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by Adam Sandell
Practical, bullshit-free advice about how to have a better working life, for people who do work they care about. By a doctor and former human rights lawyer who studies this stuff.
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- 5 days ago16 min
What if the answer to stress were just a perspective-shift?
What if the problem with stress weren’t the stress but, instead, our attitude towards stress—and, if we start thinking about it differently, our pressured lives will be transformed?Or is that idea over-hyped nonsense?ARE YOU GETTING THE EMAILS? Great Work's an email as well as a podcast, with podcast embedded in the emails, so you can choose to read or listen. Sign up (free, easy to unsubscribe) here: https://www.adamsandell.com/newsletter.Links: all the links and references are in the email version of this episode: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/stress-mindsetEmail me! adam@adamsandell.comFEEDBACK: If you’re willing—you can answer just two questions and it helps me improve this! https://www.adamsandell.com/survey This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letter.adamsandell.com
- Jun 19, 202614 min
I made a medical error
We all make mistakes from time to time. Sometimes they're serious. Yet there's a culture of not talking about them, and this is a problem. So in this episode I tell you candidly about one of my medical errors. There are lessons for anyone who does work that matters and who worries about getting things wrong, or finds it hard to cope when they do.* * *ARE YOU GETTING THE EMAILS? Great Work's an email as well as a podcast, with podcast embedded in the emails, so you can choose to read or listen. Sign up (free, easy to unsubscribe) here: https://www.adamsandell.com/newsletter.Links: all links and references are in the email version of this episode: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/medical-errorEmail me! adam@adamsandell.comFEEDBACK: If you’re willing—you can answer just two questions and it helps me improve this! https://www.adamsandell.com/survey This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letter.adamsandell.com
- May 12, 20268 min
Read yourself to a better working life
Six reviews of books that might improve your tough working life. Links are in the email version, which is here: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/book-reviews.* Simone Stolzoff, How to Not Know: The Value of Uncertainty in a World that Demands Answers* Kelly McGonigal, The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It* Selina Barker, Burnt Out: The Exhausted Person’s Six-Step Guide to Thriving in a Fast-Paced World* Bree Groff, Today Was Fun: A Book About Work (Seriously)* Kathryn Page, Good Work: Transform Your Work from the Inside Out* Joseph Jebelli, The Brain At Rest: How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your LifeARE YOU GETTING THE EMAILS? Great Work's an email as well as a podcast, with podcast embedded in the emails, so you can choose to read or listen. Sign up (free, easy to unsubscribe) here: https://www.adamsandell.com/newsletter.Email me! adam@adamsandell.comFEEDBACK: If you’re willing—you can answer just two questions and it helps me improve this! https://www.adamsandell.com/survey This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letter.adamsandell.com
- May 1, 20265 min
The vacation test: a sign that something needs to change
The vacation test: a sign that something needs to change—and an opportunity to figure out what to do.ARE YOU GETTING THE EMAILS? Great Work's an email as well as a podcast, with podcast embedded in the emails, so you can choose to read or listen. Sign up (free, easy to unsubscribe) here: https://www.adamsandell.com/newsletter.Links: all the links and references are in the email version, available here: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/vacation-testEmail me! adam@adamsandell.comFEEDBACK: If you’re willing—you can answer just two questions and it helps me improve this! https://www.adamsandell.com/survey This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letter.adamsandell.com
- Apr 3, 202611 min
Tough Work + Parenting ... How?!
How do people do tough, meaningful work—and even thrive doing it—alongside caring for being a parent or caring for family members? I've unearthed a few strategies!WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE ABOUT THIS?I need your input on this one—as do other Great Work listeners. Join the Great Work chat (https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/dd23f6ab-5185-4da6-921f-d5b616b9d2d3), comment on the written version (https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/caring-responsibilities), or email me at adam@adamsandell.com.ARE YOU GETTING THE EMAILS?Great Work's an email as well as a podcast, with podcast embedded in the emails, so you can choose to read or listen. Sign up (free, easy to unsubscribe) here: https://www.adamsandell.com/newsletter.FEEDBACKIf you’re willing—you can answer just two questions and it helps me improve this! https://www.adamsandell.com/surveySTUFF REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE• New research on sex differences in occupational distress: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2840686• Exhaustion: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/tired-exhausted-burned-out• Imposter syndrome: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/remember-everyone-else-is-an-imposter• Worrying you've screwed something up: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/remember-everyone-else-is-an-imposter• Middle school teacher article/podcast: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/work-life-lessons-from-a-teacherIN CASE YOU MISSED ITSwanning through the tough week: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/tough-week This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letter.adamsandell.com
- Mar 4, 202613 min
Three ways overwork warps your perspective
Are you fine? Is your job fine? Or are you too tired to tell? Three ways exhaustion warps your perspective—and how to fix it.Stuff referred to in this episode:* The importance of rest: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/prioritize-rest* It's often the reaction, not the stuff: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/its-the-reaction-not-the-stuff-f74* Imposter syndrome: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/imposter* When to leaver a job: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/leaving-job* Tired, exhausted, or burned out? https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/tired-exhausted-burned-outAre you getting the emails? Great Work's an email as well as a podcast, with podcast embedded in the emails, so you can choose to read or listen. Sign up (free, easy to unsubscribe) here: https://www.adamsandell.com/newsletter.Feedback If you’re willing—you can answer just two questions and it helps me improve this! https://www.adamsandell.com/survey This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letter.adamsandell.com
- Jan 28, 202611 min
The Kind–Businesslike Matrix, or: Why So Many Teams of Good People Struggle
Happy, high-functioning teams need to be both kind and businesslike—yet few are. What this means and how to get there.Are you getting the emails?The podcast’s embedded in the emails, which you can read, if you prefer. Sign up (free, easy to unsubscribe) here: https://www.adamsandell.com/newsletter.FeedbackIf you’re willing—you can answer just two questions and it helps me improve this! https://www.adamsandell.com/surveyStuff referred to in this episodeAlmost nothing is a crisis: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/almost-nothing-is-a-crisis-94dThe “once this difficult period is over”/“now’s not the time” fallacy: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/nows-not-the-time-fallacyConsider your options: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/leaving-jobSMART criteria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteriaHave effective meetings: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/good-meetings-existHave difficult conversations: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/difficult-conversationsConnect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamsandell This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letter.adamsandell.com
- Dec 27, 202516 min
You’ll be happier, and achieve more, if you’re kinder to yourself
How you really can be happier, and achieve more, if you’re kinder to yourselfIf you haven’t already done so, please consider signing up for the email version of this, which has the podcast embedded in it: https://www.adamsandell.com/newsletterAll the links and references are in the email version of this episode. That’s available here: https://letter.adamsandell.com/go-easierWould you do me a one-minute favor and help me involve these podcasts by answering two questions—what you like about Great Work, and how it could be better? https://forms.gle/dK2xsEMY9fgGf12B7Oliver Burkeman’s email, The Imperfectionist: https://www.oliverburkeman.com/the-imperfectionistBook recommendations:Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less (Basic Books, 2016).Joseph Jebelli. The Brain at Rest: How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your Life (Random House, 2025).Other stuff:PAMELA talk sign-up: https://forms.gle/zVx66EUqLDAsUtrV8 (Friday 16 January 2026, 1pm UK time)Interested in me speaking at your event/to your team? https://www.adamsandell.com/speaking This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letter.adamsandell.com
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