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Practical, bullshit-free advice about how to have a better working life, for people who do work they care about. By a doctor and former human rights lawyer who studies this stuff.
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- Is this really what you want to be doing? · 25 Min.Evidence-based ways to spend less time online and more in the real world. ARE YOU GETTING THE EMAILS? Great Work's an email as well as a podcast, with podcast embedded in the…
- The ‘adult error’ that’s burning you out · 11 Min.The adult error's where, as teenagers, we learn self-discipline — and overshoot. This episode's about how to ensure that we get at least a little guilt-free relaxation every day…
- What if the answer to stress were just a perspective-shift? · 16 Min.What if the problem with stress weren’t the stress but, instead, our attitude towards stress—and, if we start thinking about it differently, our pressured lives will be…
- I made a medical error · 15 Min.We all make mistakes from time to time. Sometimes they're serious. Yet there's a culture of not talking about them, and this is a problem. So in this episode I tell you candidly…
- Read yourself to a better working life · 9 Min.Six reviews of books that might improve your tough working life. Links are in the email version, which is here: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/book-reviews. * Simone Stolzoff…
- The vacation test: a sign that something needs to change · 6 Min.The vacation test: a sign that something needs to change—and an opportunity to figure out what to do. ARE YOU GETTING THE EMAILS? Great Work's an email as well as a podcast, with…
- Tough Work + Parenting ... How?! · 11 Min.How do people do tough, meaningful work—and even thrive doing it—alongside caring for being a parent or caring for family members? I've unearthed a few strategies! WHAT'S YOUR…
- Three ways overwork warps your perspective · 13 Min.Are you fine? Is your job fine? Or are you too tired to tell? Three ways exhaustion warps your perspective—and how to fix it. Stuff referred to in this episode: * The importance…
- The Kind–Businesslike Matrix, or: Why So Many Teams of Good People Struggle · 11 Min.Happy, high-functioning teams need to be both kind and businesslike—yet few are. What this means and how to get there. Are you getting the emails? The podcast’s embedded in the…
- You’ll be happier, and achieve more, if you’re kinder to yourself · 16 Min. · Folge 31How you really can be happier, and achieve more, if you’re kinder to yourself If you haven’t already done so, please consider signing up for the email version of this, which has…
- The Startling Benefits of Taking Some #&@?*%! Responsibility · 8 Min.The Startling Benefits of Taking Some #&@*?%! Responsibility Or: Things Go Dramatically Better When You Tend to Them The second Great Work principle. Links: Work should be one of…
- Seven Core Ideas for Great Working Lives (and here's the first one) · 8 Min.Seven core ideas form the foundation of Great Work, and this episode considers the first of those, that work’s a huge part of life, and it should therefore be a part of what…
- When to leave a job because it's wrong for you · 9 Min.When to leave a job because it's wrong with you, why you should think twice about that, and why it's right for some people to reinvent themselves every few years. Links from this…
- Surviving Winter Working Life · 11 Min.Surviving Winter Working Life—and how to get through the cold, dark, wet months for those who, like me, become a grumpy git when the clocks go back. Also: a reader comment on my…
- Overwhelmed by All You Need to Get Done? · 14 Min.Time-boxing—perhaps the most effective way of getting more done while looking after yourself and being realistic about how much you truly can get done. And a book review: Mark…
- Lessons about Work from Middle-School Teacher · 13 Min.More ideas about how to manage a tough working life, this time from middle school teacher and Great Work reader Sarah Wendel. Imposter symptoms, boundaries, and difficult…
- Tired, exhausted, burned out—which are you? · 14 Min.Tired, exhausted, or burned out? Which are you? And how to avoid all three. There are multiple links in this episode: to see them, click here. This is a public episode. If you…
- Taking Work Relationships Seriously (snack-sized) · 2 Min.Taking Work Relationships Seriously Good relationships with everyone you deal with at work are central to your well-being and ability to get things done. There’s almost always an…
- You Need Two Things to Say "No" Well · 7 Min.Why saying "no" is often the most responsible thing to do—and how to do it confidently and well. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other…
- What makes work good? Not what you might think · 10 Min.The six factors that make the biggest difference to how good your job is. And they're not high pay or low pressure. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this…
