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Make Some Noise with Andrea OwenEpisode 674: Goals, Tiny Experiments, and Neuroscience with Anne-Laure Le CunffI’m talking with award-winning neuroscientist and author Anne-Laure Le Cunff about how to stop letting goals run your life and start experimenting (in small ways) to a more fulfilling one. Her new book, Tiny Experiments, offers a practical, science-backed approach to navigating uncertainty, ditching perfectionism, and making real progress, on your own terms.
We dig into how the pressure to always achieve can mess with your mental health, why your brain freaks out when things feel unclear, and how small experiments can lead to big shifts. Plus, we talk about the beauty in what these tiny ex...2025-05-0749 min
Strategy Hour | Online Marketing for Business GrowthHow to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World with Anne-Laure Le CunffIf you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by traditional goal-setting, stuck chasing someone else’s version of success, or paralyzed by the fear of getting it wrong, this conversation will feel like a breath of fresh air. Joining me is Anne-Laure Le Cunff, an award-winning neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and the founder of Ness Labs, where her insights on lifelong learning, curiosity, and adaptability reach more than 100 000 curious minds every week.
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Podcast - Boss ProjectHow to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World with Anne-Laure Le CunffEpisode 949: Show NotesIf you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by traditional goal-setting, stuck chasing someone else’s version of success, or paralyzed by the fear of getting it wrong, this conversation will feel like a breath of fresh air. Joining me is Anne-Laure Le Cunff, an award-winning neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and the founder of Ness Labs, where her insights on lifelong learning, curiosity, and adaptability reach more than 100 000 curious minds every week.Together, we dive into her new, incredible book, Tiny Experiments, a transformative guide to living a more experimental life, turning uncertainty into curiosity and forg...2025-05-0600 min
High Performance HealthThe One Tiny Shift Changes Everything: How to Rewire Your Habits Without Willpower | Anne Laure Le CunffWhat if the key to lasting behavior change, personal growth, and feeling more confident wasn't about setting epic goals—but running tiny experiments? In this mind-expanding episode, Angela sits down with Anne-Laure Le Cunff—founder of Ness Labs and author of Tiny Experiments—to explore how small tests rooted in curiosity can lead to powerful transformations in every area of your life. From alcohol-free living to productivity hacks, sleep rhythms, and navigating health advice in the age of information overwhelm, this conversation will shift your perspective on goal-setting and self-optimization. Anne-Laure shares why most people get stuck trying...2025-05-0554 min
Big ThinkAnne-Laure Le Cunff: The 3 cognitive scripts that rule over your life | Full Interview"We try to stick to routines and we try to go through very long lists of tasks, often ignoring our mental health in the process. There is a lot more to think about on a daily basis, but our brains haven't evolved."
This episode explores how cognitive overload and the pressure to maximize productivity lead to anxiety, burnout, and rigid goal-setting. Neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff introduces the concept of the "maximized brain," where ambition overrides curiosity, often resulting in overwhelm. She contrasts this with the "experimental mindset," which embraces small, curiosity-driven experiments instead of...2025-05-0355 min
Big ThinkFix your destructive mindset in 15 mins | Anne-Laure Le Cunff"Being aware of your mindsets is the difference between living a conscious life, where you're making choices in accord with what you actually want and going where you actually wanna go, versus being on autopilot and having those mindsets subconsciously drive all of your decisions."
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Talks at GoogleHow to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World | Anne-Laure Le CunffAward-winning neuroscientist and entrepreneur Anne-Laure Le Cunff joins Google to talk about her book, “Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World.” Her book is a guide for how to live a more experimental life, turn uncertainty into curiosity, and carve a path of self-discovery. Anne shares why we should replace the old, linear model of success with a circular model of growth, where goals are constantly discovered, pursued, and adapted in conversation with the larger world. Anne is the founder of Ness Labs and writes a weekly newsletter that’s read by more than 100,000 people...2025-04-2254 minTalks at GoogleHow to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World | Anne-Laure Le CunffAward-winning neuroscientist and entrepreneur Anne-Laure Le Cunff joins Google to talk about her book, “Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World.” Her book is a guide for how to live a more experimental life, turn uncertainty into curiosity, and carve a path of self-discovery. Anne shares why we should replace the old, linear model of success with a circular model of growth, where goals are constantly discovered, pursued, and adapted in conversation with the larger world. Anne is the founder of Ness Labs and writes a weekly newsletter that’s read by more than 100,000 people...2025-04-2254 min
Wellness + Wisdom PodcastAnne-Laure Le Cunff | Stop Living Someone Else's Life: How to Break Free from The Hidden Scripts Controlling YouWellness + Wisdom | Episode 732Have you ever wondered if the dream you’re chasing is really yours?Anne-Laure Le Cunff joins Josh Trent on the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 732, to share how to stop living someone else's life by removing unconscious scripts, the key to living an authentic life, and how embracing liminal spaces, questioning societal scripts, and running tiny experiments can free us from the pressure of finding our purpose."We always think that we're following our own definition of success, but it's just amazing how many of our scripts are copy-pasted from ot...2025-04-151h 29
How To Academy PodcastAnne-Laure Le Cunff - How Everyday Curiosity Can Help You Reach Your GoalsIn a goal-obsessed world, how can we become our best selves without falling into a rat race that leaves us feeling burnt out and unhappy? Neuroscientist and entrepreneur Anne-Laure Le Cunff shares a new guide on reaching our goals through the 'experimental mindset', a journey and practice that combines the power of curiosity with creativity and self-discovery. From debunking the myth of finding 'one big purpose' in life, to how we can be anthropologists studying the wonder of our own lives, to how we can create new patterns and habits uniquely tailored to our goals, Anne-Laure shares the joy...2025-04-111h 08
Living On The Edge of ChaosEpisode 210: Rethinking Goals, Learning, and the Power of Tiny Experiments with Anne-Laure Le CunffAll platforms and past episodes: https://coffeeforthebrain.com/podcasts/Direct Link to This Episode: www.coffeeforthebrain.com/210YouTube Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM0arJOqDbE TakeawaysLinear goal-setting can trap us in burnout and a deficit mindset.Learning and growth are nonlinear—curiosity and experimentation create deeper impact.Traditional definitions of success often limit creativity and autonomy.Tiny experiments help reclaim control, joy, and discovery in our personal and professional lives.The education system can benefit from embracing experimentation over rigid outcomes.Co...2025-04-0838 min
Book Decoded: Exploring Big Ideas and Insights for Curious Minds – Deep Dives into Nonfiction Books"Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World" by Anne-Laure Le Cunff – Break Free from Rigid Goals and Embrace a Life of Discovery📖🎧 Want to dive deeper into Tiny Experiments? Get the book or audiobook on Amazon here. (As an Amazon Associate, Book Decoded earns from qualifying purchases.)Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s Tiny Experiments challenges traditional, rigid goal-setting by advocating for a more flexible, curiosity-driven approach to personal and professional growth. Drawing from her own journey of leaving a structured career at Google, Le Cunff encourages readers to embrace uncertainty and use "tiny experiments" to navigate their path. The book provides actionable strategies for cultivating curiosity, practicing mindful productivity, and adapting to change through experimentation. By blending personal anecdotes, historical examples like Amelia Earhart, and scientific insights, Ti...2025-04-0414 min
Hanselminutes with Scott HanselmanTiny Experiments with Anne-Laure Le CunffIn this insightful episode of Hanselminutes, host Scott Hanselman sits down with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, the brilliant mind behind Tiny Experiments. Together, they explore the transformative power of small, manageable experiments in fostering creativity, personal growth, and meaningful change. Anne-Laure shares how her background in neuroscience and her journey as the founder of Ness Labs have shaped her approach to experimentation and self-improvement. Tune in as they dive into practical strategies for embracing curiosity, overcoming fear of failure, and unlocking potential through tiny, intentional steps—perfect for anyone looking to spark innovation and momentum in their own life.ht...2025-04-0339 min
This Is the AuthorS10 E13: Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Catherine Bracy, and Amie McNeeIn this episode, meet neuroscientist and founder of Ness Labs Anne-Laure Le Cunff, TechEquity CEO and community organizer Catherine Bracy, and author and creative guide Amie McNee. Hear Anne-Laure Le Cunff share the section of her audiobook she most enjoyed recording, Catherine Bracy reflect on what surprised her most about being in the studio, and Amie McNee on what inspired her to write We Need Your Art.
