Founder Hacks hosts Ben Thomas, Antony Enright, and Alex Moore welcome Maya Vertigens, founder of Planner Bee, a remote virtual assistant team supporting sustainable and ethical businesses. Maya’s theme is “keep going,” emphasizing consistent action even when results lag, using the Dunning–Kruger effect to explain confidence dips and the need to push through the “valley of despair,” while also knowing when to pivot after giving something a fair trial. She recommends Grace Beverley’s Working Hard, Hardly Working, reframing productivity and self-care as overlapping and urging founders to ignore hustle-culture expectations, listen to themselves, and reduce anxiety through flexible rhythms of work and rest—principles she applies in her flexible, remote team culture. From Marie Forleo’s Everything Is Figureoutable, she shares the mindset of saying yes to opportunities and figuring out execution along the way, learning even when outcomes aren’t perfect, and developing authentic leadership.

00:00 Productivity Meets Self Care
00:23 Welcome to Founder Hacks
01:45 Meet Maya of Planner Bee
02:33 Theme Keep Going
03:16 Consistent Action Mindset
05:07 Dunning Kruger Explained
06:10 Pivot or Push Through
10:05 Redefining Productivity
14:44 Flexible Work Culture
17:40 Everything Is Figureoutable
21:19 Authentic Leadership Journey
24:55 Key Takeaways and Farewell