WorkFlow with Steve Glaveski
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Many many moons ago, the Roman philosopher and statesman, Seneca, said that life is not short if you know how to use it.
He was right. Yet, we waste so much of our time at work, to the detriment of our professional goals, our health, our personal relationships, and our experience of life.
The WorkFlow podcast is hosted by me, Steve Glaveski. I'm the founder of innovation accelerator, Collective Campus, the author of several books and numerous Harvard Business Review articles on all things productivity, effectiveness, and high-performance at work.
My mission is to help you unlock your potential to do more great work in far less time, whether you’re working as part of a team or flying solo, and to set you up for a richer life.
If you enjoy this show, please like, share and/or subscribe, and if you’d like to learn more about my work and connect with me online, visit steveglaveski.com
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Should You Stand Up or Sit Down at Work?
October 21, 2021 10:41 - 6 minutes - 6.4 MBIt’s no secret that sitting all day is damaging to your body in myriad ways. It increases insulin resistance, putting you at risk of unhealthy weight gain, Type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. It’s devastating to your muscles, and cervical and lumbar spine mobility. And it can compromise your job satisfaction, energy levels, and emotional health. But sitting gets a bad wrap. In this video I explore the pros and cons of sitting and standing, and how to incorporate the right amount of ...
5 Ways Sunlight and Vitamin D Improve Your Focus and Mood
October 18, 2021 03:15 - 9 minutes - 8.47 MBThe shift to remote work has left us divided. Some of us want to remain remote forever, others can’t wait to get back to the office, and some are calling for a hybrid model. There are pros and cons of each, but one downside of working from home has consistently been overlooked — morning sunlight. For millions of people around the world, their daily commute has been reduced to a short stroll from the bedroom to the study (or the kitchen table). While convenient, this can come at a significa...
Are Early Birds REALLY More Productive Than Night Owls?
October 15, 2021 07:00 - 9 minutes - 9.22 MBFor years now we’ve heard people extol the virtues of getting up at 5am. Whether it’s books like Hal Elrod’s miracle morning, Robin Sharma’s 5am club, or Dan Luca’s the 5am revolution, or whether it’s influencers like former navy seal Jocko Willink religiously posting a photo of his wristwatch to Instagram when he wakes up at 4:30am each day. But does the early bird really get the worm? Or is the game just hacked in their favor? In this video, I explore how we're all different, how y...
Get More Done in Less Time with Parkinson's Law
October 11, 2021 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.92 MBIf you give yourself two weeks to complete a task, it will take you...about two weeks. But what if you gave yourself two days to complete that same task. How long do you think it would take you to get it done? This question lies at the heart of Parkinson’s Law, a phenomenon first observed by British naval historian, Cyril Parkinson, in an Economist article back in 1955. He argued that work expands to fill the time available for completion. In this video, I’ll explore how Parkinson’s ...
How to Beat Anxiety with the Physiological Sigh and Get Focused
October 04, 2021 03:17 - 7 minutes - 7.04 MBMore than 50% of people across the world experience workplace stress, and the prevalence of stress is much higher in the United States. This has been exacerbated by COVID-19 and its related stressors, with a meta-analysis published in Nature finding that there has been a dramatic rise in the prevalence of mental health problems globally. The report finds that almost 1 in 3 adults are suffering from depression and 1 in 4 from anxiety. This can create all sorts of problems in our lives, ...
How To Beat Analysis Paralysis and Jumping to Conclusions
September 28, 2021 00:39 - 8 minutes - 7.73 MBWe waste so much time, energy, and money pursuing the wrong things, and over-analyzing. In this video, you'll learn how to beat jumping to conclusions and analysis paralysis, and spend more time and money on things that work. --- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:50 Jumping to Conclusions 02:05 Analysis Paralysis 03:57 Define Assumptions 5:36 Test Assumptions COMPANION ARTICLE https://www.steveglaveski.com/blog/the-optimism-bias-dont-let-it-kill-you --- FIND ME ONLINE 🌐 Find...