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Bookworm219: Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le CunffToday’s author promises to help us live freely in a goal-obsessed world. Join Mike & Cory as they embark on a journey to turn challenges into self-discovery and doubt into opportunity. Support the Show Focused #225: Tiny Experiments, with Anne-laure Le Cunff Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff Ness Labs Atomic Habits by James Clear Cortex #162: 2025 Yearly Themes Ship 30 for 30 75 Hard Ness Labs post on PACT Your Life in Weeks Mike’s Memento Mori video Mike’s People Note video Actions for Obsidian Inner Excellence by Jim...2025-03-281h 33
The ONE ThingTiny Experiments: The Neuroscience of Getting Unstuck with Anne-Laure Le CunffWe all want to build better habits, be more productive, and achieve our goals—but sometimes, the pressure to be perfect gets in the way. Enter Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a former neuroscience researcher and the brains behind Ness Labs, whose new book, Tiny Experiments, offers a simple yet powerful approach to personal growth.Anne-Laure introduces us to the concept of pacts—small commitments designed to test behaviors with curiosity instead of pressure. Her PACT framework (Purposeful, Actionable, Continuous, Trackable) makes it easier to stick to new habits without fear of failure.2025-03-2441 min
Glasp TalkHow to Build a Growth Mindset through Tiny Experiments | Anne-Laure Le Cunff | Glasp Talk #45This is the forty-fifth session of Glasp Talk!Glasp Talk delves deep into intimate interviews with luminaries from various fields, unraveling their genuine emotions, experiences, and the stories behind them.Today’s guest is Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and founder of Ness Labs. With a background at Google and a marketing leadership role in tech, Anne-Laure is also a PhD researcher at King’s College London who investigates how neurodiversity, especially ADHD, interacts with AI, curiosity, and learning. She’s the author of Tiny Experiments, a book that encourages people to adopt an experi...2025-03-1955 min
Power HourHow to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World with Anne-Laure Le CunffAnne-Laure Le Cunff (@neuranne) is a former Googler who decided to go back to university to pursue a PhD in neuroscience. As the founder of Ness Labs and the author of its widely read newsletter, she is the foremost expert on mindful productivity and systematic curiosity. She writes about evidence-based ways for people to navigate uncertainty and make the most of their minds. Her new book Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World is out now!In this conversation, Adrienne and Anne-Laure explore the themes of the book, including mindful productivity, the societal o...2025-03-1841 min
The Secret Library PodcastTiny Experiments in Writing with Anne-Laure Le Cunff*This podcast is made possible through the generous support of Book Alchemy’s paid membership. To support the show, please consider upgrading your subscription at secretlibrarypodcast.comThe Scientific Method Meets WritingIn this conversation, Anne-Laure Le Cunff and I discuss the principles behind her book, Tiny Experiments, exploring how small, manageable experiments can transform the writing process. We explore the importance of curiosity, community, and redefining success in creative endeavors. The discussion emphasizes the value of learning in public, the role of experimentation in writing, and how to embrace the creative process without the pr...2025-03-1339 min
Infinite LoopsAnne-Laure Le Cunff — Experiment Your Way to a Better Life (EP.259)My guest today is Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs and author of Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World. On paper, Anne-Laure had it all: top grades, a high-flying job at Google, and a life that seemed to hit all the markers of success. But something was off. No matter how “traditionally” successful she became, she felt… “empty.” So, she decided to do something about it. A neuroscience PhD, 100,000+ newsletter subscribers, and a newly published book later, she’s developed a new model of success — one built around conducting “ti...2025-03-131h 30
FocusedTiny Experiments, with Anne-Laure Le CunffAnne-Laure Le Cunff joins us to talk about the value of tiny experiments and how they enable us to live more focused, intentional lives.
