Truth, Lies & Work

# control

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38:47Letting go of control (with a little help from ChatGPT)Patrick Fagan: Oh yeah, absolutely. For me, when I'm on holiday, I always have this huge fear that I'm not using my time properly. So if I'm just relaxing, I'm like, oh, I need to be going out doing an olive oil tasting EP 227 · 28 Aug 2025·interview· 38:47–41:0813:54Control vs. passion: what managers get wrongAl Elliott: Let's stick with this idea of control. I think that a lot of managers will be worried that if they allow people to have fun at work, they're A, losing control, B, people are being distracted from what they'reEP 225 · 21 Aug 2025·interview· 13:54–17:2320:48Tip 5: Focus on what you can controlLeanne Elliott: Well, there was a little step before that, wasn't there, in terms of, as you said, leaning into, um, Tip 4, which is to very much leverage your support network. Everything we know about resilience, everytEP 201 · 2 Jun 2025·other· 20:48–25:46

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