The 12-Minute Method Podcast

Jun 01 2023

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Coach and author Robbie Swale investigates why we sometimes don't do the things that deep down we really want to do. In this podcast you'll find out how to beat procrastination, be more productive and finally do that thing you've been meaning to do. You know the one. The one you never seem to get round to. The one you've been thinking about for years. Find out more about Robbie and the 12-Minute Method books at www.robbieswale.com.

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S1E15 - Why I Haven't Created the Episode I Promised You

Jun 01 2023 9 mins

I didn't do what I said I would do - a Series 1 review. This is an episode about why. I talk about integrity, importance vs interest, will vs love and more. (I am reliably informed that I actually reversed the love and will descriptions in this episode - that's what you get for doing things in one take! For more information on that, check out this 12-minute article... htt

S1E14 - Starting a Podcast II: The 12-Minute Method Podcast

Nov 03 2022 29 mins

In this final 'normal' episode of Series 1 of this podcast I get into the most recent project that I've got off the ground... this podcast! I talk about how stressed I got starting out and recording the little bits of music, I talk about where it came from and the roles that Cat Preston's Collective Wisdom Podcast and The Podcast Show 2022 both played in creating it. It's also an e

S1E13 - Appearing on Podcasts: The 100 Podcasts Challenge

Oct 27 2022 25 mins

In this episode I talk about how I went from having appeared on a handful of podcasts (and feeling pretty nervous/anxious about them) to appearing on A LOT of podcasts, and feeling really relaxed about the whole thing. That is, I talk about my 100 Podcasts Challenge, which I am working on in 2022. [On that, if you have a podcast or know someone who does, and would love me as a gues

S1E12 - Meditating

Oct 20 2022 22 mins

In this episode I talk about how I FINALLY started a meditation practice. I had LOTS of stories about what meditation should be like, and I let all of them get in the way of doing something that really helps me. It helps me do good work and I have no doubt it helps me feel better. It involved prompts from my coach at the time, Joel Monk. It involved really seeing the power of medit

S1E11 - Publishing Books: The 12-Minute Method Series

Oct 13 2022 26 mins

This episode is the story of publishing the 12-Minute Method series of books. How did the books come about? Why did it take me 2 years after having the idea to get them out? I talk about the help I had along the way, including Steve Creek, Jericho Writers and Tim and Joseph at www.self-published.co.uk. I talk about the evolution of the idea and the books and more. I reflect on whet

S1E10 - Reading Non-Fiction

Oct 06 2022 22 mins

When I got ill in 2018, I could no longer find the space or energy to read non-fiction. But it was important to me - to learn, grow and to support my clients. This episode is about how I created a new reading habit, using the ideas of the 12-Minute Method. It helps me keep reading even when things are tough, it's hard to forget and - as I reflect in this episode - it might actually

S1E9 - Starting a Podcast: The Coach's Journey Podcast

Sep 29 2022 22 mins

In this episode I talk about how I started The Coach's Journey Podcast. It was my first podcast, and is designed to help coaches create thriving businesses and thrive while they do it. It's also designed to mimic some conversations I had that really helped me as I started my business... and it's designed to be the Tim Ferriss Show but for coaches. It includes how I used what I'd le

S1E8 - Exercise

Sep 22 2022 23 mins

In this episode I talk about my exercise habit. I realised when being interviewed on a recent podcast (this one, I think: https://forum.podcaster.community/t/editing-with-robbie-swale/2884) that my longest standing habit actually isn't the 12-minute writing practice. Instead, it's my habit of exercising every work-day morning. In this episode I talk about that: how someone being me

S1E7 - Strengthening Relationships with Family Members

Sep 15 2022 23 mins

In this episode I talk about how my brother (Ewan Townhead, www.ewantownhead.com) and I have strengthened our relationship over the last few years via a weekly practice that accidentally looks a lot like the 12-Minute Method. And that we have so far - miraculously - not given up on. It started with us signing up to Seth Godin's The Marketing Seminar together and ended with us speak

S1E6 - Getting Married

Sep 08 2022 24 mins

In this episode I talk about how I beat procrastination to propose to my then girlfriend (now wife) Emma. It includes an incisive question (see Nancy Kline's Time to Tink work for more on that) inspired massively by my friend Vegard Olsen (www.coachingpartner.net) finally got me moving. Then we get into how I used some textbook beating procrastination moves to get the ring. I also