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London Writers' Salon#135: Anne-Laure Le Cunff — The Science of Creativity: Using Tiny Experiments to Unlock Growth, Learning, and Better WritingWriter, neuroscientist, and Ness Labs founder Anne-Laure Le Cunff shares insights on redefining success, writing in public, and using tiny experiments to fuel creativity. She talks about growing her newsletter from 0 to 100K+, transitioning from writing articles to a book, and the neuroscience behind sustainable ambition.*ABOUT ANNE-LAURE LE CUNFF:Anne-Laure Le Cunff is the founder of Ness Labs and author of Tiny Experiments. A former Google digital health lead turned award-winning neuroscientist, her research explores curiosity, lifelong learning, and mental adaptability. Her work has been featured in Rolling Stone, Forbes, and WIRED.2025-03-081h 08
The HeyCreator Show042: How Tiny Experiments Can Transform Your Work and Life - with Anne-Laure Le CunffIn this episode of The HeyCreator Show, Matt sits down with Anne-Laure Le Cunff—author of Tiny Experiments and founder of Ness Labs—to talk about the power of small, low-risk experiments in boosting creativity and productivity. They break down how micro-experiments can help creators avoid burnout, build momentum, and make smarter decisions.Anne-Laure shares the behind-the-scenes of writing her newsletter, growing a thriving community, and completing her PhD in neuroscience—all while balancing her creative work. They also dive into the writing process of her book, Tiny Experiments, and unpack real-world strategies for bo...2025-03-081h 00
The Examined LifeHow do you navigate career uncertainty? [Anne-Laure Le Cunff]What happens when you hit a career crossroads and don't know which path to take? Anne-Laure Le Cunff discusses navigating "liminal spaces" – those uncomfortable in-between periods where you've left something behind something familiar but haven't yet found what's next. Instead of rushing to the nearest known thing or following the obvious sequel to your career, she offers pragmatic steps to thrive in the uncertainty. [Episode 92]Anne-Laure Le Cunff is a Neuroscientist, Ex-Googler, Founder and Author.Learn more about Anne-Laure:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neuranne/?originalSubdomain=uk• X/Twit...2025-03-0651 min
Good Life ProjectUnconventional Success: How Tiny Experiments Change Everything | Anne-Laure Le CunffFormer Google executive turned neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff reveals how breaking free from prescribed life scripts opened the door to genuine fulfillment through experimentation. In this rich conversation about her book Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World, she shares a practical framework for transforming life's uncertainties into opportunities for growth and self-discovery - whether you're questioning your career path, relationships, or daily habits.You can find Anne-Laure at: Website | Instagram | Episode TranscriptIf you LOVED this episode you’ll also love the conversations where I shared my 2...2025-03-0659 min
The Bootstrapped Founder379: Anne-Laure Le Cunff — Tiny ExperimentsAnne-Laure Le Cunff (@neuranne) is a neuroscientist and author of the book Tiny Experiments, where she shines a scientific light on how we set goals, what experiments we should think about, and how we can deal with uncertainty in a high-stress world.We chat about goals, reprogramming your own subconscious, and how learning in public can benefit anyone on any journey.The blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/anne-laure-le-cunff-tiny-experiments/The podcast episode: https://tbf.fm/episodes/379-anne-laure-le-cunff-tiny-experimentsCheck out Podscan to get alerts when you're mentioned on podcasts: https://podscan.fm2025-03-0532 min
Growth In ReverseFrom 0 to 100K: The Science of Writing, Learning & Experimentation with Anne-Laure Le CunffGet 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >>"I didn’t have a goal—I just committed to showing up every day for 100 days." — Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Ness LabsAfter publishing 100 articles in 100 days, Anne-Laure drove 6,000 subscribers to her Maker Mind newsletter.It was the tiny experiment that kickstarted her newsletter journey. But it was just the beginning. Today, her Maker Mind newsletter reaches over 100k subscribers' inboxes, and her Ness Labs community brings in over 6 figures in revenue every year. But what's even more impressive is tha...2025-03-0544 min
A Productive ConversationAnne-Laure Le Cunff Talks About Tiny Experiments and Sustainable ProductivityIn this episode of A Productive Conversation, I sit down with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and founder of Ness Labs, to discuss her new book Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World. Anne-Laure is known for blending science with practical strategies for thinking, learning, and working better—without burning out.We explore how small, low-risk experiments can lead to big changes, why curiosity is a powerful productivity tool, and how to break free from rigid goal-setting. Anne-Laure also shares how she applies scientific thinking to everyday decision-making, along with strategies for balancing structure an...2025-03-0537 min
The Smart Passive Income Online Business and Blogging PodcastQuick Experiments to Quit Your 9-To-5 Job with Anne-Laure Le Cunff#860 What would you invest your time and attention in if money were no object? Essentially, what would you do just for the sake of it? Developing this sense of taste, knowing what you like and don't like, is one of the best mindset hacks in business! To explore this topic, I'm joined in today's episode by neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and author Anne-Laure Le Cunff. This fantastic chat will help you resist hustle culture and lean into your curiosity and creativity to level up and live freely. Listen in on our session to get an inside look at Anne-Laure's powerful first...2025-03-0538 min
Good Work with Barrett BrooksHow Tiny Experiments Lead to Big Breakthroughs with Anne-Laure Le CunffThis week, I’m bringing back one of our most popular episodes—my conversation with neuroscientist, writer, and Ness Labs founder Anne-Laure Le Cunff. When we first spoke in 2024, she was deep in her PhD, balancing academic rigor with writing for a broad audience, all while sharing her journey in public. Now, she’s releasing her new book, Tiny Experiments, which explores how small, intentional experiments can unlock personal growth and creativity. Anne-Laure’s approach to navigating uncertainty, following curiosity, and designing an intentional life is something I deeply align with. And I wanted to revisit this conversation because it’s pac...2025-03-041h 38
What is a Good Life?What is a Good Life? #112 - From Linear Paths to Experimental Journeys with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, PhDOn the 112th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, PhD. Anne-Laure is an award-winning neuroscientist and entrepreneur. She is the founder of Ness Labs, where her weekly newsletter is read by more than 100,000 curious minds. Her research at King’s College London focuses on the psychology and neuroscience of lifelong learning, curiosity, and adaptability. Her book, Tiny Experiments, is a transformative guide for living a more experimental life, turning uncertainty into curiosity, and carving a path of self-discovery. Her work has been featured in Rolling Stone, Fo...2025-03-0455 min
The Retirement Wisdom PodcastTiny Experiments - Anne-Laure Le CunffCan an experimental mindset help you navigate your transition to retirement? Anne-Laure Le Cunff, author of the new book Tiny Experiments, discusses how to become a scientist of your own life and unlock new habits, interests, and behaviors for your next phase of life.
