCostul cognitiv al unei notificări Impactul pe termen lung al digital media asupra dezvoltării cerebrale la copiiImpactul neurocognitiv al folosirii social MediaAlterarea rețelelor cerebrale în folosirea problematică a social media și smartphones Impactul reducerii timpului petrecut pe smartphone"(00:00) Introducerea episodului""(02:51) Seria Digital Wellbeing și cele 4 'daune' ale lui Jonathan Haidt""(07:00) Mitul multitaskingului: de ce de fapt facem 'serial single tasking'""(10:25) Cărți despre atenție: Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, Stolen Focus""(12:13) Costul cognitiv și emoțional al notificărilor, chiar și dacă le ignorăm""(17:58) De la 2,5 minute la 47 de secunde: cât ne-a scăzut atenția și ce impact are""(20:39) De ce serialele se fac pentru 'al doilea ecran' și capcana conținutului scurt""(23:09) Ce fel de pauze luăm: distragere, refacerea atenției sau extra satisfacție""(30:02) Studiul Vodafone: cât de distrași sunt adolescenții și de ce sunt vulnerabili""(32:10) Ce se întâmplă în creier: unde cerebrale și efecte emoționale""(35:27) Cele 4 rețele cerebrale afectate de utilizarea problematică a telefoanelor""(41:40) Modificări structurale în creier: ACC, cerebel și studiile pe adolescenți""(46:53) Relația doză-răspuns: cu cât mai multă social media, cu atât mare efectul negativ""(51:51) Vestea bună: fragmentarea atenției e reversibilă""(54:00) Lisa Feldman Barrett și bugetul de energie""(58:41) Consecințele bugetului energetic golit: decizii proaste, fitil scurt și 'phubbing'""(01:05:48) Impactul tipului de conținut urmărit: durată scurtă vs lungă""(01:08:01) Cum ne recâștigăm atenția: 11 strategii în 3 categorii""(01:08:55) Strategii de mediu: distanță, fricțiune, grayscale""(01:13:44) Telefonul: briceag de buzunar, nu cazino portabil""(01:16:41) Ritualuri de tranziție: dimineața și mesele fără telefon ca ritual""(01:22:07) 'Slow media' și alegerea (mai) conștientă a conținutului urmărit""(01:27:23) Refacerea bugetului de energie: focus total, natură și meditație""(01:33:45) Blocarea timpului: intervale pentru focus, meditație sau rugăciune""(01:35:43) Recomandările lui Jonathan Haidt pentru părinți și tineri"

In this episode I share with you 4 strategies to kill distractions and build deep work habits in life. I hope the episode helps you to self reflect on your screen time and makes you work with more focus.

