Streamlined Solopreneur: Helping solopreneur parents stop checking email at the playground
Kanalaren Xehetasunak
Streamlined Solopreneur: Helping solopreneur parents stop checking email at the playground
When was the last time you took a real vacation...not one where you're still answering emails? If that question bums you out, you're in the right place. Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast where solopreneurs learn to build simple business systems and automations that keep your business running...
Atal Berriak
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Is speaking worth my time, Zuck doesn't get people, HotD [Friday Wrap-Up]
This week I talk about why this is my heaviest speaking year since before the pandemic — and how I'm deciding whether all that travel and prep time is...
You Can't Automate What You Can't Explain
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Here's the problem: most solopreneurs don't know exactly what they do. They can'...
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Siri's big update, and a CRAZY LEGO scandal [Friday Wrap-Up]
This week I talk about WWDC and the big Siri update Apple just announced and why Apple's measured, context-aware approach feels like the right applica...
AI for Solopreneur Systems: Two Projects That Actually Worked
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I talk a lot about the wrong ways to use AI. But a rainy weekend gave me a few f...
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Why Summarize Everything, Ben Sasse, and Lou Gehrig [Friday Wrap-Up]
This week I talk about why summarizing everything isn't actually reading more — summaries rob you of the experience, the context, and the ability to f...
The Automated Routine That Lets Me Leave Work at Work
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I left work early recently to volunteer at my daughter's ice cream social and si...
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Saturday Mornings, The Creative Act, and Pop Punk [Friday Wrap-Up]
This week I talk about my surprisingly productive Saturday mornings — and why I'm hoping that same quiet, distraction-free focus carries into summer w...
"I'll Remember It" Is a Lie: 3 Ways Solopreneurs Can Capture Tasks Faster
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Have you ever gone to the grocery store without a list? You walk down every aisl...
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Do you work while driving? [Friday Wrap-Up]
This week I talk about how I used 4 hours of solo driving to and from a mastermind retreat in Baltimore — and why I chose to turn everything off inste...
Inbox Zero for Solopreneurs: The Exact System I've Used for 8 Years
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Have you ever seen a 5-digit notification badge? It’s most stressful things I se...
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Do LLMs employ variable rewards, Spike Lee's hat, and a chilling video [Friday Wrap-Up]
Welcome to the Friday Wrap-Up for May 15, 2026. This is a short newsletter where I talk about 3 things: What’s on my mind this week, Recommended Readi...
The Right Newsletter Tool Makes All the Difference: Why Solopreneurs Should Use Kit
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Does having a mailing list feel like too much for you? Like it’s adding “one mor...
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Don't Miss Out on What You're Doing, Deleting Second Brains, drop dead [Friday Wrap-Up]
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Why Your Solopreneur Business Feels Overwhelming (Fix This First)
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The most overwhelming room in my house is the sunroom. Three small kids, all the...
What Solopreneurs Can Learn From Star Wars
I have a confession to make: The first Star Wars movie I ever saw was Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. I was 13, and it just hit the dollar theater when...
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Single-Purpose Apps, AI Won't Take Your Job, Ted Lasso is Back [Friday Wrap-Up]
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The One Thing Solopreneurs Shouldn't Automate (And What to Automate Instead)
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Using AI to write your book is like using a car to run your marathon. Sure, you...
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Trading Algorithms + Claude MYTHos [Friday Wrap-Up]
This week I've been deep in my SEO and content strategy, and it got me thinking: am I just trading one algorithm for another? I left social media to s...
The Solopreneur's Guide to Discipline: Systems, Time, and Delegation
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What if the best business advice you ever got came from a book about ancient phi...
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What is AI Brain + Recommendations [Friday Wrap-Up]
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AI brain is when you've come to rely on AI for even the most basic things -- and...
Vibe Coding for Solopreneurs: When It's Worth It and When It's Not
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I understand the temptation of using AI to write your own apps. I’m sick of the...
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Thoughts and Recommendations for April 10, 2026 [Friday Wrap-Up]
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I'm trying a new format this week called the Friday Wrap-up, where I tell you wh...
How to Plan Your Week as a Solopreneur (My Exact System)
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I can’t imagine something more overwhelming than sitting down on Monday and havi...
How to Understand How You Work with a Task Journal
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Most task managers only tell you half the story. They show you what you checked...
3 Lessons Solopreneurs Should Take From the Olympics
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I loved watching the Olympics this year — more than usual. Part of it was the gr...
How to Build a Better Relationship with Your Tools
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In 1998, I got genuinely frustrated with my mom for not knowing how to right-cli...
3 Steps to Reclaim Your Life from Email
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What will really happen if you don't respond to that email right away? I used to...
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I Used AI to Code an iOS App [Audio Note]
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I had Strep Throat this week, and when I got sick of being cooped up in bed, I d...
Why Repetition is Killing Your Productivity (And How to Fix It)
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Not all repetition is bad. Practicing a speech, drilling a recipe, building a tr...
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Why I Love Talking to my Phone Now
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I grew up watching people yell into their Nextel phones at the mall in the late...
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How to take more time off
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I got home at 3 a.m. after a week of back-to-back conference days and Disney par...
Stop Selling Content: The Shift Toward Transformational Communities
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Memberships and Communities are a great way to stop selling hours for dollars. B...
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Working on Interoperability with the reMarkable 2 [Audio Note]
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What do Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Marie Curie, Ben Franklin, and Virginia Woolf...
January Accountability Report for Digital Detox
It's the end of January and my Year of Digital Detox is in full swing. Here's how I'm doing with it so far.
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I’m deeply worried about humanity losing our critical thinking skills. We’ve see...
How to Serve More People and Scale Your Income
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