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Anne-Laure Le Cunff is the author of Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World. She’s a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and writer. A former Google executive, she went back to university to earn a Ph.D. in Psy...2025-03-0326 min
REINVENT•ABILITY#24 Giving Up Rigid Goals for Tiny Experiments with Anne-Laure Le CunffIn this episode, I talk with with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, neuroscientist and author of Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World, to explore how shifting from a rigid, goal-oriented mindset to one of joyful experimentation can unlock personal growth and fulfillment.We talk about the fear of not having all the answers, the power of acknowledging when you feel lost, and why letting go of the pressure to have a perfect plan can actually lead to more meaningful progress.We also dive into the concept of the maximalist brain—how an overcomplicated ap...2025-03-0345 min
How to Be Awesome at Your Job1037: A Better Approach to Chasing Goals: Tiny Experiments with Anne-Laure Le CunffAnne-Laure Le Cunff explains the problem with how we approach goals—and why experimenting is key to fulfillment. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The two approaches to setting goals 2) The fallacy that leads to regret 3) How to handle frustrations and disappointments Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1037 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT ANNE-LAURE — Anne-Laure Le Cunff is a former Googler who decided to go back to university to pursue a PhD in neuroscience. As the founder of Ness Lab...2025-03-0334 min
Talking Billions with Bogumil BaranowskiAnne-Laure Le Cunff: Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World[Excited to connect with you! If you'd like to schedule a personal 1-on-1 Zoom conversation with me, the host, simply email bogumil@talkingbillions.co (that's .co, not .com). Looking forward to our conversation!]Anne-Laure Le Cunff is an award-winning neuroscientist and entrepreneur. She is the founder of Ness Labs, where her weekly newsletter is read by more than 100,000 curious minds. Her research at King’s College London focuses on the psychology and neuroscience of lifelong learning, curiosity, and adaptability. Her book, Tiny Experiments, is a transformative guide for living a more experimental life, turning uncertainty in...2025-03-031h 00
GenerateHEREP13: The Magical Brain with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, PhDRethinking success starts with a simple shift: experiment, stay curious, and let learning lead the way.
I’m sitting down with neuroscientist and entrepreneur Anne-Laure Le Cunff to talk about neuroscience, creativity, and personal transformation. What happens when we stop chasing a predefined version of success and start treating life as a series of experiments? Anne-Laure shares how a health scare pushed her to leave corporate life, study neuroscience, and build Nest Labs, a community that helps people stay productive and creative without sacrificing mental health.
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Portfolio Career PodcastTesting Life: Experiments for a Better You with Anne-Laure Le CunffIn this episode, you will learn from Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Founder of Ness Labs and the author of a new book called Tiny Experiments, about the power of personal experimentation. Anne-Laure shares how she crafted an experiment to write a book on experiments, and explains practical methods for designing your own life experiments. She emphasizes the importance of setting deadlines and embracing uncertainty. She also touches on the emotional aspects of letting go of desired outcomes and her own definition of success. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!Learn more about the book...2025-02-2730 min
Portfolio Career Podcast with David NebinskiTesting Life: Experiments for a Better You with Anne-Laure Le CunffIn this episode, you will learn from Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Founder of Ness Labs and the author of a new book called Tiny Experiments, about the power of personal experimentation. Anne-Laure shares how she crafted an experiment to write a book on experiments, and explains practical methods for designing your own life experiments. She emphasizes the importance of setting deadlines and embracing uncertainty. She also touches on the emotional aspects of letting go of desired outcomes and her own definition of success. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!Learn more about the book...2025-02-2730 min
Glass Ceilings and Sticky Floors: Shatter Limiting Beliefs - Redefine Success - Chase Big DreamsEmbracing Tiny Experiments with Neuroscientist Dr. Anne-Laure Le Cunff🎙️ Feeling stuck in a script someone else wrote for your life? Today’s guest, Dr. Anne-Laure Le Cunff, knows exactly how that feels—and she’s here to share her powerful journey from Google to neuroscience. 💡Despite following the "perfect" roadmap to success—great school, prestigious job, checking all the boxes—Anne-Laure felt empty and out of alignment. So, she made a bold decision: she left it all behind to pursue her passion for understanding the mind. And what she discovered is life-changing: success isn’t about following a script. It’s about experimenting, embracing curiosity, and evolving toward your e...2025-02-2628 min
Just Press RecordHow to Turn Curiosity into Creation | Chris Mayer & Anne-Laure Le CunffIn this episode of "Just Press Record" on Cultish Creative, host Matt Zeigler brings together two fascinating thinkers for an engaging conversation about curiosity, burnout, and creative processes.The episode features Chris Mayer, an investor, author of books like "How Do You Know" and "100 Baggers," and advocate of general semantics - a discipline focused on understanding the assumptions behind our abstractions. Joining him is Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs and author of "Tiny Experiments," who shares insights from her journey from Google burnout to creating a thriving learning community.Throughout their conversation, Chris and Anne-Laure explore how...2025-02-251h 20
The Bridge to FulfillmentEP 273: Tiny Experiments, BIG Breakthroughs with Guest Expert Anne-Laure Le CunffIs the fear of uncertainty keeping you stuck? Feeling drained or unfulfilled isn’t a personal weakness. It’s a sign that you’re operating on outdated scripts, following paths that no longer serve you. But breaking free doesn’t require a massive leap… just a tiny experiment. Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment®, Blake welcomes Anne-Laure Le Cunff. She is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and writer and is the founder of Ness Labs. She explores evidence-based methods for people to make the most of their minds, navigate uncertainty, and practice lifelong learning. Her work has been feature...2025-02-2042 min
Unleashed - How to Thrive as an Independent Professional599. Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Author of Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed WorldShow Notes: Anne-Laure Le Cunff, author of Tiny Experiments and founder of Ness Labs, shares her approach to understanding her own life and why she does things the way she does. Anne-Laure explains that self anthropology is a powerful tool for problem-solvers and doers to understand their own lives and prioritize their priorities. By embracing uncertainty and turning it into curiosity, individuals can overcome procrastination and achieve more in their lives. She emphasizes the importance of self-anthropology in helping people become anthropologists of their own lives by observing themselves throughout their daily lives and asking themselves why...2025-02-1043 min
Psychology at Work25. Mindful Productivity, Tiny Experiments, and Embracing Uncertainty with Anne-Laure Le CunffNeuroscientist and former Google executive Anne-Laure Le Cunff challenges our linear idea of career success, introducing a new approach: tiny experiments. She shares how this experimental mindset transformed her own career trajectory and offers practical strategies for anyone looking to make more meaningful career choices. Whether you're feeling stuck in your current role or contemplating a bold career move, this conversation will reshape how you think about professional growth and decision-making. You’ll Discover:Why traditional career planning often fails us, and how an experimental mindset can unlock new possibilities you never consideredhe surprising truth about procrastination and ho...2025-02-0534 min
Hidden MentalityWhy Chasing Goals Is Making You Miserable - Dr. Anne-Laure Le Cunff | #11Do you ever feel like you’re following a script for success that wasn’t written by you? In this episode, we challenge the traditional life scripts that keep us stuck and explore how embracing uncertainty can lead to growth. Why aren’t goal-obsessed people truly free? How does curiosity shape our trajectory? And what happens when we stop searching for purpose and start experimenting instead? We’ll discuss simple ways to test new possibilities, overcome the fear of standing out, and reframe doubt as an opportunity. Tune in to learn how thinking like a scientist can help you break fr...2025-02-051h 01
Email SwipesThe Content Contract: How Ness Labs grew to 100,000 subscribers in 5 years, all founded on one simple relationship perspective ft. Anne-Laure Le CunffWhen you’re sitting down to write the most important newsletter of your life, where do you even start? If you’re Anne-Laure Le Cunff, you go back to your foundational perspective – then mix your tried and true template with a meta reveal to share the story, capture its weight, and inspire action.About our guestAnne-Laure Le Cunff is an award-winning neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and author. She founded Ness Labs, an online learning platform offering evidence-based resources for professional and personal growth, which weekly newsletter has more than 100,000 readers. She is also a researcher at the Ins...2025-02-0533 min
Reach Truth PodcastExperiments and Curiosity with Anne-Laure Le CunffTasshin talks with Anne-Laure Le Cunff (@neuranne) about curiosity, neuroscience research, writing a book, running a business, and more.