Jase, Al, Zach, and Christian sit down with Matt Chandler, lead pastor of The Village Church and author of “Becoming Like Jesus,” to talk about Matt's rough childhood, the church camp that changed his life, and why following Jesus is usually slower, messier, and more painful than people expect. Jase remembers taking a beating instead of fighting back and watching the man who attacked him later come to church wanting to hear about Jesus. The guys also dig into why suffering can expose what God wants to heal, and why the church is still the place where flawed people learn to love — and sometimes simply tolerate — one another. In this episode: Luke 15, verse 17; Hebrews 12, verse 2; Isaiah 61, verse 3; Matthew 5, verses 3–12; Psalm 27, verse 4; 1 Corinthians 15, verses 1–2; 1 Corinthians 6, verses 9–11; Exodus 13, verses 17–18; Romans 5, verses 3–5; James 1, verses 2–4 “Unashamed” Episode 1358 is sponsored by: https://chministries.org/unashamed — Get a better solution at half the cost of traditional healthcare!  https://vanman.shop/unashamed — Get 15% off your first order with code UNASHAMED https://www.wildalaskan.com/UNASHAMED — Get $35 off your first box of wild-caught, sustainable seafood delivered right to your door. http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/ — Sign up now for free, and join the Unashamed hosts every Friday for Unashamed Academy Powered by Hillsdale College Check out At Home with Phil Robertson, nearly 800 episodes of Phil's unfiltered wisdom, humor, and biblical truth, available for free for the first time! Get it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://open.spotify.com/show/3LY8eJ4ZBZHmsImGoDNK2l Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. Chapters 00:00 The Best Thing About Being a Pastor 11:35 Matt's Rough Childhood & First Glimpse of Jesus 17:22 The Camp Sermon That Changed Matt's Life 23:50 Life's Lowest Moments Are the Most Important 29:50 Knowing Jesus Isn't Like Flipping a Switch 34:22 Jase Takes a Beating Instead of Fighting Back 39:33 The Gospel Is More Than Grinding It Out 44:04 Jesus Doesn't Want Distance from Us 50:10 Deep Work, Over Time, In Community — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Struggling with retention, churn, or adoption in your product, service, or program? Get the free Core Drives in the Wild guide and see how to apply real behavioral design to your engagement: professorgame.com/WildCD Episode Summary Alan Yeats, CEO of Pocket Sized Hands, a co-development game studio in Dundee, Scotland, explains why the best learning games start with play and add the curriculum second. He walks through real projects, a knife-crime prevention game stopped cold by school firewalls and a stem cell science game built with Cambridge University, to show how co-design keeps everyone pointed at the same goal. Alan argues that the job is to find the underlying play and the real "why" behind a request, not to cram years of lessons into one product. Listeners come away with a practical filter for any educational or engagement project: build a genuinely good game first, then weave the learning in so people actually engage. About the Host Rob Alvarez is Head of Engagement Strategy, Europe at The Octalysis Group (TOG), a leading gamification and behavioral design consultancy. A globally recognized gamification strategist and TEDx speaker, he founded and hosts Professor Game, the #1 gamification podcast, and has interviewed hundreds of global experts. He designs evidence-based engagement systems that drive motivation, loyalty, and results, and teaches LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® and gamification at top institutions including IE Business School, EFMD, and EBS University across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Key Takeaways Pocket Sized Hands built a polished Jackbox-style game to steer young people away from knife crime, then hit a wall when school IT firewalls blocked the phone-to-screen connection the experience ran on. The end user is never the only stakeholder a product has to satisfy. For Cambridge University, the studio corrected public misconceptions about stem cell science by running back-to-basics workshops to isolate the one message that mattered, rather than cramming an entire syllabus into a single game. Alan Yeats's rule for education clients who want to throw the whole textbook at a game: make it genuinely fun first, then layer the lessons in, because curriculum with no play earns no engagement to teach against. Co-design converts a client from someone who merely commissioned a product into an owner who evangelizes it, which is why Pocket Sized Hands opens projects with a workshop for facilitators and real users instead of a written spec. Pitching the visual register openly, from a corporate LinkedIn-style progress bar to a fully magical world, lets a team test how far it can push a client before the client pushes back with "that is too much fun." Topics Covered 0:00 - Stop cramming textbooks into games 0:16 - Meet Alan Yeats and Pocket Sized Hands 3:16 - A knife-crime game blocked by firewalls 5:23 - Design for the stakeholders you forget 8:08 - The Cambridge stem cell game that worked 9:03 - Make the game fun first 10:40 - Co-design and finding the real problem 12:33 - From corporate progress bars to magical worlds 14:54 - Focus on the play, not the game 16:25 - The future guest he would want to hear 17:46 - Why Deep Work sharpens his focus 19:04 - His superpower, favorite game, and final advice Struggling with retention, churn, or adoption in your product, service, or program? Get the free Core Drives in the Wild guide and see how to apply real behavioral design to your engagement: professorgame.com/WildCD About Alan Yeats Alan Yeats is the CEO of Pocket Sized Hands, a co-development game studio based in Dundee, Scotland. He left school at 16 to work on games, dropped out of university, and founded the studio nine years ago. Since then, Pocket Sized Hands has helped ship titles including Pocket Mortys for Adult Swim, Oddworld: Soulstorm, and Bendy and the Ink Machine, working with clients ranging from indie developers to major publishers. The studio specialises in co-development, porting, networking, and live ops. Find the Guest Online Pocket Sized Hands: pocketsizedhands.com Personal site: alanyeats.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanyeats X (studio): @PKTSizedHands Mentioned in This Episode Some links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Proposed future guest: someone who wants to use gamification but hasn't yet Recommended book: Deep Work by Cal Newport Favorite game: Ratchet & Clank 3 Free Resources and Get in Touch Core Drives in the Wild: Professor Game Free Guide Get Daily Value on Your Email Let's chat about your gamification project YouTube LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Start Your Community on Skool for Free Ask a question

