Life + Work Podcast

June 14, 2023

Mailbag #9: Best Two-Card Combos, Travel Tactics, Finance Apps, Health Tricks and More

#120: Host Chris Hutchins shares a ton of amazing tips, questions and wins from listeners. He covers a range of topics including the best two credit card combos, United Airlines’s recent points devaluation, ways to maximize t...
May 31, 2023

Unleashing the Power of Kindness, Self-Awareness, and Passion with Gary Vaynerchuk

#118: Serial entrepreneur and bestselling author, Gary Vaynerchuk joins Chris to discuss cultivating happiness by embracing kindness, enhancing self-awareness, and finding a balance between things you love. He and Chris also ...
May 17, 2023

Simplify Decision Making, Reduce Stress and Improve Your Life with Sahil Bloom

#116: Investor and entrepreneur Sahil Bloom joins Chris to discuss ways of optimizing life through the power of (philosophical) razors. Sahil shares his insights on simplifying the decision-making process to lead a meaningful...
May 3, 2023

Money Talks: Navigating Uncomfortable Conversations with Loved Ones with Erin Lowry

#114: Personal finance expert and and author, Erin Lowry joins Chris to discuss the importance of having financial conversations with your parents, including sharing some specific scripts for initiating the discussion. They a...
March 29, 2023

Living a Happier Life, Saying No, and Prioritizing Goals with Derek Sivers

#108: Writer and entrepreneur Derek Sivers joins Chris to discuss decision-making, having meaningful experiences, personal happiness, journaling, saying no, and parenting. They also touch on the subject of traveling with chil...
March 15, 2023

Mailbag #7: Listener Tips, SVB Collapse, Treasury Bills, Bank Bonuses, Top Deals and More

#106: Host Chris Hutchins shares top tips from listeners, thoughts on the SVB collapse, some great deals to take advantage of now ways to invest in treasury bills, ways to get deals on concert/theatre tickets, how he's invest...
March 8, 2023

Overcoming Fear, Processing Failure, and Why Having a Plan B Holds You Back with Matt Higgins

#105: Serial entrepreneur Matt Higgins joins Chris discuss how people can stop getting held back from their full potential. They talk about why a backup plan might be what's holding them back. They also lay out a framework to...
Feb. 22, 2023

Determination, Achieving the Impossible and Pursuing Your Passion with Tony Hawk

#103: Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk joins Chris to discuss his extraordinary career and how drive, tenacity, and motivation made it all possible. Tony also shares his favorite travel destinations, offers guidance on followin...
Feb. 1, 2023

Reflecting on the Podcast, Valuing Time and Focusing on the Year Ahead with Brad Barrett

#100: Financial independence (FI) expert Brad Barrett joins Chris to reflect on getting to 100 episodes of the podcast. They share some major lessons they've learned recently, discuss how to value their time and share how the...
Jan. 25, 2023

Top Ways to Make This Year Amazing and Seven Simple Questions for Your Annual Review with Sahil Bloom

#99: Investor and entrepreneur Sahil Bloom joins Chris to discuss performing a personal annual review. Sahil outlines the seven questions everyone should ask when reflecting on the previous year and establishing goals for the...
Jan. 18, 2023

Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Increase Productivity and Live the Life You Want with Dan Martell

#98: Serial entrepreneur and best-selling author Dan Martell joins Chris to talk about buying back time. They discuss the value of adopting the right mindset, techniques for scheduling your time, tools to streamline processes...
Jan. 11, 2023

Optimizing Your Health: Diagnostic Tests, Choosing a Doctor, Sleep, Longevity, Inflammation and More with Dr. Jordan Shlain

#97: Physician and entrepreneur, Jordan Shlain MD, joins Chris to discuss optimizing your health. They cover the pillars of longevity, how things like sleep, diet, and exercise affect your overall health, finding a new physic...
Dec. 28, 2022