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Sustainable Ambition149. Anne-Laure Le Cunff: Cultivating Curiosity and an Experimental LifePre-order my book Sustainable Ambition: How to Prioritize What Matters to Thrive in Life and Work on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4hESYMp Let's start this year by exploring how we can live and work differently for more personal success, satisfaction, and sustainability. This complements my last episode that closed out 2024 where I talked about how approaching uncertainty and complexity with a sense of hope, joy, and wonder can help us embrace our agency over our goals and ambitions even in tenuous times. Today, neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le C...2025-01-0842 min
Clearer Thinking with Spencer GreenbergHow to be productive without burning out (with Anne-Laure Le Cunff)Read the full transcript here. What is "mindful" productivity? Is impostor syndrome linked to main character syndrome? Must increased productivity always come with an increased risk of burn-out? What mistakes do people most commonly make when trying to improve their productivity? Is the best productivity system also the most minimal? What is "plus-minus-next"? How can we use our time more efficiently? What does it mean to have an "experimental" mindset? How many of our passions do we discover at first sight? What are the differences between habits and routines? What are some good ways to set up...2024-10-171h 17
Selling with LoveDesign Your Own Mindful Productivity System - Anne Laure Le CunffIn this episode, Jason Marc Campbell sits down with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs and author of the upcoming book "Tiny Experiments". Anne-Laure shares her unique approach to mindful productivity, emphasizing flexibility, self-reflection, and embracing change. Discover how tiny experiments can help you unlock your full potential, the power of personal user manuals for team productivity, and leveraging AI as a thinking partner. If you're looking to relearn creativity, build a sustainable community, and design a productivity system that works for you, this episode is a must-listen!Never Struggle With Sales Again: Identify, Attract and...2024-07-2946 min
Choose to be CuriousEp. #241: Curiosity, Tiny Experiments & Liminal Space, with Anne-Laure Le CunffAnne-Laure Le Cunff is a Choose to Be Curious trifecta: researcher, theoretician -- and practitioner. A neuroscientist and deep thinker about the personal and social implications of our curiosity, she conducts tiny experiments to focus closely on how we use our time and energy to best effect.
Anne-Laure is the founder of Ness Labs, a collective platform for curious people, where “ambitious knowledge workers come together to achieve their goals without sacrificing their mental health.”
Ness Labs offers content, coaching, courses and--perhaps most importantly--a community for learning in public together.
I am excited to see how her vibrant and collective stud...2024-07-2528 min
The Idea Exchange#25 - Anne-Laure Le Cunff on Career "Success", Curiosity, & Forever LearningAnne-Laure Le Cunff is a neuroscientist, writer & entrepreneur.Anne-Laure's socials:Website: https://anne-laure.net/Twitter: https://twitter.com/neuranne Ness Labs (Learning Community): https://nesslabs.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@neuranne2024-07-1950 min
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Booster sa productivité est un concept constamment évoqué au point où sa recherche devient assez oppressante je trouve. Chercher à faire toujours plus en moins de temps se fait souvent au détriment de sa charge mentale, et du coup, de sa performance à moyen-long terme.
Alors, à quoi bon chercher à être plus productif ? Et dans quelle mesure peut-on faire des gains de productivité tout en étant...2024-05-3048 min
The Knowledge with David Elikwu96. The Path to Authentic Writing with Anne-Laure Le CunffDavid speaks with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a neuroscientist, writer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Ness Labs, which provides content, coaching, courses and community to help makers put their minds at work.They talked about:🌟 Choosing authenticity over Mimetic desires🎨 Embracing individuality⚖️ Work-life balance as an entrepreneur💪 Overcoming self-consciousness⏳ Mindful productivity vs. toxic productivity✍️ Going from writing posts to booksThis is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:Part 1: 🎙️ Neurosci...2024-04-2530 min
Good Work with Barrett BrooksSelf-Discovery and the Power of Inner Transformation with Anne-Laure Le CunffAnne-Laure Le Cunff is a neuroscientist, writer, and founder of Ness Labs, a platform dedicated to exploring the intersection of neuroscience and personal development. Not only has she cultivated a thriving online community, she also has a remarkable track record of academic achievements coupled with a deep passion for making scientific research accessible to all. Anne-Laure's journey is one of impressive breadth — from leaving Google to pursue her Ph.D., to embracing her Algerian roots, she embodies the spirit of intentional living and learning. Anne-Laure This week, Barrett talks with Anne-Laure about a wide ran...2024-04-161h 37The Knowledge with David Elikwu92. Neuroscience, Writing, and Mindful Productivity with Anne-Laure Le CunffDavid speaks with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a neuroscientist, writer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Ness Labs, which provides content, coaching, courses and community to help makers put their minds at work.They talked about:📒 The importance of journaling✍️ Developing as a writer👩💻 Anne-Laure's journey from Google to Ness Labs🧠 Embracing uncertainty and building a platform😬 Why being cringe is crucial to success⚖️ Balancing confidence and humility📜 Full transcript:https://theknowledge.io/annelaurelecunff-1/📹 Watch on Youtube:https://youtu...2024-03-2838 min
AI & IShe’s Running a Business, Writing a Book, and Getting a PhD—with ChatGPT - Ep. 11 with Anne-Laure Le CunffAre you a curious person with a lot of ideas and little time? Anne-Laure Le Cunff can show you how to do it all. Anne-Laure is the founder of one of my favorite internet communities for curious minds, Ness Labs, a prolific writer, and a neuroscience PhD candidate. She’s also writing a book, Liminal Minds, that’ll be out later this year.And she said that the reason she can run a business, write a book, and do a PhD all at the same time is ChatGPT.Anne-Laure is one of the busie...2024-02-211h 28
AI and IShe’s Running a Business, Writing a Book, and Getting a PhD—with ChatGPT- Ep. 11 with Anne-Laure Le CunffAre you a curious person with a lot of ideas and little time?
