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Amantha Imber

You know those annoyingly successful people who seem to have it all figured out? Time to steal their playbook. Organisational psychologist Dr Amantha Imber gets world‑class achievers to spill their secrets - the daily strategies behind their success through to life hacks and productivity hacks they’d rather keep to themselves. We’re talking practical tips for boosting your output (including clever AI tools and shortcuts that’ll make you look like a genius), managing overwhelm without losing your mind, and optimising both work and wellbeing. No motivational fluff. Just battle‑tested tactics from people who’ve cracked the code.

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  1. Prioritisation and saying no: the best advice from the How I Work archive 25:00
  2. What is an AI skill (and why you should care) 10:56
  3. How to make your frequent flyer points go further in 2027 36:26
  4. The prompt that shows what your AI actually knows about you (and it’s less than you might think) 11:27
  5. How to master difficult conversations at work, with Tim Duggan 39:22
  6. Still arguing with AI over a bad first draft? Try these 4 tips 13:03
  7. REPLAY: Feel like you’re always behind? Chris Guillebeau has a fix for your time anxiety (Part 1) 24:54
  8. Your prompts are stuck in 2025. Here are 5 fixes 12:10
  9. REPLAY: Why you feel busy all the time (even when you’re not), with Laura Vanderkam 36:05
  10. Your custom GPTs and Gems are going away. Here's how to save them. 7:51
  11. The Work Edit: The AI skill that saves me 200 minutes a week. Here's how to build yours. 33:25
  12. AI is a terrible brainstormer (until you do this) 13:34
  13. The 7 types of rest you need, and how to find the one you're missing, with Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith 39:05
  14. Your AI gets dumber at 60%. Here's the free fix. 10:07
  15. The Work Edit: 3 evening strategies to actually help you switch off 30:18
  16. The 4 recurring tasks you should hand off to AI permanently 12:44
  17. Steal Jane Lu's system for delegating without losing control 33:42
  18. 3 signs it's time to start a new chat thread 10:28
  19. Why planning 60% of your day is the most productive thing you can do, with Cyril Peupion 29:10
  20. Quick Win: The million-dollar moment that tested Catriona Wallace’s integrity 8:51
  21. The Work Edit: When gratitude becomes entitlement, and how to reset it 33:39
  22. Quick Win: How to rebuild trust at work when its broken 7:03
  23. The two numbers that predict whether you'll actually hit your goal, with Jia Jiang 32:50
  24. Quick Win: The hidden reason AI isn’t delivering value at work, according to Dom Price 6:42
  25. The Work Edit: How to scale a consulting business without growing the team 32:52
  26. The prompting mistake almost everyone makes 11:51
  27. The 3 questions that reveal whether someone is actually motivated, with Dr Justin Coulson 36:20
  28. Do these 2 things if you're worried about AI and the environment 16:14
  29. Are you an insecure overachiever? Oliver Burkeman on why success never feels like enough 36:24
  30. What you should never paste into AI 14:29
  31. Part 2: The loneliness of leadership no one warned you about, with Christian O'Connell 34:17
  32. Agents, Projects, and Skills (oh my!): A no-fluff guide on when to use each one 13:27
  33. Part 1: Christian O'Connell on the habit that means he never runs out of stories 28:21
  34. The three questions to ask before picking an AI platform 16:07
  35. How to get your energy back without overhauling your life 46:17
  36. Cowork explained in 10 Minutes 16:17
  37. The warning signs of burnout I missed for nearly an entire year 40:48
  38. What is tokenomics, and why should you care 12:12
  39. Behind the book deal: How a book goes from pitch to print, with Penguin Random House's Izzy Yates 54:30
  40. Which AI model should I use for which task? 16:57
  41. The two AI mistakes hurting your team's productivity, with Dom Price 40:46
  42. The early warning signs of burnout you're probably ignoring (feat. my new book The Energy Game) 21:50
  43. Always chasing the next achievement? Jennifer Breheny Wallace has a better way to measure your life 37:49
  44. Quick Win: The creative secret behind Exploding Kittens’ thousand-idea design retreats 6:25
  45. The Work Edit: Struggling to say no? The method I use that makes every decision easier 29:02
  46. 8 tasks you should never do manually again 15:39
  47. What watching 20,000 auditions teaches you about getting attention, with Big Brother and The X Factor creator Maz Farrelly 35:14
  48. (BONUS) The psychology of the pitch: what TV producers know that salespeople don't, with Maz Farrelly 10:54
  49. The agent that Neo uses every single day 14:38
  50. The Work Edit: Everyone is using AI to apply for jobs. Here's how to stand out. 29:19