Sometimes making just one small change to how you work can significantly boost your productivity, and today's episode from the vault is loaded with practical ideas! Annabelle Bishop from Boldside joins Shell on the show to share what she does to optimise her time and energy at work, touching on:

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport (2016)

Take Back Your Time: Cut Phone and Email Distractions for Agency OwnersMatt Dietz hosts Agency Launch, a show about running an insurance agency through staffing, retention, marketing, and sales, and invites listeners to join his texting community by texting “free” to 208-213-8809 for free resources. He shares a coaching-call lesson with a high-performing agent who thought he needed to work more, but realized he was mainly unorganized and distracted. Matt argues that phones and platforms are designed to capture attention and that business owners must be fanatical with time, recommending Cal Newport's books Digital Minimalism and Deep Work. Practical steps include turning off email notifications, reducing how often email pushes to the phone (e.g., hourly), silencing text sounds, using Do Not Disturb on an Apple Watch, and setting up location-based Focus Modes at the office and home to limit notifications and calls. He also directs viewers to agencylaunch.net for coaching options and notes he's active on LinkedIn.00:00 Welcome to Agency Launch00:16 Free Texting Community00:55 Working More vs Organized01:49 Devices Steal Attention02:59 Books to Reclaim Focus03:53 Stop Email Interruptions05:40 Silence Texts and Watch06:47 Focus Modes at Work Home08:37 Final Advice and Next Steps

What it takes to lead as a communicator and communicate as a leader.Leadership isn't just about making decisions — it's about how you communicate them. As Matt Abrahams puts it, “Communication is operationalized leadership.”At a recent Me2We event, in connection with Stanford GSB's Executive Education LEAD program, Abrahams held a live discussion with four of the podcast's most popular guests: Celine Teoh, facilitator of the GSB's famous Interpersonal Dynamics course; Huggy Rao, organizational behavior professor and co-author of The Friction Project; legendary Stanford basketball coach Tara VanDerveer; and Dave Dodson, lecturer and author of The Manager's Handbook.In this special live episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, the panel shares frameworks and lessons for leading and communicating more effectively. From Teoh's five A's for inviting dissent to Rao's warning against “jargon monoxide,” from VanDerveer's relationship-first approach to Dodson's case for leading like a teacher, this conversation explores what it takes to communicate as a leader — and lead as a communicator.Episode Reference Links:Celine TeohTara VanDerveerHuggy RaoHuggy's Book: The Friction ProjectDavid DodsonDavid's Book: The Manager's HandbookEp.194 Live Lessons in Levity and Leadership: Me2We 2025 Part 1 Connect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedIn Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction (04:18) - Encouraging Dissent (06:40) - The Addition Bias (09:57) - Coaching Through Encouragement (12:12) - Leadership in the AI Era (16:24) - Teaching vs. Managing (17:46) - Making People Feel Appreciated (19:06) - Slowing Down Decisions (21:24) - Listening More (24:24) - Avoiding Jargon (26:31) - Giving Better Feedback (28:53) - Preparing for Communication (29:44) - Using Communication Frameworks (31:15) - Skills for Future Leaders (37:47) - Conclusion