Anne-Laure Le Cunff can show you how to do it all. Anne-Laure is the founder of one of my favorite internet communities for curious minds, Ness Labs, a prolific writer, and a neuroscience PhD candidate. She’s also writing a book, Liminal Minds, that’ll be out later this year.
And she said that the reason she can run a business, write a book, and do a PhD all at the same time is ChatGPT.
Anne-Laure is one of the busi...2024-02-211h 28
Just Get Started#383 Anne-Laure Le Cunff on How To Use Growth Loops To Accelerate Your IdeaEpisode 383 features Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a neuroscientist, writer, and entrepreneur. She founded Ness Labs, a learning community for knowledge workers. Her weekly newsletter, where she writes about mental health, workplace wellbeing, and lifelong learning, has more than 80,000 subscribers and you can subscribe here - https://newsletter.nesslabs.com/Find Anne-Laure Online:Website: https://nesslabs.com/Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/alecunffInstagram: https://instagram.com/neuranneTwitter: https://twitter.com/neuranneYouTube: https://youtube.com/@neuranneTikTok: https://tiktok.com/neuranne2023-11-1441 min
L'antischool16 - Anne-Laure Le Cunff - 9 leçons (controversées) pour performer dans l’entrepreneuriatAnne-Laure Le Cunff est entrepreneure et chercheur en neurosciences.
En 2019, elle lance son entreprise avec le challenge d’écrire 100 ARTICLES en 100 JOURS. 4 ans plus tard, Ness Labs est devenu une référence sur la productivité en pleine conscience, avec une newsletter de 80,000 abonnés et une communauté payante de 2500 membres.
Dans cette conversation, vous allez découvrir pourquoi se laisser mourir est une compétence, un outil concret pour améliorer vos relations au travail, comment le revenu universel pourrait bouleverser notre société, combien d’heures travailler pour être produ...2023-10-261h 23
Behind the StigmaThe Creative Process with Anne-Laure Le CunffSend us a textIn this week's episode, I speak with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Founder of Ness Labs, on productivity & the creative process. We discuss 4 different creative processes: - diffused vs focused thinking- idea sex- generation effect and- combinational creativityWe also go into Anne Laure's work of mindful productivity, the different ways to identify why we procrastinate, and her journey from Google to Ness Labs. Website: https://nesslabs.com/blogTwitter: https://twitter.com/ness_labsAbout Anne-Laure: https://anne-laure.net/2023-08-0642 min
Career ContessaWant to Develop a Growth Mindset? Try Growth Loops With Anne-Laure Le CunffWant to grow at work? Get out of a mixed mindset and head toward growth—and develop a long-term growth mindset. PhD neuroscience researcher, Anne Laure Le Cunff of Ness Labs, is teaching us how to use growth loops and why they work better for long-term success.Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQWFollow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP The Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/398IFzvNess Labs: https://nesslabs.com/ Article on Growth Loops: https://nesslabs.com/growth-loopsEpisode...2023-07-1132 minThe Examined LifeShould You Follow Your Passion? [Anne-Laure Le Cunff]Pretty much everyone seems to agree: you should follow your passions. But what if we got it all wrong? Is “your passion” actually a trap? Join us as we explore what homicide, hummingbirds and hobbies have in common and why it’s important to start dancing around burnout.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff is a neuroscientist in training, author, Internet entrepreneur and former Googler.
Jump to the question: Should You Follow Your Passion?
Learn more about Anne-Laure:
Explore Anne-Laure’s blog and Podcast Nesslabs
Connect with Anne-Laure on Twitter
Connect with Anne-Laure on LinkedIn
Refere...2023-07-061h 06
Audience of One#024 - Anne-Laure Le Cunff on Lifelong Experimentation, Redefining Ambition, & Mindful ProductivityAnne-Laure Le Cunff is an ex-Googler, writer and founder at Ness Labs, and PhD candidate in Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College in London. We talk about treating life as a series of experiments, mindful productivity, redefining ambition, combining perspectives across domains, and more.
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(00:55) Developing a love for science & writing
(03:49) Research & the scientific method
(06:31) Building on the shoulders of giants & adding your own perspective
(10:40) Her unique perspective on productivity & work
(13:45) Mindful vs. traditional productivity
(15:53) The importance of metacognition
(20:15) Small experiments > finding your passion
(24:51) Redefining ambition
(28:44) Decoupling your self from the experiment
(32:17) Ambition vs. contentment
(35:42) When to s...2023-07-0545 min
On n'est pas des robots53. Anne-Laure Le Cunff - Se laisser la place d'être productif et créatif🤖 Si vous cherchez un coach sur ces sujets de rapport au travail, pour mener une carrière exigeante sans sacrifier votre santé et votre vie perso, sentez-vous libre réservez un appel pour qu'on en parle : réserver un appel 🤖
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Ma conversation avec Anne-Laure Le Cunff, fondatrice de Ness Labs, est une piqûre de rappel des fondamentaux de l'hygiène mentale au travail qu'on oublie de mettre en pratique car :
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❌On confond l'illusion d'être productif avec le fait d'être v...2023-04-1056 min
Portfolio Career Podcast with David NebinskiBuilding A Community While In School with Anne-Laure Le CunffAnne-Laure Le Cunff is a writer, community builder, student, and founder. While in school, she decided to learn in public by writing articles and then sharing them online about what she was learning at school. This led to her writing 100 articles in 100 days. During this writing journey and adventure, Ness Labs, the company and community, was formed while she was in school. In this episode, you will learn about finding her first customers, the generation affect, how building a community can help you creatively, and much more. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!...2023-03-0937 min
Portfolio Career PodcastBuilding A Community While In School with Anne-Laure Le CunffAnne-Laure Le Cunff is a writer, community builder, student, and founder. While in school, she decided to learn in public by writing articles and then sharing them online about what she was learning at school. This led to her writing 100 articles in 100 days. During this writing journey and adventure, Ness Labs, the company and community, was formed while she was in school. In this episode, you will learn about finding her first customers, the generation affect, how building a community can help you creatively, and much more. Excited for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career!...2023-03-0937 min
The Copywriter Club PodcastTCC Podcast #331: Neuroscience, Productivity, and Building Something Unique with Anne-Laure Le CunffAnne-Laure Le Cunff is our guest on the 331st episode of The Copywriter Club Podcast. After deciding to go back to school to study neuroscience, Anne-Laure created a newsletter that turned into the thriving business known as Ness Labs, a science-based learning community to become more creative and productive without the burnout. Anne-Laure shares how business owners can minimize content overload and make their lives simpler.
