Expert Intelligence with Paul Estes

Stop Generating, Start Thinking with Kevin Henrikson


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Kevin Henrikson has built and sold companies for hundreds of millions, scaled teams at Microsoft and Instacart, and now runs an AI healthcare startup—and he called complete bullshit on the productivity myth we've all been sold.

The most unmovable meeting on his calendar? 8 PM: GO TO SLEEP. When people want late meetings, he says no. When he travels, his admin moves the sleep block. In his 20s, he was the "code until 2 AM" guy. Now? He protects his ability to think like his business depends on it. Because it does.

But the biggest insight that stuck with me: "If you got in a car accident tomorrow and had to be out for three days, you'd cancel everything. People would understand. You need to give yourself permission to have that car accident periodically."

What You'll Learn:

  • Why AI is creating chaos instead of productivity—and the one habit that breaks the cycle
  • The health stack that replaced Kevin's expensive concierge doctor
  • Why teaching kids to self-regulate with technology beats helicopter parenting every time
  • How voice AI is solving the work in healthcare that nobody actually wants to do
  • Why blocking sleep on your calendar might be the most productive decision you'll ever make
  • Kevin's framework for when to use AI and when to just close all the tabs and think
  • ...more
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