How I Work

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Now everyone has had time working from home, is it time to return to ‘normal’? 

Remote.com’s Founder and CEO Job van der Voort says now we've tasted the freedom of remote work, companies are going to have a tough time getting staff back in the office.

Working for a remote-first company allows staff to live anywhere and have more control over working hours. For companies, it means being able to hire the best talent for the role, no matter where they live. 

But a remote-friendly culture means you don't have this luxury.

Job thinks it’s time to make the decision: To be all-in, or all out. 

You can connect with Job on Twitter and Linkedin and the Remote website - remote.com

You can find the full interview here: https://www.amantha.com/podcasts/remote-com-founder-job-van-der-voort-on-the-ultimate-home-office-set-up/ 

Connect with me on the socials:

Linkedin

Twitter

Instagram

If you’re looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at [email protected]

CREDITS

Produced by Inventium

Host: Amantha Imber

Sound Engineer: Martin Imber

Listener Survey Competition Terms and Conditions

By entering the ‘Acast & How I Work Listener Survey Competition’ you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions.

Who can enter

Entry is open to all participants who complete the Acast & How I Work Listener Survey in full, inclusive of the outlined competition question.

How to enter

The competition opens June 1, 2021 at 6am, and concludes on June 30, 2021, midnight.

In order to enter, eligible entrants must complete the Acast & How I Work Listener Survey in full and answer the final question: ‘What is the most memorable podcast ad you have heard and why?’

Prizes

There will be one (1) prize draw and one (1) winner per Acast Listener Survey. The winner will receive one (1) Visa Gift Card to the value of $100. Total prize value is $100. They will also receive a pass to Inventium’s Workday Reinvention program valued at $495+GST.

How to win

There will be one (1) winner chosen from the total number of entries received.

This is a game of skill whereby the most creative entry to the competition question will be deemed the winner. Completed entries will be reviewed by an Acast judging panel where a top three entries will be selected. The top three entries will then be given to the Acast judge who will choose the final winner. The promoter’s decision is final and the promoter will not enter into correspondence regarding the result.

The winner will be selected on July 2, 2021, at 9am.

Acast will contact the winner via email on July 6, 2021, 9am.

The winner has until July 9, 2021, 5pm to claim their prize.

If the winner does not claim their prize within this time, the winner will forfeit their prize and the runner up will be deemed the winner, at which point they will be contacted via email.

Prize will be fulfilled via email and sent to the details provided by the winner at the time of entry.

Promoter Details

The promoter is Acast Australia

Level 2, 17 Randle Street

Surry Hills, NSW, 2010

Sydney, Australia

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

***Complete the 2021 How I Work Listener survey to go into the draw for a $100 Visa gift card and a spot in Inventium's Workday Reinvention program, valued at over $500: https://bit.ly/3fEMiAG. ***

What are the routines and habits of a happiness guru?

Gretchen Rubin has spent the last ten years dedicated to researching and exploring how to be happier. 

She’s the host of popular weekly podcast, Happier with Gretchen Ruben, and the author of several books including The Happiness Project, Outer Order Inner Calm, The Four Tendencies, and Happier at Home. 

She’s explored all different approaches to being happier and shares the routines and habits that have been the most successful in giving her a happier life. 

She’s also created her own Twelve Commandments to help guide her in staying authentically Gretchen. 

Can we help our kids create better habits? Gretchen shares her approach. 

Connect with Gretchen on Twitter, Linkedin or through her website

Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at [email protected]

If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co  

CREDITS

Produced by Inventium

Host: Amantha Imber

Production support from Deadset Studios

Episode producer: Jenna Koda

Sound engineer: Martin Imber

Listener Survey Competition Terms and Conditions

By entering the ‘Acast & How I Work Listener Survey Competition’ you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions.

Who can enter

Entry is open to all participants who complete the Acast & How I Work Listener Survey in full, inclusive of the outlined competition question.

How to enter

The competition opens June 1, 2021 at 6am, and concludes on June 30, 2021, midnight.

In order to enter, eligible entrants must complete the Acast & How I Work Listener Survey in full and answer the final question: ‘What is the most memorable podcast ad you have heard and why?’

Prizes

There will be one (1) prize draw and one (1) winner per Acast Listener Survey. The winner will receive one (1) Visa Gift Card to the value of $100. Total prize value is $100. They will also receive a pass to Inventium’s Workday Reinvention program valued at $495+GST.

How to win

There will be one (1) winner chosen from the total number of entries received.

This is a game of skill whereby the most creative entry to the competition question will be deemed the winner. Completed entries will be reviewed by an Acast judging panel where a top three entries will be selected. The top three entries will then be given to the Acast judge who will choose the final winner. The promoter’s decision is final and the promoter will not enter into correspondence regarding the result.

The winner will be selected on July 2, 2021, at 9am.

Acast will contact the winner via email on July 6, 2021, 9am.

The winner has until July 9, 2021, 5pm to claim their prize.

If the winner does not claim their prize within this time, the winner will forfeit their prize and the runner up will be deemed the winner, at which point they will be contacted via email.

