The Pretty Focussed podcast

Five minutes.One sharp thing.

I wanted everything, all at once, and it cost me my focus. This is the five minutes I needed: one idea, one thing you are allowed to put down, and the one move to make next. Monday to Friday, and a Sunday Reset.

Season 1 opens with 6 episodes. Then one a day.

Episode 1

Your Life Has Too Many Open Tabs

  • The launch you keep moving to next month

    23:04
  • Leg day, three times, in theory

    23:04
  • The message you have not answered

    23:05
  • A course you bought in March

    23:05
  • This month: one thing, sharp

    5:00

One tab sharp. The rest held soft, and still there.

5:00

Who is talking

I'm Laurence. Paramedic, then founder. I still want everything.

I co-founded a coworking at 22, I train for triathlons, I freedive, and I coach people who run their own thing. Multi-passionate is not a phase for me. It is how I am built, and it is exactly why I needed a way to be sharp on one thing without dropping the rest.

Strategy and softness. Both, always. That is the whole show.

The shape

Every episode has the same seven beats. By day 3, you can relax into it.

No welcome, no warm-up. I start from something real in my own week, and the last 30 seconds hand you the one thing to move on next.

  1. 0:00 to 0:12

    The hook

    Recognition, curiosity or relief. The first word is already the point.

    I had three programmes and two retreats planned for one quarter. Halfway through explaining it, I heard myself think: who am I trying to convince.
  2. 0:12 to 0:45

    The mirror

    Your week, as a question you recognise. The part where you think: finally, someone who gets it.

  3. 0:45 to 2:00

    The shift

    One insight, said three ways, in the same words each time. It is the line you will repeat to a friend.

  4. 2:00 to 3:20

    The frame

    One framework. Three parts at most. The strategy half, and I go first with what I noticed in myself.

    Sharp. Soft. Later.
  5. 3:20 to 4:00

    Held soft

    The exhale. Something you are allowed to put down this month. Nothing is dropped. It goes soft.

    You are allowed to put that down. Not dropped. Held soft, until it is its turn.
  6. 4:00 to 4:30

    One move

    If you want one thing to do with this today, this is it. Under 10 minutes. You leave knowing exactly what to move on next.

  7. 4:30 to 5:00

    The Reset

    The next episode of the experience. Three minutes of questions, and a personal 30-day plan in your inbox. If it resonates, you know where to find it.

Season 1

Thirty episodes. Five weeks. Six seasons of a life.

Monday to Friday is Close the Tabs, the daily reset. Sunday is the Sunday Reset. Start with week 1: it is the whole idea in six days. After that, any day is a good day to arrive.

Week 1. Start here

6 × 5:00

  1. 01

    Your Life Has Too Many Open Tabs

    The Monday Focus. Sharp, soft, later

    5:00
  2. 02

    You Don't Need More Discipline

    Focus Files. The floor

    5:00
  3. 03

    Know Your Season

    Becoming Her. The Season Map

    5:00
  4. 04

    Busy Is Not the Same as Growing

    CEO Brain. Did the number move

    5:00
  5. 05

    You're Allowed to Put That Down

    Not Now. The Not Now list

    5:00
  6. 06

    The Sunday Reset

    The Sunday Reset. Five questions

    5:00

Week 2. Decisions and work

6 × 5:00

  1. 07

    What to Focus on When Everything Matters

    The Monday Focus. The domino question

    5:00
  2. 08

    The One Question That Makes Decisions Easier

    The Decision Desk. 10/10/10

    5:00
  3. 09

    Your To-Do List Is Lying to You

    Life Admin. Deadlines, desires, debris

    5:00
  4. 10

    Your Zone of Genius Is Not a Luxury

    Zone of Genius, 1 of 4. Energy, ease, effect

    5:00
  5. 11

    Good at It Is Not the Same as Made for It

    Zone of Genius, 2 of 4. The founder's trap

    5:00
  6. 12

    The Decision That Comes Before Your Goals

    The Sunday Reset. Season before goals

    5:00

Week 3. Identity and career

6 × 5:00

  1. 13

    The 80% Rule for Your Next Level

    The Monday Focus. More of what already works

    5:00
  2. 14

    Your Next Level Needs a Different You

    Becoming Her. The Future Self test

    5:00
  3. 15

    You Don't Have a Time Problem

    Focus Files. The stop list

    5:00
  4. 16

    Less Available, More Valuable

    CEO Brain. The default no

    5:00
  5. 17

    You Might Not Want This

    The Decision Desk. Want it, or want to be seen having it

    5:00
  6. 18

    Your Rest Might Be Productive

    The Sunday Reset. Rest on the plan

    5:00

Week 4. Business, money, energy

6 × 5:00

  1. 19

    One Business Model Is Enough

    The Monday Focus. One offer, one channel, one number

    5:00
  2. 20

    What Gives You Energy Is Data

    Zone of Genius, 3 of 4. The energy audit

    5:00
  3. 21

    Most of Your Decisions Are Reversible

    The Decision Desk. The Reversibility test

    5:00
  4. 22

    Money Follows Focus

    CEO Brain. The One Number

    5:00
  5. 23

    What People Keep Asking You For

    Zone of Genius, 4 of 4. Strengths into positioning

    5:00
  6. 24

    Who Gets Your Time This Week

    The Sunday Reset. The people list

    5:00

Week 5. The long game

6 × 5:00

  1. 25

    Planning Can Be a Way of Hiding

    The Monday Focus. One hour of planning per ten of doing

    5:00
  2. 26

    You Don't Need to Work Harder

    Bigger Moves. The compound week

    5:00
  3. 27

    What You'll Regret Not Trying

    The Decision Desk. The Regret test

    5:00
  4. 28

    You Don't Have to Fix Everything

    Life Admin. One room at a time

    5:00
  5. 29

    How to Know When to Stop

    Slow Down. The Body test

    5:00
  6. 30

    What This Season Needs From You

    The Sunday Reset. The season finale

    5:00

The Season Map

There is no right season. There is the one you are in.

Two questions run the whole show. Which season am I in. What does this season need from me. Everything else can be held soft until it is its turn. The same six seasons are the second question of the Reset.

What the show believes

You are not behind. You are not broken. You do not need to do everything. Strategy and softness, both, and one sharp thing.

The Pretty Focussed 30-Day Reset

Everything else can wait.

Three minutes of questions about what is happening in your life, what you are building, and what you want next. It sends back a 30-day plan: three priorities, personal and professional, and a list of what can wait. If it resonates, you know where to find it.

Take the Reset

The plan appears on screen before an address is asked for. Nothing is gated.