Best Queens Of Procrastination Podcasts (2024)

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288 - Fluke - Brian Klaas 50:44

8m ago50:44

50:44

In this episode we sit down with Brian Klaas, author of Fluke, to get into the existential lessons and grander meaning for a life well-lived once one finally accepts the power and influence of randomness, chaos, and chance. In addition, we learn not to fall prey to proportionality bias - the tendency for human brains to assume big, historical, or m…

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287 - The Complexity of Genius - David Krakauer and Dean Simonton 1:04:57

14d ago1:04:57

1:04:57

In this episode, we are exploring the complexity of the concept of "genius" with two experts on the topic. First you’ll hear from David Krakauer, the president of The Santa Fe Institute, a research institution in New Mexico dedicated to the study of complexity science, and then you'll hear from professor Dean Keith Simonton, one of the world’s lead…

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286 - Notes on Complexity - Neil Theise 57:46

28d ago57:46

57:46

In this episode we sit down with professor Neil Theise, the author of Notes on Complexity, to get an introduction to complexity theory, the science of how complex systems behave – from cells to human beings, ecosystems, the known universe, and beyond – and we explore if Ian Malcolm was right when he told us in Jurassic Park that "Life, um, finds a …

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My 30 Day Phone-tervention: 5 hacks to ditch the distraction and transform your focus 30:32

1M ago30:32

30:32

I'm challenging myself to improve my productivity by changing the way I use my phone over 30 days. We’re at DAY 6 PEOPLE, day 6 and my goodness. PICK UPS ARE A THING. I’ve ALWAYS had a sneaking suspicion that my phone is a HUGE factor in WHY I’ve increasingly felt like a seagull in a chip factory when it comes to being able to focus on anything for…

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Can changing your relationship with your phone really improve your focus? 39:16

2M ago39:16

39:16

While my jam is helping service providers simplify productivity so they can work when they want (and not when they don’t) - by day, I AM that service provider. I’m a virtual assistant specialising in content creation. My phone is, well, how I do a hay-uge proportion of my job. But as far as distractions go, our smartphones are one of THE biggest su…

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285 - What Do You Mean? - Celeste Kidd (rebroadcast) 48:50

1M ago48:50

48:50

Is a hotdog a sandwich? Well, that depends on your definition of a sandwich (and a hotdog), and according to the most recent research in cognitive science, the odds that your concept of a sandwich is the same as another person's concept are shockingly low. In this episode we explore how understanding why that question became a world-spanning argume…

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The secret productivity superpower that will completely change the way you work 50:23

2M ago50:23

50:23

A few months in to starting my own business, I felt this niggling feeling that something just wasn’t right about the way I was able to work. How long I was able to concentrate. What I was able to do in a day. I couldn’t figure out what to do next and I wondered if I’d ever be able to concentrate for more than 10 minutes again. The Kat story had alw…

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Everything I thought I knew about productivity was a lie 22:37

2M ago22:37

22:37

Starting your own business shines a glaring, back of your iPhone hits you in the face style spotlight onto everything you think you know about the best way to work. In the midst of all this fluffy freedom and flexibility frippery floating around on the internet, what they DON’T tell you is that running your own business or working for yourself will…

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284 - Awe - Dacher Keltner (rebroadcast) 54:18

2M ago54:18

54:18

In this episode we sit down with psychologist Dacher Keltner, one of the world’s leading experts on the science of emotion, the man Pixar hired to help them write Inside Out. In his new book – Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life – he outlines his years of work in this field, the health benefits of awe, the evo…

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283 - Cultures of Growth - Mary C. Murphy 1:05:07

2M ago1:05:07

1:05:07

In this episode we welcome psychologist Mary C. Murphy, author of Cultures of Growth, who tells us how to create institutions, businesses, and other groups of humans that can better support collaboration, innovation, performance, and wellbeing. We also learn how, even if you know all about the growth mindset, the latest research suggests you not ma…

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How to eliminate distractions for GOOD (with one simple question) 20:25

3M ago20:25

20:25

If you're a service provider, work remotely and find yourself getting distracted every 5 seconds by: - the laundry - social media - tidying the kid's rooms - eating cheese out of the bag ...listen to this week's episode. I talk about: - What's really going on when we're distracted and WHY it happens (even when we KNOW we want to get that thing done…

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How to leverage rest to achieve your goals (and how to tell when you're just procrastinating) 41:06

3M ago41:06

41:06

Society has conditioned us to believe that rest comes after work as some sort of reward. We're constantly on the go, juggling work, family, and everything in between. And when we finally do get a chance to rest, our brains are like, "hold up, shouldn't you be doing something?" In this episode, I talk about how to break free from this cycle as a boo…

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282 - They Thought We Were Ridiculous - Andy Luttrell 1:09:15