This is an excerpt from Songwriting Pro's "J.A.M. Session." (J.A.M. stands for "Just Ask Me," and it's our monthly members-only online Q&A Session.) If you'd like to watch the full J.A.M. Session, just log in to the Songwriting Pro Member Area. If you're not yet a Songwriting Pro member, NOW is a great time to start your 14-day FREE trial at SongwritingPro.com! The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to helping singers, songwriters, indie artists and industry pros "Create Leverage In The Music Business." We want you to win! About the hosts: Brent Baxter is an award-winning hit songwriter with cuts by Alan Jackson (“Monday Morning Church”), Randy Travis, Lady A, Joe Nichols, Ray Stevens, Gord Bamford and more. He helps songwriters turn pro by helping them WRITE like a pro, DO BUSINESS like a pro and CONNECT to the pros. You can find Brent at SongwritingPro.com/Baxter and SongwritingPro.com. Johnny Dwinell owns Daredevil Production and helps artists increase their streams, blow up their video views, sell more live show tickets, and get discovered by new fans, TV and music industry pros. Daredevil has worked with artists including Collin Raye, Tracy Lawrence, Ty Herndon, Ronnie McDowell and others. You can find Johnny at TheCLIMBshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a lot of entrepreneurs, sitting still feels wrong. You might even find yourself jumping up to look busy the second you hear someone coming. This episode is about the programming running underneath that, and how to approach productivity with a little more mindfulness.  You're Invited to Podcast Club: Starting in June, listeners of The Conscious Edge are coming together on Thursdays at 1pm ET for Podcast Club. Think book club, but for the podcast. We'll talk about the episodes, what landed, where it's challenging us, and how to actually apply it. It's a chance to meet other business owners, get into real two-way conversation, and stop just consuming content. RSVP for the dates you want at consciousedge.com/club.  Get full show notes at www.consciousedge.com/ep106 Instagram:@aleciastg In this Mindfulness Matters conversation, Alecia and Jonathan unpack why our culture has trained us to equate busyness with worth, what mindful productivity actually looks like in real life, and why the productivity hacks you keep Googling never seem to stick. They get into the research that says 90 minutes of focused work outperforms six hours of distracted effort, why office workers switch tasks roughly 70 times a day without realizing it, and the 333 method that gives you a usable structure for deep work without the all-or-nothing crash. This is the episode for the entrepreneur who's been operating in summer mode for years, who knows they're depleting themselves, and who hasn't been able to figure out why the focus and follow-through they used to have feels so far away.

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy, hosted by Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC—Renowned ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. We're thrilled to have you with us. We believe this podcast, a valuable resource, will empower you to push the boundaries in your work, helping individuals and couples connect more deeply with themselves and each other. Welcome back to The Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy. In this episode, Dr. James Hawkins and Dr. Ryan Rana discuss the concept of “Stage 2 Rehab” — the process of helping couples recover when deep emotional work becomes blocked, disorganized, or overwhelming. Rather than seeing difficult sessions as failures, James and Ryan explore how moments of fear, confusion, and protective relapse often become opportunities for deeper attachment repair when therapists know how to slow down, reorganize the process, and help clients regain safety. Why Stage 2 Work Can Collapse Clients may not yet feel safe enough for depth Fear often interrupts vulnerability The caregiving system can become disoriented or blocked Therapists sometimes move too fast for the nervous system Stage 2 Rehab Strategies Return to the last successful emotional step Normalize fear and hesitation Slow the process down Regulate therapist energy and pacing Help clients climb “back up the ladder.” Reorganize emotional safety before pushing for more vulnerability Highlighting Longing Beneath Pain Drawing from Gail Palmer's work, James and Ryan discuss how helping clients contact longing—not just pain—can soften blocks and reopen emotional engagement. Resetting the Caregiving System The hosts explore how caregivers can become overwhelmed, defensive, solution-focused, or emotionally disorganized during deep moments — and how therapists can help restore accessibility and responsiveness. Therapist Takeaways Don't panic when the process breaks down Fear is often the doorway, not the obstacle Stay exploratory rather than perfectionistic Repairing the process is often the work itself We aim to equip therapists with practical tools and encouragement for addressing relational distress. We're also excited to be part of the team behind Success in Vulnerability (SV)—your premier online education platform. SV offers innovative instruction to enhance your therapeutic effectiveness through exclusive modules and in-depth clinical examples.    Stay connected with us: Facebook: Follow our page @pushtheleadingedge Ryan: Follow @ryanranaprofessionaltraining on Facebook and visit his website James: Follow @dochawklpc on Facebook and Instagram, or visit his website at dochawklpc.com George Faller: Visit georgefaller.com If you like the concepts discussed on this podcast you can explore our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Thank you for being part of our community. Let's push the leading edge together!