Here’s how the conversation goes:
Why Anne-Laure decided to go back to school and shift her career path.
What is the generation effect and how it’ll help you learn more effectively?
How a ne...2023-02-211h 14
The Craft of Memory PodcastBuilding Habits, Technology and the Dangers of Toxic Productivity w/ Anne-Laure Le CunffIn this episode, I speak with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs, writer on creative thinking, mindful productivity, and metacognition. We discuss toxic productivity, memory techniques and technology, building habits, note-taking vs. note-making, and much more.
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The Undefeated UnderdogsAnne-Laure Le Cunff - The story of a Philomath who never stops creating!👉🏼 About the Guest:Anne-Laure is a writer, founder, serial maker, and neuroeducation Ph.D. researcher. She founded Ness Labs, a collective that provides content, coaching, courses, and community to help makers put their minds to work. She also runs Maker Mind a weekly newsletter packed with neuroscience-based insights to be more productive and more creative. Currently, it serves around 30k subscribers. She also gathered and built an audience of close to 60k on Twitter. 👉🏼 About the Host:Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects usi...2022-10-2744 min
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#115 Creativity as a Compass - Anne-Laure Le Cunff on Leaving Google, Freelancing, and Combining Creativity & Neuroscience,In this episode, I talk with fellow creator and curious human Anne-Laure Le Cunff. She left her job at Google and embarked on an entrepreneurial journey about one month before I did in April 2017. We compare the lessons we have learned over the past five years as well as talk about:How her mother's experience as an immigrant influenced her work scriptsHer creative interests vs. practical career choicesGetting into google and getting sucked into the tech worldQuitting her job and thinking she needed to found a companyShifting to freelancing and creating space in her lifeCreating and writing online a...2022-10-0356 min
Entrepreneur's HandbookFrom Silicon Valley To Neuroscientist Creator With 40k Subs w/ Anne-Laure La Cunff | Ness LabsJoin our community event! https://app.session.com/entrepreneurs-handbook/community-ama-october-2022?s=1Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Today's guest is Anne-Laure La Cunff, the founder of Ness Labs which has over 40,000 subscribers. Anne-Laure burnt out while trying to build a Silicon Valley start-up. She then went back to school to study neuroscience and started sharing her thoughts online. She now has a huge audience and provides cutting e...2022-09-2937 min
Reverb by SaneEP.12 Anne-Laure Le Cunff on mindful productivity and idea sexIn this episode, Ida speaks with Anne-Laure Le Cunff about learning in public, mindful productivity, their own experiences with productivity, work, life, and balancing it all. They also discuss combinational creativity, aka idea sex, and a lot more.2022-07-2837 min
Emotionally FitAvoiding Burnout with Founder of NessLabs, Anne-Laure Le CunffRaise your hand if you’re extremely burned out. Oh, everyone? Us too. Today we’ll practice Dr. Emily’s three-step push-up to prioritize rest and prevent burnout, along with NessLabs founder Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a PhD researcher investigating how different brains learn differently.Thank you for listening! Staying emotionally fit takes work and repetition. That's why the Emotionally Fit podcast with psychologist Dr. Emily Anhalt delivers short, actionable Emotional Push-Ups every Monday and Thursday to help you build a better practice of mental health. Join us to kickstart your emotional fitness. Let's flex those feels and do som...2022-07-1413 min
The Sizzle PodcastS02E01 Anne-Laure Le Cunff [Organisational Psychology & Neuroscience]Welcome to S02E01! You can join my mailing list to stay in loop about Sizzle Episodes and to receive [semi regular] emails about using psychology in your life: https://www.drjotaylor.com/my-mailing-listIn this episode I am joined by Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs. During the episode we cover a range of topics, including:- Psychological safety- Metacognition as a way to work smarter- Ikigai- Different types of burnout- PARI: a framework for personal growth 2022-05-1753 min
Sleep Eat Perform Repeat#172 Anne-Laure Le Cunff - Entrepreneur and Founder of Ness Labs, PhD Neuroscience studentToday we spoke with Anne-Laure Le Cunff - Entrepreneur and Founder of Ness Labs, PhD Neuroscience student - and ex-Googler.
Anne-Laure worked at Google, promoting digital health products, and is now back in school studying the brain; she is a PhD researcher at King's College London investigating how different brains learn differently, with a focus on supporting neurodiversity in online learning. She is the founder of Ness Labs, a little corner of the Internet where ambitious and curious minds come together to achieve their goals without sacrificing their mental health. It's packed with content, a thriving community, an...2022-05-1637 min
Creator Science[REPLAY] Anne-Laure Le Cunff – From burnout to mindful productivity and quickly building an audienceLISTENER SURVEYClick here to complete our listener surveyLeave me a voicemail***Anne-Laure Le Cunff is an entrepreneur, an ex-Googler, and a neuroscience student. She’s the creator of Ness Labs and a Masters of Science in Applied Neuroscience candidate at King's College.She writes a lot about "mindful productivity," and every week she sends a newsletter called Maker Mind with practical content at the intersection of neuroscience and entrepreneurship. Her work has been featured in WIRED, Forbes, FT, Rolling Stone, and more.In this episode we...2021-10-1457 min
Plan Your NextFrom Google to entrepreneur: How Anne-Laure Le Cunff chased her next thing👋 Good morning from Los Angeles! I'm Nate Kadlac, and this is #72 of Plan Your Next. A Sunday newsletter that connects design, creativity, and how you prepare for your next thing.Welcome to the 27 new fans here! I’ll never forget you. Or, at least I’ll try not to. This is a special edition where I highlight creators and entrepreneurs who have made their next move. Today I welcome Anne-Laure Le Cunff and how she transitioned to her next thing!💡 What’s new?🎨 I casually opened enrollment to Approachable Design 3! It’s a 2-day workshop...2021-08-0801 min
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She’s an ex-Googler who went on to an MSc of Applied Neuroscience at King's College. And now, she’s the founder of Ness Labs - an online mindful productivity community teaching at the intersection of neuroscience and entrepreneurship. Her work has been featured in WIRED, Forbes, Rolling Stone, and more.
This episode was packed with frameworks, tools and strategies from the Makers Mind creator (Anne-Laure's newsletter) herself.
Where to find more...2021-07-2045 min
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Today is an exciting day. After a year of hiatus, I am starting the Copyblogger podcast back up. We've had an exciting year with the launch of Copyblogger Pro. Our online business community is thriving and the results our members are seeing has been a priority.