3M ago1:09:15

1:09:15

In 1974, two psychologists, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, as the New Yorker once put it, "changed the way we think about the way we think." The prevailing wisdom, before their landmark research went viral (in the way things went viral in the 1970s), was that human beings were, for the most part, rational optimizers always making the kinds of ju…

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'My week NEVER goes to plan': the 3 step time blocking method that actually works 18:34

3M ago18:34

18:34

This week: time blocking. Whether you're a color-coding fanatic or a go-with-the-flow kind of person - more often than not, most of us find time blocking only really works for us about 50% of the time (or not at all). So do we ditch it completely? This week - I talk about: Why having a rigid schedule might be holding you back Why most of us struggl…

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The guilt episode: 'I feel like I have to use every single second of my time wisely' 21:43

3M ago21:43

21:43

GUILT. Even just SEEING this word in big, bad, bold font brings upsome hideous feelings for me. Does it do the same for you? In this week's episode, I'm talking about guilt and productivity. - The shocking revelation I experienced about my own productivity and how I use my time - Where guilt comes from and why we feel it - How to identify if guilt …

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281 - More Chat, Less Bot - Jeremy Utley, Kian Gohar, Henrik Werdelin 1:10:52

3M ago1:10:52

1:10:52

Jeremy Utley, Kian Gohar, and Henrik Werdelin sit down to discuss the surprising results of a new study into what happens when groups of people work together to brainstorm solutions to problems with the help of ChatGPT. Based on their research, Utley and Gohar created a new paradigm for getting the most out of AI-assisted ideation which they call F…

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Motivation won't make you more productive - this will 31:22

4M ago31:22

31:22

- Why waiting for your next burst of motivation can actually render you incredibly powerless when it comes to achieving what you want to achieve - The key to taking back your power when it comes to getting your shit done - How to be productive (even when your motivation's at an all-time low)

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280 - Supercommunicators - Charles Duhigg 1:14:43

4M ago1:14:43

1:14:43

Our guest in this episode is Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and writer for the New Yorker Magazine who is also the New York Times Bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. His new book is Supercommunicators, a practical and approachable guide to what makes great conversations work. In the episode we di…

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5 ways to be productive when you're feeling tired 37:47

4M ago37:47

37:47

In this episode, I talk about something almost all of us grapple with on a regular basis - feeling tired. The reality is, most of us are in a season of life where we're showing up for each day feeling mentally drained. So with 'feeling tired' occupying a seemingly constant place in our day-to-day lives, how will we ever manage to get the shit we wa…

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How to actually live your goals in 2024 (even if you have no time) 45:12

4M ago45:12

45:12

This week’s episode is all about how to actually make your vision board (or goals) for the year happen after the burst of 1 January 2024 motivation fades - especially if you’re short on disposable time. If you're a solo business owner with literally anything else going on in your life - but particularly if you're a mum - seriously, this episode is …

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YANSS 279 - Pluralistic Ignorance (rebroadcast) 1:25:48

4M ago1:25:48

1:25:48

There are several ways to define pluralistic ignorance, and that’s because it’s kind of a brain twister when you try to put it into words. On certain issues, most people people believe that most people believe what, in truth, few people believe. Or put another way, it is the erroneous belief that the majority is acting in a way that matches its int…

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From hating my business to actually living my 2024 goals: the one huge mindset shift that sparked change 29:26

5M ago29:26

29:26

There’s a thing lurking in the online business owner space currently that no one really talks about. And imma talk about it. In this episode, I'm sharing how I was feeling about my business in the second half of 2023. When I first started my business in 2022, everything was dandy. I worked hard at securing clients and booked myself out fairly quick…

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278 - An Admirable Point - Florence Hazrat 1:00:07

5M ago1:00:07

1:00:07

On this episode we learn about the history of the exclamation point, the question mark, and the semicolon (among many other aspects of language) with Florence Hazrat, a scholar of punctuation, who, to my great surprise, informed me that while a lot of language is the result of a slow evolution, a gradual ever-changing process, punctuation in the En…

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277 - Visual Thinking - Temple Grandin (rebroadcast) 47:58

5M ago47:58

47:58

Temple Grandin didn’t develop speech until much later than most children, and she might have led a much different life if it hadn’t been for people who worked very hard to open up a space for her to thrive. In this episode we discuss all that as well as her latest book, Visual Thinking, about three distinct ways that human brains create human minds…

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Do this BEFORE you map your 2024 goals (and my confessions of 2023) 35:09

5M ago35:09

35:09

If you're deep in setting goals and planning for 2024 or deep in avoiding setting goals and planning for 2024... listen to this episode. I'm walking you through the exact process I use to reflect on my 2023 BEFORE I even look at setting goals or planning for 2024 - including sharing actual insights and examples from my own business and life so you …