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These are mini episodes where I read articles that I publish monthly on PianoBuffs Substack. I share essays, reflections, and research-informed insights on the pianist's mind. I believe that piano practice can enrich us far beyond the keyboard.I wrote this article after reading Deep Work by Cal Newport—a truly inspiring and insightful book if you feel, too, that we live in an overly chaotic and distracted world.Throughout my musical career, I've been deeply interested in the science behind piano playing and musical performance itself. If you are interested in how music can help develop your brain, visit our Substack. More information about PianoBuffs here. Get full access to PianoBuffs at pianobuffs.substack.com/subscribe

Antonia and Roger Vanoro are husband and wife, soul collaborators, and the creators of Ontodelic Inquiry™, a somatic and subtle-field approach to transformation that bridges depth psychology, body-centered therapy, and the lived wisdom of altered states. Ontodelic draws from the Greek roots for "being" and "revealing," pointing to a revelation of being that works at the level of the body, the psyche, and the karmic storehouse beneath. Antonia is an intuitive energy healer and guide with over 22 years of experience in the sacred medicine space, trained in Hakomi, IFS, depth psychology, and energy work (CHt, CPTC). She works with the body as a direct route to the unconscious, midwifing clients through their natural healing processes with love, compassion, and skill. Roger is a somatic therapist and embodiment guide whose work begins in the present moment, using co-regulated presence to support clients as the deeper body awakens, heals, and reveals its histories. Together they developed Ontodelic Inquiry to meet what conventional somatic and parts-based work cannot: multi-lifetime and ancestral material, experiences of unity and expanded states, and the deep patterns that keep people looping regardless of how much inner work they've done. Their Ontodelic Inquiry Training is for therapists, coaches, facilitators, and healers ready to go deeper in their own process and their work with others. It is, as participants have described it, a psychedelic experience without the psychedelics. Antonia and Roger are based in the Hudson Valley, New York, and offer individual sessions, couples work, mentorship, and immersive trainings. Episode Highlights ▶ What Ontodelic Inquiry is and where the name comes from, rooted in the Greek words for "being" and "revealing" ▶ How somatic and parts-based modalities like Hakomi and IFS can become their own kind of loop, and what becomes possible when you work at the level of the karmic storehouse ▶ Why peak experiences alone rarely produce lasting change, and what shifts when deep somatic preparation and integration are in place ▶ How multi-lifetime and ancestral material shows up in sessions regardless of belief, and why a therapeutic frame that can hold it matters ▶ The role of pattern interruption and real-time somatic mapping in unwinding what talk therapy and medicine work can't fully reach ▶ How this work connects to ancient wisdom traditions from Andean Cosmovision to Vajrayana Buddhism, and why that lineage matters ▶ Why bringing light down into the body rather than bypassing shadow is the alchemy at the center of their approach ▶ What AI reveals about the irreplaceable nature of human consciousness and the transmission field only living beings can carry ▶ Who the Ontodelic Inquiry Training is for, including therapists, coaches, facilitators, and healers ready to go deeper   Antonia & Roger Vanoro' Links & Resources ▶ https://wheeloflife.us ▶ https://www.illuminateyourtruth.com/ ▶ https://rogervanoro.com/ ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antoniavanoro   Download Beth's free trainings here: Clarity to Clients: Start & Grow a Transformational Coaching, Healing, Spiritual, or Psychedelic Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-businessIntegrating Psychedelics & Sacred Medicines Into Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/psychedelics-in-business▶ Beth's Coaching & Guidance: https://bethaweinstein.com/coaching ▶ Beth's Offerings & Courses: https://bethaweinstein.com/services▶ Instagram: @bethaweinstein ▶ FB: / bethw.nyc + bethweinsteinbiz