4 Ways to Eat Carbs Without Crashing Afterwards
September 20, 2021 04:49 - 7 minutes - 7.35 MBYou’ve been there before. You head out for lunch and against your better judgment, you order the burger with a side of fries, or the big bowl of pasta, or the pizza. You feel great in the moment, but it doesn’t take long for the food coma and lethargy to set in. You get back to your desk, and quickly resign yourself to an afternoon of ‘nothing done’. Sure, your body is present, but your brain has checked out for the day. In this video, I talk through how you can have your cake AND ea...
5 Ways to Beat Zoom Fatigue
September 13, 2021 06:58 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBZoom fatigue is real. According to researchers at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab, all that time you’re spending on Zoom or video calls is wearing you out at a much quicker rate than traditional face-to-face meetings. Jeremy Bailenson and his team of researchers found four key reasons for Zoom fatigue. In this video, I unpack all of them, and dive into five solutions to Zoom fatigue. In this video, I talk through the five levels of #remotework. --- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Zoo...
Matt Mullenweg’s 5 Levels of Remote Work - you're probably at level 2.
September 06, 2021 05:53 - 22 minutes - 30.2 MBCOVID-19 has forced us into a global remote working experiment. Companies were quick to download Zoom and Slack, but tools are only as good as how you use them. When it comes to remote work, few companies do it better than Automattic—the company behind Wordpress, which powers 35 per cent of all websites on the internet. Automattic has 1,170 employees across more 75 countries and is worth US$3 billion. And here’s the kicker: the company does not have an office; its employees collaborate...
Was Rhonda Patrick Right about Fasting and Focus?
September 02, 2021 03:01 - 6 minutes - 8.83 MBIn this episode, I respond to Dr Rhonda Patrick's appearance on a recent Joe Rogan Experience episode (#1701 - 26 August 2021), in which she noted how #fasting makes her way more focused. Was she right, and what does science say? --- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Was she right? 01:45 The BRO science 2:53 What the actual science says SHOW NOTES: Article: How Fasting Elevates Your Focus: https://www.steveglaveski.com/blog/ho... 100 Productivity Hacks ebook: https://steveglaveski.com/downloa...
Outsourcing 101: How to Cut Your Work Hours in Half
August 30, 2021 12:02 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBI outsource about 30 hours of weekly effort that I previously performed myself, without any noticeable decrease in quality (and sometimes an improvement!) — that’s almost a standard workweek worth of tasks. But the real saving is exponentially greater. By outsourcing rudimentary tasks, it frees you up to invest my time on high-value tasks that align with your strengths. This creates a lot more value than repeatable process-oriented tasks because it means better results that feedback in...
S3E9: Automate Today to Crush Tomorrow
August 26, 2021 02:34 - 12 minutes - 17.8 MBIn this episode, I explore automation, and why and how investing a little time today in automating rudimentary, process-oriented tasks, can create a TON of time tomorrow. We also look at tools like Zapier, AirTable, and more. --- FIND ME ONLINE 🌐 Find my work at steveglaveski.com, including 100 PRODUCTIVITY HACKS ebook 📚 My book and FREE CHAPTER: https://www.timerichbook.com 🎓 My online course: https://www.timerichbook.com/online-c... 🐦My Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/steveglave...
S3E8: How to Time Block for Maximum Productivity
August 20, 2021 09:22 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBIn this episode, I explore time-blocking to support your long-term goals, and get the most out of each and every day. --- FIND ME ONLINE 🌐 Find my work at steveglaveski.com, including 100 PRODUCTIVITY HACKS ebook 📚 My book and FREE CHAPTER: https://www.timerichbook.com 🎓 My online course: https://www.timerichbook.com/online-c... 🐦My Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 🇱 My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveglav... ➖➖➖ The WorkFlow podcast is ...
