On this episode, I chat with author Ashley Whillans about her book, Time Smart!

Here’s a link to the book.

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On this episode, we explore how AI tools like Claude Cowork are automating the drudgery layer of knowledge work, and why the most important skill is now how well you can guide intelligent systems.

Topics covered include:

• What Claude Cowork actually does well: file manipulation, web navigation, and closing the manual screenshot loop
• How work is shifting from execution to direction and intention-setting
• The morning briefing system: AI executing on goals set at daily, weekly, and strategic levels
• Applying the Intention Stack framework from Intentional to guide AI systems
• The risk of “wasted leverage”
• Why every minute becomes more valuable when you’re guiding systems instead of doing the work yourself

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Intentional: How to Finish What You Start
• Claude Cowork by Claude/Anthropic

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On this episode, we chat about the four types of goals we set—including outcome goals versus process goals, and learning goals versus performance goals!

Here’s the link to Chris’s book, which digs more into these ideas!

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On this episode, we chat about Chris’s new book, Intentional, which is about the science of goal attainment!

Here’s a link to the book.

And here’s a link to learn more about it.

Enjoy!

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On this episode, we reflect back at the year and look to 2026, when Chris’s book Intentional will come out :-)

Have a great holiday!

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On this episode, we chat about a central idea from Chris’s new book, Intentional: The Intention Stack!

Here’s the image we chat about in the episode:

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All the timelines across which we are intentional.

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On this episode, I chat with Kyle Austin Young about his new book, Success is a Numbers Game! Hope you enjoy our conversation :-)

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On this episode, we chat about Chris’s experiment to wake up at 5:30 every morning for a month—including what he learned from it, what he’d do differently, and what the research says about our wakeup time and daily productivity. We also dig into his experiment to drink only water for a month—cutting out sugary drinks, caffeine, and booze.

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