In this episode, I chat with Robert Mayfield about a growing tension in education: teachers aren't necessarily resistant to AI, they're resistant to more fragmentation. We explore how the structure of teaching leaves little room for the deep thinking required to design meaningful learning experiences and why AI should be used to create space for that work, not add to teachers' cognitive load. Robert shares powerful examples from classrooms, including how one teacher's perspective on AI completely shifted when she saw its potential to support student thinking and reclaim teacher time. We also discuss the difference between simply putting together lessons and intentionally designing them, along with small, realistic ways educators can begin protecting time for reflection, analysis, and instructional decision-making. Related Blog: Deep Work in the Age of AI: The Case for Protecting Teacher Thinking (Part I)

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Cal Newport, computer scientist and author of Deep Work, joins Offline to explain why we need a revolution in cognitive fitness, and how AI is going to get in the way. Cal and Jon explore how smartphones and AI are destroying our ability to concentrate, how our attention spans are a third of what they were just twenty years ago, and how we can practice “deep work” in our constantly interrupted digital environment.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.

Why Your Relationship Feels Like Hard Work | FT:- Melissa DiVarisCONNECT WITH CHARLENEOn Instagram @mscharlenebyars (https://www.instagram.com/mscharlenebyars/?hl=en)On YouTube @chosentraining (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAEFkimtIowqoyz1_lnF8Rg)Work with me HERE (https://charlenebyars.com/)CONNECT WITH MELISSAOn Instagram @embracingjoypsychotherapy (https://www.instagram.com/embracingjoypsychotherapy?igsh=N2lvZzJiaG4wMWl3)Work with me Here: (https://www.embracingjoyconsulting.com/links?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRleARn_oVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAaeUuEyzwf-zBp_ZCKp72VdPXCTjcupcvXSzhSVNjTHOd3xvOaypaWl5Bgaf4Q_aem_GTKS-W3RoxoKSCVFtNdLqw)Are you waiting for a partner to finally make you "happy"? Licensed couples therapist Melissa DiVaris Thompson joins the show to debunk the greatest myths about romantic love. In this deep-dive interview, we explore why the "perfect" person doesn't exist and how our childhood "raw spots" create the patterns we struggle with today.Whether you are single and exhausted by the dating scene or in a long-term marriage that feels "stuck," this episode provides the practical tools you need to build emotional safety, master the art of "repair," and understand the bids for connection that keep love alive.In this Whole Episode we covered:The Foundations of Modern Love00:00 – The "Hard to Hear" Truth: Why your partner isn't your missing piece.03:21 – Matters of the Heart: Why relationship skills aren't just for romance.04:15 – Growing Up "Too Much": How family dynamics shape our curiosity about love.07:04 – The Myth of "Easy" Love: Why healthy relationships require seasonal work.The Psychology of the Couple08:34 – High Expectations vs. Real Tools: Moving beyond the "movie" version of love.10:19 – Unpacking the Baggage: How past trauma creates "Raw Spots" in new partners.12:46 – The Therapy Stigma: Why you shouldn't wait until you're "on the brink" to get help.15:59 – What Are You Actually Fighting About? (Hint: It's not the dishes).The Art of Connection & Repair18:27 – From Attacks to Vulnerability: Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to soften walls.22:15 – The "Green Zone": Maintaining a healthy baseline in your relationship.23:13 – Bids for Connection: The "death by a thousand paper cuts" you're ignoring.25:59 – Friendship vs. Romance: Why "liking" your partner is just as vital as "loving" them.Dating for the Modern Woman26:57 – The Authenticity Test: The #1 thing women overlook in the early dating stages.30:12 – The "3 Must-Haves & 3 Can't-Stands" Exercise: Narrowing your values.32:35 – Melissa's Journey: Turning a "terrible" dating history into a secure marriage.35:30 – The "Blast from the Past": How a chance encounter led to her husband.Deep Work & Final Insights40:15 – Dealing with Rejection: How to keep hope alive after disappointment.45:20 – The Power of "I Hear You": De-escalating conflict in 30 seconds or less.50:45 – Identifying Your Attachment Style: Are you the "Chaser" or the "Withdrawer"?55:10 – The Journey to Self-Completion: Doing the work so you can show up whole.58:30 – Closing Thoughts & Where to Find Melissa.

