How I Work

***BEST OF HOW I WORK***

I'm currently taking a few weeks off, so today's episode is a Best Of episode. I've gone back through the archives of the last 2.5 years of hosting How I Work and picked out my absolute favourite episodes!

On today’s show, I speak to organizational psychologist, best-selling author and Wharton’s highest-rated professor, Adam Grant. His books Give and Take, Originals, and Option B have sold over one million copies and have been translated into 35 languages. Adam has been recognized as one of the world's 10 most influential management thinkers, was named one of Fortune’s 40 under 40, and he also happens to be the host of one of my favourite podcasts, WorkLife which is a TED original podcast.

In this conversation, we cover a whole bunch of topics such as:

• How to make email more bearable
• How becoming a parent completely changed Adam’s way of working
• How Adam approaches social media usage
• How Adam starts every week
• Why meetings kill productivity
• The podcasts Adam is listening to and books he is reading

And a whole lot more.

You can sign up to Adam’s e-newsletter Granted (one of my faves!) here: https://www.adamgrant.net

For comprehensive show notes on this episode, go to www.amanthaimber.com/podcast

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

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My favourite tip from my chat with Atlassian's Dom Price was on making virtual meetings not suck.

This extract is from my second time having Dom on the show - you can check out the full interview here.

And check out my first interview with Dom here.

Connect with Dom:

• Twitter
• Linkedin
• Atlassianteamplaybook.com
• Atlassian.com/remote

Subscribe to my new podcast How To Date in Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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

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

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Perry Marshall is one of the most expensive business strategists in the world. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs use his 80/20 Curve as a productivity tool. His reinvention of the Pareto Principle is published in Harvard Business Review. He founded the $10 million Evolution 2.0 Prize, with judges from Harvard, Oxford and MIT, it is the world’s largest science research award. And his book the Ultimate Guide to Google Ads is the world’s best selling book on internet advertising. Perry’s latest book is called Detox, Declutter, Dominate.

In this chat, we cover:

• How to apply the 80/20 rule to business
• How to do more $10,000 per hour tasks and less $10 per hour tasks
• How to do less of your $10 per hour tasks
• Why you need to get a virtual assistant - no matter what your role
• Perry’s top tips on how to write persuasive copy
• The importance of understanding and leveraging your natural selling modality
• Perry’s favourite structure for writing persuasive copy
• Perry’s daily "Renaissance time” ritual

Get your copy of Detox, Declutter, Dominate and connect with Perry here and here.

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

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My favourite tip from my chat with Jake Knapp was on winning the battle against email (and why it's so addictive) .

This extract is from my second time having Jake on the show - you can check out the full interview here.

And check out my first interview with Jake here.

Find out more about Jake here:

• Running remote Sprints
• The Jake and Jonathon podcast
• Jake’s website
• Jake’s books Sprint and Make Time

Subscribe to my new podcast How To Date in Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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

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

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My guest today is Tim MacKinnon. Tim is the Managing Director and Vice President for eBay Australia, a role that he has had for the last three years. At eBay, Tim’s purpose is to help Australian retailers grow and take advantage of opportunities in online, mobile, local and global commerce. Enabling businesses and entrepreneurs has been the connecting thread in his career at eBay, Intuit in Silicon Valley, and before that Advising the Minister responsible for IT industry and as a corporate lawyer.

We cover:

* How Tim approaches Deep work and his Deep work rituals

* How Tim dramatically improved how people at eBay make decisions

* How Tim’s leadership team approaches decision-making

* Some of the unusual policies eBay has around meetings and interruptions

* Unique ways Tim has built a “one team culture” at eBay

* eBay’s version of virtual hot desking

* How to be a truly authentic leader

* How to show vulnerability as a leader

* And much more.

Check out the Frances Frei TED talk we spoke about.

Connect with Tim on LinkedIn or via email at [email protected]

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

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My favourite tip from my chat with Mia Freedman was on how to get a quick read on staff's mental wellbeing.

This extract is from my second time having Mia on the show - you can check out the full interview here.

And check out my first interview with Mia here.

Check out:

• Mia on Instagram
• Mia’s podcasts: No Filter, Mamamia Outloud, and Lady Startup.
• And on her website.

Subscribe to my new podcast How To Date in Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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

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

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My guest today is Rahul Vohra. Rahul is the founder and CEO of Superhuman, the fastest email experience in the world. Users get through their inbox twice as fast — and many see Inbox Zero for the first time in years. Previously, Rahul founded Rapportive, the first Gmail plugin to scale to millions of users. Rapportive was acquired by LinkedIn.

In our chat, we cover:

• Rahul’s approach to becoming as efficient as possible with the software he uses
• Rahul’s email workflow
• How Rahul divides his inbox into different sections to help him prioritise his day
• Why Rahul only checks email twice a day
• Why Rahul never checks his email on the weekend
• How Rahul uses automation to reduce time in his inbox
• Why learning the keyboard shortcuts in software is critical to productivity
• How Rahul designed the most joyful software induction process I have ever experienced
• How Rahul batches and staggers his meetings
• Rahul’s method for time tracking and how he uses the data
• Rahul’s method for running effective meetings at Superhuman
• How to create a great pitch
• Rahul's favourite software for being more productive
• Rahul’s favourite new software

Connect with Rahul at [email protected] and on Twitter.

Check out Superhuman at: https://superhuman.com/ and enter How I Work podcast for how you found out about Superhuman.

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.

This episode answers a listener question about how to have a tough conversation with your boss.

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

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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.

This episode answers a listener question about how to uncover your chronotype and using it to boost productivity.

Uncover your chronotype here: https://inventium.typeform.com/to/E8Kp7j

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

Subscribe to my new podcast How To Date in Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.