Prize will be fulfilled via email and sent to the details provided by the winner at the time of entry.

Promoter Details

The promoter is Acast Australia

Level 2, 17 Randle Street

Surry Hills, NSW, 2010

Sydney, Australia

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is Kevin Kelly. Kevin is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. His most recent book is The Inevitable, which is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He co-founded the Hackers’ Conference and also the Quantified Self movement. He writes one of my favourite newsletters, Recomendo, hosts the Cool Tools podcast, and also founded the very popular Cool Tools website back in 2003, in which a new tool is reviewed every single day.

We cover:

• Kevin’s approach to learning about new topics
• How Kevin approaches buying new tools and gadgets
• Kevin’s search hacks when trying to find something on Youtube
• Kevin’s views on why Youtube is under-appreciated
• The new habits Kevin is trying to build
• Why Kevin embraces interruptions
• Kevin’s trick for getting himself in flow
• How Kevin decides which requests to say yes to
• What Kevin lacks that makes him a great listener
• What makes a great question
• The best thing Kevin invested in after leaving Wired
• The number one thing Kevin looks for when recruiting new team members or collaborators
• The gadgets that bring Kevin the most joy
• Kevin's favourite apps

Links to things Kevin mentioned:

• Minimalism Notebooks
• Tide Trac
• Seek
• Subscribe to Recomendo
• Cool tools podcast
• Cool tools website
• Vanishing Asia
• 68 bits of unsolicited advice
• Follow Kevin on Twitter

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at [email protected]

If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

***Complete the 2021 How I Work Listener survey to go into the draw for a $100 Visa gift card and a spot in Inventium's Workday Reinvention program, valued at over $500: https://bit.ly/3fEMiAG. ***

When Gary Mehigan opened his first restaurant he couldn’t understand why all that effort in the kitchen wasn’t cooking up good business.

So the chef engaged a business coach who helped him work smarter instead of harder. 

He learned how to be more accountable to his business, including a daily reflection strategy to keep him on track. 

And those lessons in entrepreneurship held him in good stead after the very public and abrupt ending to his role on Masterchef - when he drew upon the resilience that running a business had taught him.

He also shares his hacks for quick and delicious home cooking, how fresh ingredients cut down your work in the kitchen, and why you shouldn’t be afraid of a pressure cooker. 

Gary recommends Stephanie Alexander - Cooks Companion for new cooks as well as cookbooks by Maggie Beer or Neil Perry. 

Gary’s favourite books on business management : Michael E Gerber, The E Myth and Awakening the Entrepreneur Within. 

Connect with Gary on Twitter or Instagram

Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at [email protected]

If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co  

CREDITS

Produced by Inventium

Host: Amantha Imber

Production support from Deadset Studios

Episode producer: Jenna Koda

Sound engineer: Martin Imber

Listener Survey Competition Terms and Conditions

By entering the ‘Acast & How I Work Listener Survey Competition’ you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions.

Who can enter

Entry is open to all participants who complete the Acast & How I Work Listener Survey in full, inclusive of the outlined competition question.

How to enter

The competition opens June 1, 2021 at 6am, and concludes on June 30, 2021, midnight.

In order to enter, eligible entrants must complete the Acast & How I Work Listener Survey in full and answer the final question: ‘What is the most memorable podcast ad you have heard and why?’

Prizes

There will be one (1) prize draw and one (1) winner per Acast Listener Survey. The winner will receive one (1) Visa Gift Card to the value of $100. Total prize value is $100. They will also receive a pass to Inventium’s Workday Reinvention program valued at $495+GST.

How to win

There will be one (1) winner chosen from the total number of entries received.

This is a game of skill whereby the most creative entry to the competition question will be deemed the winner. Completed entries will be reviewed by an Acast judging panel where a top three entries will be selected. The top three entries will then be given to the Acast judge who will choose the final winner. The promoter’s decision is final and the promoter will not enter into correspondence regarding the result.

The winner will be selected on July 2, 2021, at 9am.

Acast will contact the winner via email on July 6, 2021, 9am.

The winner has until July 9, 2021, 5pm to claim their prize.

If the winner does not claim their prize within this time, the winner will forfeit their prize and the runner up will be deemed the winner, at which point they will be contacted via email.

Prize will be fulfilled via email and sent to the details provided by the winner at the time of entry.

Promoter Details

The promoter is Acast Australia

Level 2, 17 Randle Street

Surry Hills, NSW, 2010

Sydney, Australia

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

***Complete the 2021 How I Work Listener survey to go into the draw for a $100 Visa gift card and a spot in Inventium's Workday Reinvention program, valued at over $500: https://bit.ly/3fEMiAG. ***

Have you ever thought about breaking down your day into what are the most valuable tasks that you do and the least valuable? If you're like most people, you've probably broken down your annual salary into an hourly rate. Or if you're a business owner or freelancer, perhaps you've divided annual revenue into the number of hours that you work to get to a similar calculation.

Perry Marshall, one of the most expensive business strategists in the world, has spent a lot of time thinking about this. Because for him, there is a completely different way of looking at this equation.

