๐Ÿ‘‹ Work Less Wednesday โ€” October 14, 2026


Work Less Wednesday: October 5

๐Ÿ‘‹ Hey Reader!

This is issue #213 of Work Less Wednesday, where I share with you 5 things you should know about, in 5 minutes or less. That leaves you with 10,075 other minutes this week.


๐ŸŽ™๏ธ 1. New Podcast - โ€œthis mindset will make you rich - rich diary 005โ€

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This week I have TWO new podcasts for you.

First, last weekโ€™s episode, which I didnโ€™t send, but Iโ€™ve received a lot of positive feedback on.

In it, I introduce a pattern that Iโ€™ve noticed with my best clients, that if you're not doing, you need to start doing asap.

Additionally, I cover:

  • book project update
  • new clients
  • what i'm reading
  • what i'm eating (lol)
  • why you need to have a POV

โ€‹You can watch the YouTube (video) version here.โ€‹

โ€‹Or take me on the go with the Spotify (audio) version.โ€‹


๐ŸŽ™๏ธ 2. Second New Podcast (Recorded Today!) - โ€œhow to reprogram your money beliefs - rich diary 006โ€

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And ANOTHER podcast for you! In this one, I cover:

  • book project update
  • what I'm reading
  • dealing with things not going to plan
  • disempowering money beliefs
  • why you need to stop rushing

โ€‹You can watch the YouTube (video) version here.โ€‹

(Spotify version will be up tomorrow.)


๐Ÿง  3. Thought-Provoking Article - The Empty Brain by Robert Epsteinโ€‹

โ€‹This one will take you 20 minutes to read, but it is rewarding.

Psychologist Robert Epstein puts to bed the common misconception that the human brain works like a computer.

Even though we love to use computer terms to describe our thinking like โ€œshort term memoryโ€ and โ€œRAMโ€ - it is just a convenient metaphor - but our brains don't actually work like computers.

We donโ€™t actually store memories or information in our brains and you wonโ€™t be able to upload your mind into the cloud.

Sorry!

โ€‹Read the full article here.โ€‹


๐Ÿ“’4. Book Iโ€™m Reading - How To Be Good At Life by Ben Meerโ€‹

Was lucky enough to get an advance copy of this book thanks to Ben - and Iโ€™ve enjoyed it.

It like Atomic Habits but for building systems.

As someone who once taught a course on systems, I was familiar with the material, but itโ€™s a topic I love to geek out on, so I still had fun.

โ€‹Grab it here.โ€‹


๐Ÿ– 5. More Things I'm Into This Week...

๐ŸŽง What Iโ€™m Listening To - Cameron Winter - Live at Carnegie Hallโ€‹

โค๏ธ Article I Enjoyed - You Donโ€™t Need Fuck You Money, You Need Fuck You Loveโ€‹

๐Ÿ“บ New Anime Iโ€™m Checking Out - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (thanks Alex!)

๐Ÿฅ„ Food Iโ€™m Obsessed With - Skyrโ€‹

๐Ÿ’ฌ Quote Iโ€™m Ponderingโ€ฆ

โ€œThere is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts." - Richard Bach

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How we can work together

When youโ€™re ready, here are two free ways I can help you:

  • ๐Ÿ‘ค My Substack. My weekly Substack inner entrepreneur discusses the internal side of entrepreneurship - mindset & growth.
  • ๐ŸŽง My Podcast. Listen to or watch my free podcast The Rich Webster Show. It is an unfiltered look behind the scenes at my life and work.

And you can work with me here:

  • ๐Ÿค Creative Partnership. I work closely with high-level creative entrepreneurs + consultants to hit their first (or next) million in revenue.
  • ๐Ÿง  Private Advisory. Executive coaching for founders & CEOs on strategy, inner work, and influence.

๐Ÿ˜Š Have a great week - Rich

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Rich Webster

13 years in recovery. Two $500k/y businesses. Creator of ๐Ÿ–๏ธHow To Work Less. 32k read my newsletter. โฌ‡๏ธ

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