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276 - How to Stand up to a Bully - Andrea Chalupa 54:09

5M ago54:09

54:09

In this episode David McRaney is interviewed by Andrea Chalupa about the psychological research covered in How Minds Change that could help if you expect to spend time with a family member this holiday who can't wait to pull you into an argument about politics, a wedge issue, or something else buzzing in the zeitgeist over which they'd love to star…

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275 - Blight - Emily Monosson 47:18

6M ago47:18

47:18

How likely is the fungal infection in The Last of Us? The one that takes over human brains and brings humanity to the brink of extinction, could something like that really happen? In this episode we sit down with Emily Monosson, an expert on deadly fungal infections, and discuss the handful of fungi (we know of) that are today, right now, causing c…

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Unpacking the mental load: a must-listen if you feel like you have too much to do 31:15

6M ago31:15

31:15

Ready to throw your mental load in the bin? Same, said every solo business owner or service provider, ever. In today's episode, I'm zeroing in on the impact of the mental load if you're a service provider or solo business owner and taking you through a really simple but powerful evaluation exercise to help you get clarity on how much you're really …

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In the zone: 5 ways to trigger flow state productivity 27:05

6M ago27:05

27:05

Today, we're getting into the nitty-gritty of flow state productivity. Ya know, the kind that feels almost lazy but gets you incredible results. If this sounds like something you can get behind, you're gonna want to listen to this ep, pals. In today’s episode, I'm peeling back the (tear-stained onion) layers on why traditional productivity hacks mi…

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274 - Cascades - Greg Satell 1:10:40

6M ago1:10:40

1:10:40

In this episode we sit down with Greg Satell, a communication expert whose book, Cascades, details how rapid, widespread change can sweep across groups of people big and small, and how understanding the psychological mechanisms at play in such moments can help anyone looking to create change in a family, institution, or even nation, prepare for the…

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How to leverage your natural productivity zone (and stop micro-managing your time) 26:43

6M ago26:43

26:43

Auditing your time won't make you more productive... but this will. This week, we're talking about time auditing - and why this popular time management and productivity tool is leading you in the wrong direction when it comes to improving how productively you work. In this episode, I cover how to stop worrying about how much time you spend on the t…

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Nikki from Slow Coaching Co: how to break up with busy and grow beyond burnout 23:12

7M ago23:12

23:12

Today's episode is a MUST listen for you if you struggle with feeling chained to your to-do list, want to break up with busy and live a life that is deeply aligned with your true values and goals. Nikki Tiedeman is the founder of Slow Coaching Co. She's a mindfulness slow life coach, on a mission to enable her clients to slow down and reconnect wit…

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273 - The Conspiracy Test - Jesse Richardson 58:52

7M ago58:52

58:52

In this episode Jesse Richardson tells us all about ConspiracyTest.org, a new project designed to be a weird, fun, and cleverly educational way to explore just how skeptical you are (and could be) about a variety of conspiracy theories. The whole thing is designed to be very sharable and very viral, and it's launching right before Thanksgiving 2023…

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272 - Quit! - Annie Duke (rebroadcast) 59:24

7M ago59:24

59:24

I recently sat down for a live event and Q&A with the great Annie Duke to discuss her new book, Quit: The power of knowing when to walk away. This episode is the audio from that event. Quit is all about how to develop a very particular skill: how to train your brain to make it easier to know which goals and plans are worth sticking to and which are…

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271 - Survival of the Richest - Douglas Rushkoff (rebroadcast) 1:01:24

7M ago1:01:24

1:01:24

In this episode we sit down with Douglas Rushkoff, a media scholar, journalist, and professor of digital economics who has a new fire in his belly when it comes to the world of billionaire preppers, which comes across in his new book Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires – inspired by his invitation to consult a group o…

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Struggling to focus? Prioritise this ONE thing for epic results 27:18

8M ago27:18

27:18

We can overcomplicate the way we manage our time and try all the productivity hacks out there, but we can often overlook the really, really simple basics that deliver us the most powerful results. Like the way we feel when it comes to our energy - THE most powerful tool we have in our arsenal when it comes to creating more time and working less. Wh…

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TRUTH: Your clients don't care how much time you spend on something 12:56

8M ago12:56

12:56

...And WHY this belief is limiting you when it comes to your time. If you're a service provider or online business owner, it's very likely you plan out your time when it comes to serving your clients. We can spend HOURS (yes, hours) each week painstakingly planning out our calendars, adjusting time blocks, moving the time blocks around, and trackin…

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270 - Defining Genius 1:12:25