If you’re looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at [email protected]

CREDITS

Produced by Inventium

Host: Amantha Imber

Sound Engineer: Martin Imber

Listener Survey Competition Terms and Conditions

By entering the ‘Acast & How I Work Listener Survey Competition’ you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions.

Who can enter

Entry is open to all participants who complete the Acast & How I Work Listener Survey in full, inclusive of the outlined competition question.

How to enter

The competition opens June 1, 2021 at 6am, and concludes on June 30, 2021, midnight.

In order to enter, eligible entrants must complete the Acast & How I Work Listener Survey in full and answer the final question: ‘What is the most memorable podcast ad you have heard and why?’

Prizes

There will be one (1) prize draw and one (1) winner per Acast Listener Survey. The winner will receive one (1) Visa Gift Card to the value of $100. Total prize value is $100. They will also receive a pass to Inventium’s Workday Reinvention program valued at $495+GST.

How to win

There will be one (1) winner chosen from the total number of entries received.

This is a game of skill whereby the most creative entry to the competition question will be deemed the winner. Completed entries will be reviewed by an Acast judging panel where a top three entries will be selected. The top three entries will then be given to the Acast judge who will choose the final winner. The promoter’s decision is final and the promoter will not enter into correspondence regarding the result.

The winner will be selected on July 2, 2021, at 9am.

Acast will contact the winner via email on July 6, 2021, 9am.

The winner has until July 9, 2021, 5pm to claim their prize.

If the winner does not claim their prize within this time, the winner will forfeit their prize and the runner up will be deemed the winner, at which point they will be contacted via email.

Prize will be fulfilled via email and sent to the details provided by the winner at the time of entry.

Promoter Details

The promoter is Acast Australia

Level 2, 17 Randle Street

Surry Hills, NSW, 2010

Sydney, Australia

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever considered packing up your life and working on the road? 

Co-founder and CEO at Levels, Sam Corcos, has been a digital nomad for more than 10 years. All while running a global company. 

Sam is a fellow productivity nerd and thinks deeply about his personal productivity. In today's show, he shares a tonne of really practical tips, from his email processing strategies and how he organises his calendar as a hyper busy CEO, through to how he manages to read two books every week and his quarterly Think Week ritual.

Check out Levels at: https://www.levelshealth.com/

Connect with Sam on Linkedin and Twitter.

Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at [email protected]

If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co

CREDITS

Produced by Inventium

Host: Amantha Imber

Production Support from Deadset Studios

Episode Producer: Jenna Koda

Sound Engineer: Martin Imber

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Should” is one of the most problematic words when it comes to self-talk. I should go to the gym. I should accept this event invitation. I should call this friend and see how she's going, I should spend less time on social media.

Shoulds are very, very unhelpful. They have the double whammy of making us feel guilty AND they don’t actually help us change our behaviour.

So today I want to share with you two alternative words or phrases to replace the shoulds in your life.

Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at [email protected]

If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co 

CREDITS

Produced by Inventium

Host: Amantha Imber

Production Support from Deadset Studios

Sound Engineer: Martin Imber

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kara Swisher is a no-nonsense journalist with a reputation as both the most feared and the most respected journalist to cover Silicon Valley. 

When she interviews the biggest names in tech, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla’s Elon Musk, they’re usually visually nervous and on their toes. She's been covering the industry since the early 90s and knew many giants in the tech world when they were just starting up. 

Kara is widely connected, well-read and always prepared for an interview. She knows just how to get what she wants out of her guests, and has never suffered from imposter syndrome. 

She’s an opinion writer for the New York Times, podcast host of Sway and Pivot, and an editor-at-large for New York Media. 

Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at [email protected]

If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co

CREDITS

Produced by Inventium

Host: Amantha Imber

Production support from Deadset Studios

Episode producer: Jenna Koda

Sound engineer: Martin Imber

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are your routines still serving you? Maybe they were when you first made them, but are you still getting the same results as when you started?

I’ve recently been revising my own rituals and routines in my day, week, and month. I’ve discovered that by mixing up some of my routines, such as my workout and weekly psychologist appointment, I’ve been more energised and productive. 

So I’m challenging you to take a look at your own routines and ask yourself if there’s a better way to achieve the outcomes you’re striving for. 

CREDITS

Produced by Inventium

Host: Amantha Imber

Sound Engineer: Martin Imber

Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at [email protected]

If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can you become happier in your job simply by managing your time better? 

At Inventium, our Workday Reinvention Program is one of our most popular programs with clients. The program increases productivity by teaching people to prioritise deep work over shallow work. This can lead to 20% more productivity and a huge increase in job satisfaction. 

A recent study published in PLOS One looked at the outcomes of better time management. I was surprised to find out that time management was also linked to reduced feelings of distress and better well-being overall.

So time management and productivity can do more than just improve your work performance; it can also give you better quality of life. 

CREDITS

Produced by Inventium

Host: Amantha Imber

Sound engineer: Martin Imber

Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at [email protected]

If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.