S3E7: Prioritization and the 80/20 Principle
August 16, 2021 02:19 - 14 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this episode, I explore the Pareto Principle, otherwise known as the 80/20 principle, and why an understanding of this principle is key to helping us get closer to our goals in a much shorter timeframe. --- FIND ME ONLINE 🌐 Find my work at steveglaveski.com, including 100 PRODUCTIVITY HACKS ebook 📚 My book and FREE CHAPTER: https://www.timerichbook.com 🎓 My online course: https://www.timerichbook.com/online-c... 🐦My Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 🇱 My Li...
S3E6: Beware of Shallow Work Traps: Email, Slack, Social Media, and Meetings
August 09, 2021 01:39 - 10 minutes - 14.8 MBIn this episode, I explore the myriad shallow work, or insecurity work traps, that permeates and plague the modern workday, and modern worker's productivity and output. --- FIND ME ONLINE 🌐 Find my work at steveglaveski.com, including 100 PRODUCTIVITY HACKS ebook 📚 My book and FREE CHAPTER: https://www.timerichbook.com 🎓 My online course: https://www.timerichbook.com/online-course 🐦My Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 🇱 My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveg...
S3E5: Use Momentum to Beat Procrastination and Laziness
August 05, 2021 00:19 - 12 minutes - 16.8 MBWhat’s the number one thing holding your productivity back? ……You. It turns out that people switch screens once every 40 seconds in a typical workday. But when we switch screens, we suffer a cognitive switching penalty. It takes us out of flow — where we do our best work — and it takes us about 23 minutes to get back into the zone afterward. Not only that but switching all day can leave us utterly exhausted with very little to show for it. But before you start blaming big tech for hi...
S3E4: The Point of Diminishing Returns
August 02, 2021 05:45 - 7 minutes - 10 MBHigh performers stop when great work has been delivered. Bust most people stop long after great work has been delivered, spending a disproportionate amount of time on residual work, and effectively wasting time. Think spending four hours preparing a client proposal, and another four hours tweaking and playing around with the formatting. In this episode I tackle the topic of residual work and diminishing returns. ➖➖➖ SHOW NOTES --- 1) MY ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON THIS EPISODE TOPIC ht...
S3E3: The Value and Art of Saying "No"
July 26, 2021 02:08 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBBeware of the sage on the stage. I recently attended a business networking event, which reiterated why I normally don’t do such things. I had the misfortune of witnessing a ‘sage on the stage’ (a random local entrepreneur with modest levels of success, likely earned through timing, sheer persistence, and luck as opposed to deliberate practice), spewed forth the following verbal diarrhea. “Say yes to everything”. In this episode, I explore why you should say "no" to almost everything,...
S3E2: Task Switching
July 21, 2021 01:35 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBWhat’s the number one thing holding your productivity back? ……You. It turns out that people switch screens once every 40 seconds in a typical workday. But when we switch screens, we suffer a cognitive switching penalty. It takes us out of flow — where we do our best work — and it takes us about 23 minutes to get back into the zone afterward. In this video, I explore how task switching ruins your focus, and WHAT you can do to get on top of it. ➖➖➖ SHOW NOTES --- 1) MY ORIGINAL ARTICLE...
S3E1: The Flow State
July 21, 2021 00:20 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBFlow has been defined as a mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus. The term was first coined by Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1975 and is often referred to as ‘the zone’, however few people truly appreciate that ‘the zone’ is actually a physiological state. In this video, I explore the flow state, and how you can trigger it to do your best work. ➖➖➖ SHOW NOTES --- 1) MY ORIGINAL ARTICL...
S2E8: 14 Health Supplements to Boost Your Performance at Work
June 21, 2021 03:16 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBLet’s be clear. Before you even think about supplements to boost your focus and productivity, you’ve got to have the foundations in place. First, do work that aligns with your strengths, you find meaningful, you’re somewhat passionate about, and rewards you sufficiently. Second, sleep well, eat well, and incorporate movement throughout your day. You can think of the above mentioned as the proverbial cake, with supplements being the icing on top — the one-percenters that might give you an...
