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@workinghardpod Comment 2026 and I’ll send you my favourite pieces of advice from the podcast this year (that you need to hear before next year) For this week’s episode, I’ve gone back through the archives and pulled together a selection of the most useful advice my amazing guests shared this year, across the things you actually think about when a new year approaches, from mindset and confidence, to work, health, hormones, diet, dating, and relationships. Think of it as your own personal end of year reset, or a gentle bootcamp for 2026, without the pressure or frankly unrealistic expectations. The podcast will be back in next week with the first episode of our new year mini series, featuring one of my favourite conversations I’ve ever recorded, so for now I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who’s watched or listened to Working Hard this year, it’s really means so much!!

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Video #13617 · Carousel

Carousel of motivational life advice quotesfrom @workinghardpod

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Overview

This is a 12-slide Instagram carousel post that curates key pieces of advice from various podcast guests. Each slide features a different speaker in a two-panel layout with their quote overlaid as text, covering topics from career and mindset to health and relationships, intended as inspiration for the new year.

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Simple outline

  1. 1Hook with overarching question
  2. 2Deliver foundational hard truth
  3. 3Stack paradigm-shifting insights
  4. 4End on empowering final thought

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Related videos

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Classification

Format
Concepts
Statement CarouselEditorial CarouselQ&A Response
Elements
Text OverlayTemplated Graphic LayoutColor GradingIntimate Close-Up

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

Title hook · 45%

What's the best piece of advice people can take into next year?

Verbal hook · 40%

Comment 2026 and I’ll send you my favourite pieces of advice from the podcast this year

Visual hook · 15%

A consistent series of professional, two-panel portraits featuring different speakers, creating a visually rhythmic and engaging layout. The direct eye contact and expressive gestures of the subjects draw the viewer in.

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

Opens with a broad, highly relevant question about future improvement, immediately followed by a contrarian or hard-hitting foundational truth on the same slide to instantly establish authority and set the tone.

Payoff

Concludes with a grounding, additive piece of advice that leaves the reader feeling empowered rather than restricted, maximizing the emotional high to trigger saves, shares, and caption-reading for the lead-gen CTA.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The Curated Wisdom Anthology

Aggregating high-impact, paradigm-shifting insights into a thematic listicle, using a consistent 'Premise + Reframe' micro-pattern on each slide to create a highly saveable, dense value-bomb that drives swipe momentum.

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    The Foundational Reality Check

    Establishes the core theme by debunking a common myth about change, progress, or timing, forcing the reader to abandon passive thinking.

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    The Internal Reframes

    A sequence of slides addressing internal emotional roadblocks (perfectionism, fear, self-perception) to shift the reader's baseline mindset before giving practical advice.

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    The External Applications

    Transitions the abstract mindset advice into tangible life categories (career, health, relationships), systematically debunking conventional wisdom in each specific area.

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    The Anti-Hustle Pivot

    Introduces a counter-narrative to typical 'grind' advice, advocating for sustainable, intuitive, and gentle approaches to success to build deep resonance and relief in the reader.

Themes

  • personal growth
  • motivation
  • self-awareness
  • career development
  • wellness

Techniques

  • text overlay
  • consistent color grading
  • templated design
  • portrait photography

Trends

  • quote cards
  • advice carousel
  • podcast clips

Post caption

Comment 2026 and I’ll send you my favourite pieces of advice from the podcast this year (that you need to hear before next year) For this week’s episode, I’ve gone back through the archives and pulled together a selection of the most useful advice my amazing guests shared this year, across the things you actually think about when a new year approaches, from mindset and confidence, to work, health, hormones, diet, dating, and relationships. Think of it as your own personal end of year reset, or a gentle bootcamp for 2026, without the pressure or frankly unrealistic expectations. The podcast will be back in next week with the first episode of our new year mini series, featuring one of my favourite conversations I’ve ever recorded, so for now I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who’s watched or listened to Working Hard this year, it’s really means so much!!

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    What's the best piece of advice people can take into next year?

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    Your life does not change when the calendar does. It changes when your behaviour stops contradicting your goals.

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    Life will open up when you drop the pressure to be perfect,

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    reach for things before you feel ready, and trust that you can fix anything, or own your mistakes.

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    If you were the main character in the movie of your life, what would the audience be screaming at you to do?

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    There's something blindingly obvious that you're ignoring: try to find it.

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    No matter how palatable you try to be, there's gonna be someone who thinks you're embarrassing.

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    So you might as well be embarrassing and have the life you want.

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    Just because something is common does not mean it is normal.

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    You know when something is not right in your body, and it is important to trust that.

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    The regrets people have at the end of their lives are actually regrets of inaction, not mistakes...

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    so I think it's really powerful to just sit with that for a moment and ask: what's the cost of not quitting?

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    Everyone thinks that their career is going to jump forward by being on the most important project.

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    Often, it is actually the overlooked work, the work no one else wants, that makes your impact visible.

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    Stop scaring yourself into action, motivation shouldn't come from a threat.

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    Speak to yourself the way a coach would, that's real progress.

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    You can have great success in a more gentle, holistic way that isn't about depleting yourself.

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    Yes, we should be challenging ourselves and we should be learning, but not to our detriment.

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    Allowing fear into your head is when you start to fail. Everyone's doing things scared.

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    So stop letting embarrassment and shame keep you small, held back and away from your true potential.

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    When it comes to love, choose what supports your happiness, not what feels familiar,

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    because finding comfort in chaos is not a long term strategy.

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    Stop fighting your body.

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    Real health comes from adding more of what you need, not endless restriction.

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