Aurooba Ahmed

The Daily 5 with Aurooba

Business EN ↓ 200 episodes

A daily 5 minute podcast looking inwards. Topics are usually around productivity, tech, entrepreneurship, motivation, work/life balance, etc.

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Aurooba Ahmed

Episodes

What will Season 2 be about? 29.12.2023 5:01

Introducing season 2 of The Daily 5 with Aurooba. Listen in to hear why there's a new season and what it'll be about. The Wheel of Life exercise episode – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_DOG_mXz5w Balance is impossible – https://thedaily5.xyz/s1/98

Balance is impossible 04.04.2023 4:59

A rather philosophical discussion about balance today. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Plants and other thoughts 03.04.2023 4:59

This is a weird one. Just so you know. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Quitting versus completing 02.04.2023 4:59

Am I quitting or am I completing this thing. (a full transcript is available on the website)

First drafts and standards 01.04.2023 4:59

Thinking about how once you know your first drafts aren't your best work, it becomes harder to accept first draft effort from yourself. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Sleep on it. 31.03.2023 4:59

Taking a break for a hot second (as I like to say). (a full transcript is available on the website)

On learning 30.03.2023 4:59

A little reflection on learning and knowledge work. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Iterate and consider doing it in public. 28.03.2023 5:02

Reflecting on the power and process of iteration. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Reflecting on 90 days of The Daily 5. 27.03.2023 7:28

Looking back on 90 days of this podcast, sharing some news, and looking towards the future. Warning: today's piece is longer than 5 minutes (a full transcript is available on the website)

What's a good break? 26.03.2023 4:59

(90 days of episodes!) Musing on what makes for an actual restful break. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Fasting 25.03.2023 4:59

A little introduction to Ramadan, fasting, and the impact it has on my life. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Be better than promos 24.03.2023 4:59

A late night reflection on niching. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Shrink the list of things you care about 23.03.2023 4:59

A little audio journal on figuring out what I want to care about and what I want to try to care less about. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Sunsets and quiet. 22.03.2023 4:59

sunsets, quiet, feeling, thinking. it's all soupy in my brain today. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Find your people. 21.03.2023 4:59

A little reflection on surrounding yourself with people you trust. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Direction 20.03.2023 4:59

Some meandering thoughts based on a tweet I saw the other day. (a full transcript is available on the website)

The evolution of accountability in a longer project 19.03.2023 4:59

Reflecting on the different kinds of accountability techniques I find myself leaning on in a longer project. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Being in a state of flow 18.03.2023 4:59

I was in the zone today and here is what I did to get there, what it felt like, and what I did while in it. (a full transcript is available on the website)

The state of flow 17.03.2023 4:59

Some reminders to help you slip into that state of flow more easily. I was reminding myself and maybe it'll help you too. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Doing is a habit 16.03.2023 4:59

The more you do the easier it becomes to do. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Hard Mode 15.03.2023 4:59

I promise not every episode going forward will be a journal-style one, but right now, this one is also a bit of a journal-esque episode. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Crossroads 14.03.2023 4:59

Meandering reflection on decision making. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Doing interesting adjacent things 13.03.2023 4:59

Riffing on doing fun interesting things, but also fair warning, I was a little all over the place in this episode. 😅 (a full transcript is available on the website) Work Clean – amazon link

New ideas aren't really new 12.03.2023 4:59

An unfinished reflection on ideas. (a full transcript is available on the website)

On the outside looking in 11.03.2023 4:59

What we often see about other people's lives is never the whole picture. (a full transcript is available on the website)