S2E7: How Fasting Helps You Become Super Focused
June 15, 2021 02:16 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBNowadays, there is a lot of talk about what you should eat and the supplements you should take to boost your cognitive performance. But on the contrary, consuming absolutely nothing at all has been found to hold many brain-boosting benefits — and best of all, it costs you nothing! --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5913738/ 2) https://glaveski.medium.com/12-health-supplements-to-boost-your-focus-memory-and-mood-4a3b899fd8...
S2E7 How Fasting Helps You Become Super Focused
June 15, 2021 02:16 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBNowadays, there is a lot of talk about what you should eat and the supplements you should take to boost your cognitive performance. But on the contrary, consuming absolutely nothing at all has been found to hold many brain-boosting benefits — and best of all, it costs you nothing! --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5913738/ 2) https://glaveski.medium.com/12-health-supplements-to-boost-your-focus-memory-and-mood-4a3b899fd8...
S2E6 How Sunlight and Vitamin D Improves Your Focus, Mood, and Creativity
June 11, 2021 03:18 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBThe shift to remote work has left us divided. Some of us want to remain remote forever, others can’t wait to get back to the office, and some are calling for a hybrid model. In this episode, I explore the role that direct-sunlight exposure (as opposed to indirect sunlight exposure through a window) plays a number of critical and foundational roles when it comes to optimizing our health and mental performance. --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) https://academic.oup.com/...
S2E6: How Sunlight and Vitamin D Improves Your Focus, Mood, and Creativity
June 11, 2021 03:18 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBThe shift to remote work has left us divided. Some of us want to remain remote forever, others can’t wait to get back to the office, and some are calling for a hybrid model. In this episode, I explore the role that direct-sunlight exposure (as opposed to indirect sunlight exposure through a window) plays a number of critical and foundational roles when it comes to optimizing our health and mental performance. --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) https://academic.oup.com/...
S2E5: Overcoming Workplace Stress and Negative Emotions
June 07, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MBIn the body, moments of stress are detected by the amygdala — the brain’s primitive threat detection mechanism. The amygdala sends a distress signal to the hypothalamus, releasing adrenaline into the body, increasing our heart rate and breath rate, using up glucose and fat stores for energy, and ultimately releasing cortisol — the primary stress hormone. In this episode, I explore the role that workplace stress permeates offices all over the developed world, with up to 80% of Americans exp...
S2E5 Overcoming Workplace Stress and Negative Emotions
June 07, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MBIn the body, moments of stress are detected by the amygdala — the brain’s primitive threat detection mechanism. The amygdala sends a distress signal to the hypothalamus, releasing adrenaline into the body, increasing our heart rate and breath rate, using up glucose and fat stores for energy, and ultimately releasing cortisol — the primary stress hormone. In this episode, I explore the role that workplace stress permeates offices all over the developed world, with up to 80% of Americans exp...
S2E4 How Being Social Helps You Focus At Work
May 31, 2021 02:38 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MB“You might think you’re pretty healthy, drinking a green smoothie on your own, but two blokes sharing a beer at the bar might actually be healthier than you in that moment”. These are the words of Kale Brock, producer of The Longevity Film, which took him to several ‘blue zones’ around the world to discover why people in these communities were living, on average, about ten years longer than the rest of us. It turns out that there is more to this than just anecdotal observations and theor...
S2E4: How Being Social Helps You Focus At Work
May 31, 2021 02:38 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MB“You might think you’re pretty healthy, drinking a green smoothie on your own, but two blokes sharing a beer at the bar might actually be healthier than you in that moment”. These are the words of Kale Brock, producer of The Longevity Film, which took him to several ‘blue zones’ around the world to discover why people in these communities were living, on average, about ten years longer than the rest of us. It turns out that there is more to this than just anecdotal observations and theor...
S2E3 How Movement Plays in the Mind
May 24, 2021 02:22 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this episode, I explore the role that working from home is great unless you find yourself sedentary all day. --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) https://www.nature.com/articles/373109a0 2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 3) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 4) https://www.nature.com/articles/s4140... 5) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... 6) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 7) https://link.springer.com/article/10.... 8) https://...