8M ago1:12:25

1:12:25

In this show you'll hear the first episode of a documentary series I made for Himalaya, an audio service devoted to inspirational and educational content that asked me if I had any ideas for a book that I had yet to pursue, and sure enough, I did. The series is all about the difficulty of defining the word "genius," and out of that launching point …

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'How did I get here?' The one question that had me sobbing. 16:22

8M ago16:22

16:22

Ever asked yourself 'how did I get here?' Me too, pals. Me too. Business owner life. Working all the hours. Side eyeing your phone. Stress typing as you charge through Coles looking for the eggs (where are they)? It can feel like a far cry from that life of free time, flexibility and frolicking on the beach with the kids 2pm on a Tuesday you'd envi…

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Work at least 5 hours less every single week and grow your business? HELL. YES. 34:59

9M ago34:59

34:59

No, it's not MLM - it's just me, my new free guide for service providers and online business owners and YOU. Workin' less. Growing more. Every. Single. Week. HEL-LO! Last week I talked about how to stop tying your value to your time and start working less in your business right noooow. This week, I'm doing a COMPLETE walk-through of my 5 step work …

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269 - Deconstructing How Minds Change - Michael Taft 1:04:42

9M ago1:04:42

1:04:42

In celebration of How Minds Change, my new book, turning one-year-old, in this episode Michael Taft interviews David McRaney about how minds do and do not change, the process behind writing a book about that, and what he has learned since writing and promoting it. Michael is a meditation teacher, bestselling author, and a mindfulness coach – and he…

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How to work less and stop tying your value to your time (part 1) 14:52

9M ago14:52

14:52

Because of the way we've been conditioned to think about work, we're primed to equate time worked, with dollars earned. And as long as we continue binding our time with our value, that's never going to change. But WHAT IF we really started to completely separate our value from our time, and get really strategic with how we can create that value, us…

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Breaking up with socials: 4 things that happened to my time 25:07

9M ago25:07

25:07

Last week, I spilled my guts (or the tea if you’re reading this before you’ve had breakfast and GUTS is too confronting) about my soft breakup with… social media. *gasp* In today's episode, I'm sharing exactly what I’ve done (aka the deets of the soft socials breakup) and four things that happened to my time since I’ve let the ole’ socials down eas…

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Creating a time-rich business and my soft break-up with social media 26:49

9M ago26:49

26:49

This week, I'm getting down and dirty (ew) with you guys: - A bit of a personal share and what's been going on with me lately - Why I'm soft-ditching social media (and what I'm doing instead) - My working mum story and why I'm obsessed with time - Creating a time-rich business - Profit versus revenue (aka quit trading all your time for money) Wanna…

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268 - The Status Game - Will Storr (rebroadcast) 1:16:23

9M ago1:16:23

1:16:23

In this episode we welcome back author Will Storr whose new book, The Status Game, feels like required reading for anyone confused, curious, or worried about how politics, cults, conspiracy theories communities, social media, religious fundamentalism, polarization, and extremism are affecting us - everywhere, on and offline, across cultures, and ac…

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Busy all the time? 3 strategies to help you become really, really effective 17:30

9M ago17:30

17:30

Ever felt like you're trapped in a never-ending cycle of busy, and not making meaningful progress? It’s that feeling we all have. We’re busy all the time, working all the hours, and we’re still getting to the end of the day or the end of the week feeling like what we’ve achieved looks NOTHING like what we said we were going to get done. Where did t…

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How to use mindfulness to help you work less and achieve more 15:11

9M ago15:11

15:11

This episode will completely change the way you use your time, especially when it comes to just GETTING THE STUFF DONE that you need or want to get done. I’m not talking about just getting through task after task on your to do list, or operating in that frenzied, distractedly productive state where you’re doing lots of things (but not really feelin…

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267 - Do Your Own Research - Sedona Chinn 41:53

9M ago41:53

41:53

Sedona Chinn, who studies how people make sense of competing scientific, environmental, and health-related claims, joins us to discuss her latest research into doing your own research. In her latest paper she found that the more a person values the concept of doing your own research, the less likely that person is to actually do their own research.…

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5 truths about what one year in business is really like 27:58

10M ago27:58

27:58

Forget time. There's a secret ingredient for getting to where you want to go, and no, it’s not (just) more coffee... It's my business birthday! Join me as I spill the tea on the highs, lows, and the nauseating rollercoaster of my first year as a solo business owner. I'm digging deep beyond the six-figure Instagram hype and sharing 5 things I've lea…

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Why It's Not About How Much Time You Have: The Shift From Busy to Impactful 31:41

10M ago31:41

31:41

There's a common misconception that productivity equals slogging our way through a long to-do list. But what if the key to unlocking more time and achieving our goals wasn't about doing more? What if, instead, it was about doing LESS, but with more impact? As solo business owners and mums, we're so aligned to the busy trap - we have to be doing, wo…

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