In addition, we launched Digital Commerce Partners, which is an industry leading content and SEO agency, dedicated to help entrepreneurs market their products and make more money...2021-05-1949 min
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Create Out Loud With Jennifer Louden3 | Anne-Laure Le Cunff: Releasing Creative AnxietyAnne-Laure Le Cunff is an entrepreneur, and an ex-Googler turned neuroscience student who is leading the conversation around creative anxiety, mental wellness in our modern age, the delicate balance between productivity and creativity, and how we can use technology to make the world better. In today's amazing conversation, we talk releasing ourselves from the pressure or time anxiety, how to align our creative desires with our professional goals, and yes, even how to make money as a creative.
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TheProdcastS02E05: The science behind how to make the most of your mind (ft. Anne-Laure Le Cunff)In this episode, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Founder of Ness Labs, talks to Aishwarya about the power of mind, the way neuroscience works with tech, and how she kickstarted and scaled her entrepreneurial ventures from zero to one. Having been a former lead for Google Fit's brand marketing efforts, Anne-Laure has a deep-rooted connection with health and wellness, and combing her passion in neuroscience along with technology skills, she not only founded Ness Labs, but also a couple of other projects like Teeny Breaks and Maker's Magazine. Listen to her candid conversations on everything science, brain, and technology.2021-03-0225 min
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MetaLearn PodcastML158: Anne-Laure Le Cunff on Defining Your Values, Learning in Public and Moving from Collector to CreatorAnne Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs, an online school and community on mindful productivity. She's an ex-Googler, and holds a masters in Applied Neuroscience from King's College London, while her work has been featured in WIRED, Forbes, the FT and Rolling Stone. In this episode we discuss: - How Anne-Laure's personal values have changed over the course of her career - Anne-Laure's system for consistently producing content online - The concept of an anti library and how that relates to metacognition This was a great conversation –– whether you're looking for...2021-02-0546 min
5 Minute Success - The PodcastAnne-Laure Le Cunff Heroine’s Journey: From Time Anxiety to Mindful Creativity: A Call to Adventure - 5 Minute Success - The PodcastAnne-Laure Le Cunff is the founder of Ness Labs, a platform for providing neuroscience-based content, coaching, and a community to knowledge workers and creators. She previously worked in the digital health team at Google. She holds a MSc in Applied Neuroscience from King's College London. Her work has been featured in WIRED, Forbes, Rolling Stone, and more. In this episode, Karen and Anne-Laure discuss Anne-Laure’s Heroine’s Journey: Anne-Laure’s Call to Adventure Ordinary Live-Comfort Zone It takes between 2 and 8 months to create a habit, depending on how new or challenging a habit...2021-02-0523 min
Metamuse20 // Thinking in maps with Anne-Laure Le CunffMaps can visualize space, time, biological processes, social graphs, and much more. Anne-Laure of Ness Labs talks with Mark and Adam about the multi-thousand-year history of map-based thinking, and how we can use maps in our own creative work today.
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Anne-Laure Le Cunff @anthilemoon
winter solstice
Algerian food
Ness Labs @ness_labs
mindful productivity
the Dunning-Kruger effect
How to Be Idle
Thinking in maps
Cassiodorus
Babylonian map of the world
the map is not the territory
The Invention of...2020-12-2454 min
Nathan Barry Archive018: Anne-Laure Le Cunff – Building a Loyal Audience & Growing Your NewsletterAnne-Laure Le Cunff is the founder of Ness Labs, which applies neuroscience research to productivity and creativity. In addition to writing articles and running a growing community, Anne-Laure also writes a newsletter subscribed to by over 25,000 “mindful makers”. In this conversation, we talk about building up a newsletter audience from zero. Anne-Laure tells us why newsletters grow differently from other platforms, like YouTube channels, and why you shouldn’t get discouraged when your subscriber numbers hit a plateau—often, if you just keep writing and sending great emails, the next wave of growth is right around the corner.2020-12-2159 min
Creator ScienceAnne-Laure Le Cunff – From burnout to mindful productivity and quickly building an audienceAnne-Laure Le Cunff is an entrepreneur, an ex-Googler, and a neuroscience student. She’s the creator of Ness Labs and a Masters of Science in Applied Neuroscience candidate at King's College.She writes a lot about "mindful productivity," and every week she sends a newsletter called Maker Mind with practical content at the intersection of neuroscience and entrepreneurship. Her work has been featured in WIRED, Forbes, FT, Rolling Stone, and more.In this episode we talk about how Anne-Laure quickly grew her Twitter audience, Ness Labs, and how Mindfulness has allowed her to be prolific in...2020-10-2054 min
Indie Bites$3k MRR with 600 paying members writing about mindful productivity - Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Ness LabsAnne-Laure Le Cunff is the founder of Ness Labs, a learning platform dedicated to mindful productivity while also studying neuroscience part-time at King's College with her masters. Previously Anne-Laure worked at Google leaving that job in 2017. As part of Ness Labs, she creates some truly exceptional content that I've had shared with me time and time again, which is evidenced by her 19,000 strong email lists for her newsletter, Maker Mind.Here's what we covered in this episode:On Ness LabsTell me a little about your back story and why you started Ness Labs...2020-09-1815 min
Leap TakersEpisode 17: Anne-Laure Le Cunff - Mindful productivity - How Ness Labs became the leading learning platform that empowers makers to do their best work while keeping their sanityAnne-Laure Le Cunff (@anthilemoon) is the Founder of Ness Labs, an award-winning productivity & learning community and venture studio building products that focus on mindful productivity, wellness, creativity, and culture. She is an ex-Googler, MSc of Applied Neuroscience candidate at King's College, member of the Society for Neuroscience, and certified Mental Health First Aider accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health.
Her work has been featured in WIRED, Forbes, FT, Rolling Stone, and more. Every week, she sends a newsletter to thousands of mindful makers with practical content at the intersection of neuroscience and entrepreneurship.
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The SynapseStart-ups Meet Neuroscience w. Anne-Laure Le Cunff: Mind Frames, Your Best Self, and Feedback LoopsToday's guest is Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder and CEO of Ness Labs. Ness Labs is a research studio dedicated to building mindful productivity. Anne-Laure has helped a lot of people integrate creativity into their "productive work," which not only helped them accomplish more meaningful goals but also tap into their own unique strengths. Her philosophy is, “We are at our happiest when we’re our most creative and productive self.” She writes articles on mind framing and personal development on her blog at Ness Labs and also regularly publishes a newsletter aimed at anyone wanting to live more creatively. As an...2020-06-1933 min