S2E3: How Movement Plays in the Mind
May 24, 2021 02:22 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this episode, I explore the role that working from home is great unless you find yourself sedentary all day. --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) https://www.nature.com/articles/373109a0 2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 3) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 4) https://www.nature.com/articles/s4140... 5) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... 6) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 7) https://link.springer.com/article/10.... 8) https://...
S2E2: What to Eat to Stay Focused For Longer
May 20, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 36 MBIn this episode, I explore the role that nutrition plays in sustaining our focus for longer while we work. --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.13771 2) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00125-016-4085-2 3) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-020-02228-x 4) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20071648 5) Plant-based protein: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=plant+based+protein&ref=nb_sb_noss&_encoding=UTF8&tag=gla...
S2E1: Body & Mind: How Sleep Optimizes Your Focus, Creativity, Memory, and Mood
May 19, 2021 10:40 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this episode, I explore the role that sleep plays in regulating our focus and attention, decision-making, emotions, problem-solving, and creativity, --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) Why We Sleep book: https://amzn.to/3ynGqD5 2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 3) https://academic.oup.com/sleep/articl... 4) Chilipad Blanket: https://amzn.to/3nuEWSy 5) Blue-light blocking glasses: https://www.kqzyfj.com/click...
S1E5: Values Alignment at Work
May 14, 2021 00:47 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this video, I explore the role that Values Alignment plays when it comes to performance at work and job satisfaction, and what you can do to define your values and use them in your decision making. --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... 2) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... 3) Survey: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... 4) https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... --- 5) MY ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON THIS EPISODE TOPIC...
S1E4: Play To Your Strengths
May 13, 2021 04:08 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBIn this video, I explore the role that STRENGTHS-ALIGNMENT plays in getting the best out of yourself every single day. --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) Strengths-based Leadership: https://amzn.to/3htVPf4 2) Fiverr: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=2... 3) Gallup Strengthsfinder: https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengt... 4) High5Test: https://high5test.com --- 5) MY ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON THIS EPISODE TOPIC https://glaveski.medium.com/play-to-y... --- FIN...
S1E3: Are You Following the RIGHT Kind of Passion?
May 13, 2021 04:05 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MBIn this video, I explore the role that PASSION plays when it comes to our performance at work, and how there are TWO types of passion - one that leads to positive outcomes and emotional wellbeing, and one that leads to the VERY OPPOSITE. --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/S... 2) https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc... 3) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17489... 4) https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/w... 5) https://amzn.to/3u...
S1E2: The Real Impact of Incentives at Work
May 13, 2021 04:02 - 20 minutes - 28 MBIn this video, I explore one of the four foundations of high performance, productivity, and effectiveness at work - extrinsic and intrinsic incentives. --- SHOW NOTES You can find the inspiration for this episode at https://glaveski.medium.com/the-real-... Links to resources mentioned: 1) https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... 2) https://pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content... 3) https://pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content... 4) Drive by Dan Pink: https://amzn.to/3exFEf8 --- FIND ME...
S1 Foundations, E1: The Science on Purpose and Performance at Work
May 13, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBIn this video, I explore the role that PURPOSE plays when it comes to our performance at work. --- SHOW NOTES Links to resources mentioned: 1) https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/ha... 2) https://business.linkedin.com/content... 3) https://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/mas... 4) https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us... 5) http://news.gallup.com/reports/199961... 6) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/... 7) Drive: https://amzn.to/3exFEf8 8) Start With Why: https://amzn.to/3uD...
Introduction to WorkFlow Podcast
May 13, 2021 03:57 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MBWelcome to the WorkFlow podcast. Many many moons ago, the Roman philosopher and statesman, Seneca, said that life is not short if you know how to use it. He added that people are frugal with their money, but no so their time, which is the one thing it is right to be stingy with, because time, unlike money, cannot be earned back when you spend it. He was right. We waste so much of our time at work, to the detriment of our professional goals, our health, our personal relationships, and o...