In this episode of Storage Wins, Alex Pardo reconnects with Dan Wentzel after a major life shift: the birth of his second child. With his available time cut down significantly, Dan finds himself navigating a new reality—less time, more responsibility, and growing pressure around his progress in self-storage.   But instead of treating this as a limitation, the conversation quickly reframes it as an opportunity. With only about ten hours a week to dedicate to the business, the focus becomes clear: how do you maximize that time in the most effective way possible?   Alex breaks down a powerful concept that challenges how most people think about productivity. It's not about how many hours you have—it's about what you do with them. Ten focused hours spent on revenue-generating activities like conversations, deal analysis, and making offers will always outperform thirty scattered hours spent in research and hesitation.   As the conversation unfolds, a key shift emerges. Dan begins to lean into collaboration—partnering with other members of the Storage Wins community to leverage time, skills, and opportunities. What initially felt like a constraint becomes a catalyst for growth, forcing him to think differently, act more intentionally, and tap into the power of working with others.   The episode also dives into the importance of mindset during difficult seasons. Feeling stuck, discouraged, or behind is part of the journey—but how you interpret that feeling determines what happens next. Through real, unfiltered conversation, Alex challenges Dan to reframe his situation, focus on progress over perfection, and commit to staying in the game.   This episode is a powerful reminder that progress doesn't require perfect conditions—just consistent, focused action and the willingness to adapt.   ⸻   You'll Learn How To:   Maximize limited time by focusing on high-impact activities Identify revenue-generating actions that actually move deals forward Leverage partnerships to multiply your effort and deal flow Reframe life changes as opportunities instead of setbacks Stay consistent even when your schedule and priorities shift Strengthen your mindset during seasons of doubt and uncertainty   What You'll Learn in This Episode:   [0:52] The reality of having less time after a major life change [2:17] Why reduced hours can actually create better focus [3:31] The shift from 30+ hours per week down to around 10 [5:39] Leveraging collaboration to maintain momentum [7:04] How partnerships helped uncover new deal opportunities [9:23] The power of working with others to multiply results [11:49] Why ten focused hours can outperform thirty scattered hours [13:21] The difference between busy work and revenue-generating activity [15:01] Key actions: conversations, underwriting, and making offers [17:44] The concept of leverage and multiplying your efforts [20:13] Scarcity vs abundance mindset when working with others [22:22] Why difficult conversations strengthen partnerships [24:06] "Date, don't marry" when it comes to partnerships [26:40] The importance of setting expectations upfront [28:52] Why most partnerships fail—and how to avoid it [30:14] Feeling stuck and discouraged during the journey [32:05] The role of mindset in pushing through difficult seasons [34:22] Why quitting might feel like an option—but isn't [36:08] Reframing your journey as training, not failure [38:20] The mindset of finishing the race no matter what   ⸻   Who This Episode Is For:   Investors balancing business with major life changes Listeners who feel like they don't have enough time Anyone struggling to stay consistent with limited availability Entrepreneurs navigating doubt, frustration, or slow progress People looking to leverage partnerships instead of doing everything alone   ⸻   Why You Should Listen:   Most people believe they need more time to succeed.   This episode proves the opposite.   By focusing on what actually matters and leveraging the right people, you can make meaningful progress even with limited time. More importantly, it shows how your mindset—not your schedule—is often the biggest factor in whether you move forward or stay stuck.   If you've ever felt like life is getting in the way of your goals, this conversation will help you reframe your situation and move forward with clarity and confidence.   ⸻   Follow Alex Pardo here: Alex Pardo Website: https://alexpardo.com/ Alex Pardo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexpardo15 Alex Pardo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexpardo25 Alex Pardo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlexPardo Storage Wins Website: https://storagewins.com/   ⸻   Have conversations with at least three storage owners, brokers, private lenders, or equity partners inside the Storage Wins Facebook Group. Join for free here:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/322064908446514/