Top Learnings, Tactics and Credit Cards of 2022

#95: Chris shares his top 10 learnings and takeaways from the past year of the Podcast, which covers time management, personal finance, happiness, regret, negotiating, marriage, communication and more. He also recaps some of ...
Nov. 30, 2022

Work Tactics: Finding a Job, Negotiating Comp, Managing Up, Getting Promoted and More with Lenny Rachitsky

#90: Top podcast host, Lenny Rachitsky joins Chris to discuss work-related techniques for success. They talk about finding a job that aligns with your interests, ways to stand out and get noticed, nailing your interview, effe...
Nov. 18, 2022

Bonus Q&A: Teaching Kids about Money, Investing and Financial Responsibility with Tad Fallows

#88: Tad Fallows joins Chris on this bonus episode to discuss teaching children about money and investing, allowances, college savings, and strategies you can use for investing in your children. Tad also shares his favorite r...
Nov. 2, 2022

Building a Second Brain to Organize Your Digital Life with Tiago Forte

#85: Tiago Forte joins Chris to talk about his proven method to build a "Second Brain" to organize your digital life. They discuss the best tools to use to collect and store information, why it's important to become more of a...
Oct. 19, 2022

Life + Travel Listener Q&A (Fighting Jet Lag, Favorite Podcasts, Food Tricks and More)

#83: Host Chris Hutchins tackles questions about fighting jet lag, his favorite podcasts, cancel-for-any-reason travel insurance, virtual assistants, food planning, virtual credit card numbers and much more. This episode is p...
Oct. 12, 2022

Goal Setting, Building Self-Discipline, and Finding Work-Life Balance with Brandon Turner

#82: Real estate investor and author, Brandon Turner, joins Chris to discuss how he's managed to be successful and still prioritize friends, family, and quality of life. They talk about working with a performance coach, build...
Oct. 5, 2022

Making Smarter Decisions and Knowing When to Walk Away with Annie Duke

#81: Professional decision-maker, Annie Duke, joins Chris to talk about making better decisions. They discuss why learning the difference between luck and the quality of decisions is so important and how that can improve your...
Sept. 21, 2022

Build Rapport, Master Conversational Skills and Learn Anything From Anyone with Andrew Warner

#79: Entrepreneur and author, Andrew Warner, joins Chris to talk about ways to become a better, more exciting conversationalist. They discuss why this is a skill everyone should master and learn what most people get wrong abo...
Sept. 16, 2022

Action List: Everything You Can Do To Protect Your Identity, Accounts, Credit and Family.

#78: In this episode, Chris breaks down the specific actions you can take to protect yourself and your family online. That includes protecting your devices, credit, financial accounts, logins and more. Additionally he covers ...
Sept. 14, 2022

Cybersecurity and Protecting Yourself from Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves with Adam Levin

#77: Cybersecurity expert, Adam Levin, joins Chris to discuss all things cybersecurity, privacy, identity theft, and fraud. They cover how to avoid becoming a victim of online scams, ways to ​​effectively monitor your credit,...
Aug. 19, 2022

My Favorite Apps, Products and Services for a Productive and Optimized Life

#73: In this bonus episode, Chris shares all the apps, products, services and chrome extension he uses to make his life more productive and efficient. That includes optimizing email, scheduling meetings, storing information a...
Aug. 17, 2022

Increasing Productivity, Procrastinating Less and Living a Happier, Healthier Life with Ali Abdaal

#72: Entrepreneur, YouTuber, and former doctor, Ali Abdaal, joins Chris to discuss strategies, tools, and tips to live a happier, healthier, and more productive life. They talk about how to dial in productivity, ways to comba...
Aug. 3, 2022

Hosting Cocktail Parties, Building Relationships, Museum Strategies and Friends Newsletters with Nick Gray

#68: Entrepreneur and author, Nick Gray joins Chris to discuss his mission to get people to host more parties, make connections, build friendships, and live a richer life. They delve into why Nick thinks name tags and icebrea...