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#707: Joe and I traveled to the campus of Texas A&M University-Texarkana for a very special live recording. We were joined by Jay Davis, the Executive Director of Financial and Entrepreneurship Engagement, to answer questions from an incredible audience of students. Whether you're just starting your career or looking to "reset" your habits, this episode covers the essential transition from the classroom to the professional world.  Student Questions Hannah (Psychology Major): How do I navigate the trade-offs between passion, a paycheck, and peace of mind in my 20s without having regrets later? Hannah (Second Student): As I move from a student budget to a professional salary, how do I prevent "lifestyle creep" from eating my first big raise? Gabriel: How do I find the middle ground between being responsible for "Future Me" and actually enjoying my life while I'm young? Stephano: When is the right time to start investing, and how do I balance that with paying down student loans? Valarie: How do I build a solid credit score as a student without falling into the trap of high-interest debt? Thomas: What are the most important "marketable skills" I should be developing now to ensure financial security later? Key Takeaways Follow Curiosity Over Passion: Passion is often a side effect of mastery, not the starting point. Follow your curiosity into deep learning; the fulfillment (autonomy, mastery, and purpose) will follow once you become an expert in your craft. Build Your "Bravery Fund": High marketable skills and a solid emergency fund give you the freedom to take risks. If you have a financial cushion and low fixed costs, you have the "bravery" to pivot careers if your first choice isn't the right fit. Automate Your Success: The most effective way to beat lifestyle creep is to "hide" your raise from yourself. Set up automated transfers to retirement accounts or debt repayment for the same day your paycheck hits your account. Beware of High Fixed Costs: Avoid the "new grad" trap of heavy car payments ($700–$1,000/month). These high monthly obligations are the biggest inhibitors to your future housing flexibility and career mobility. The 24-Hour "Fun" Rule: To balance current enjoyment with future savings, create a deliberate "yes" list. If you want to spend on a hobby or experience, wait 24 hours to ensure it's a conscious choice rather than an impulse. Resources mentioned: Don't miss the YFRP Webinar on May 12th! ⁠https://affordanything.com/rental2026 A&M University Website: https://www.tamut.edu Grab a copy of Deep Work by Cal Newport: https://amzn.to/4truxs3 Receive our newsletters https://affordanything.com/newsletter Don't miss the YFRP Webinar on May 12th! https://affordanything.com/rental2026 YNAB for students: https://www.ynab.com/college Chapters Note: Timestamps are approximate and may vary across listening platforms due to dynamically inserted ads.  (00:00) The Abridged Live Performance from Texas A&M Texarkana (01:19) Hannah's Question: Passion vs. Paycheck (06:31) The "Bravery Fund" & Your Freedom to Pivot (13:35) Hannah's Question: Defeating Lifestyle Creep (20:43) Gabriel's Question: Future You vs. Present You (30:57) Stephano's Question: Debt vs. Investing (41:55) Valarie's Question: Building Credit Responsibly (50:15) Thomas's Question: Developing Marketable Skills Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's been a decade since the original publication of DEEP WORK. Do its ideas still hold in 2026? This is the question Cal tackles in today's episode: reviewing the four major “rules” from his book, reviewing what still holds and what changes he would add. Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here's the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Video from today's episode:youtube.com/calnewportmedia DEEP DIVE: Is Deep Work Still Possible in 2026? [2:03] INBOX: - Will I lose the ability to write if I use AI? [39:45] - The effects of AI on education [45:30] - Avoiding social media [52:24] WHAT CAL IS UP TO: - What I've been doing [53:38] - What I've been reading [55:26]  Books: Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson) Links: Buy Cal's latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow  Get a signed copy of Cal's “Slow Productivity” at https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/ Cal's monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/opinion/technology-mental-fitness-cognitive.html Thanks to our Sponsors:  https://www.factormeals.com/deep50off https://www.shopify.com/deep https://www.wayfair.com https://www.notion.com/cal   Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work." -2 Corinthians 9:8. Today, we're going to talk about abundance, we're going to talk about stewardship, and we're going to talk about how I batch my time. Resources from this episode: 2 Corinthians 9:8  Luke 12:48  Deep Work by Cal Newport  Tiimo App Rhythms Reset  Dwell Bible App Discount  Send Nancy an audio message!  Visit my Amazon Cornerstore!  Join my email list!  Nancy Ray Website Nancy Ray on Instagram Affiliate links have been used in this post! I do receive a commission when you choose to purchase through these links, and that helps me keep this podcast up and running—I truly appreciate when you choose to use them!