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Hosted by Katie Azevedo · education · EN-US
Whether you're a student or a working professional, the Learn and Work Smarter Podcast delivers the clarity, strategies, and encouragement you need to stay focused, organized, and on top of your tasks. Hosted by Katie Azevedo, M.Ed.—a private executive function coach with 20 years of teaching experience and a deep background in ADHD and cognitive science—this show is your practical guide to building the real-life skills that school and work demand but rarely teach. Episodes cover a range of topics, including time management, productivity, studying smarter, focus strategies, task initiation, and executive function habits. Each topic is approached through a lens of neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and deep compassion. You’ll learn systems that are teachable, sustainable, and immediately actionable. No fluff. No hype. Just real strategies for getting things done, reducing stress, and showing up as the most capable version of
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Signup to Generate a PitchWhether you're a student or a working professional, the Learn and Work Smarter Podcast delivers the clarity, strategies, and encouragement you need to stay focused, organized, and on top of your tasks.
Learn and Work Smarter is hosted by Katie Azevedo. The show has published 149 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "150. Why Smart Students Hit a Wall (Compensation Strategies That Stop Working)" (29 October 2026, 39 minutes), "149. F It. Life is Too Short (don't worry, no swears in this one)" (22 October 2026, 19 minutes), and "148. 5 Note-Taking Myths that Backfire Every Time" (15 October 2026, 21 minutes).
Learn and Work Smarter publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 27 minutes across 149 episodes.
Booking probability for Learn and Work Smarter is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Learn and Work Smarter requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Learn and Work Smarter's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Learn and Work Smarter are Courses, Coaching & Lessons and Business & Management Consulting. Learn and Work Smarter has an education audience.
Katie Azevedo hosts Learn and Work Smarter, an education podcast with 149 episodes published.
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Episode #150
Send me a message! Did you breeze through school without studying? Write papers the night before and still get glowing comments? Get called bright, gifted, a natural, and believe it? Then something changed. Maybe it was...
Episode #149
Send me a message! This episode is unlike any of the others that I've done. I basically just sat down in front of the mic and gave you a peek inside my own mental chatter. If you're keen to listen in on the wild...
Episode #148
Send me a message! The thing about myths is they’re hard to get rid of. Even when we know they’re myths, we still sometimes fall for them. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I’m debunking the five...
Episode #147
Send me a message! Most of us know the obvious pros and cons of various work environments. If you work in an office, you have a clear separation of personal and professional life. Working remotely means you can wear...
Episode #146
Send me a message! Falling out of love with your job and dealing with unmotivated colleagues can make your workday long and have you questioning your career. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I...
Episode #145
Send me a message! Using AI to avoid reading the book. Getting homework answers from a friend just to get the check mark. Building complex automation agents that take weeks to set up and generate data you never actually...
Episode #144
Send me a message! Automated AI agents that let you nap while your work is done for you, the latest project management software that promises you'll never be overwhelmed again... color-coded email inboxes with rules...
Episode #142
Send me a message! Losing focus midweek when working from home? Debating whether changing grad programs is worth it? In this Q&A episode of the podcast, I answer two questions submitted by listeners of the show...
Episode #141
Send me a message! The Two-Minute Rule is a popular productivity strategy that's been around since the early 2000s. It can be a terrific tool for feeling less overwhelmed, moving your to-do list forward, and generally...
Episode #140
Send me a message! Like it or not, there’s a “secret code” for how to act and what to say at school and work—and not knowing it can cost you opportunities and your reputation. Saying the right thing at meetings...
Episode #139
Send me a message! Starting my own business out of absolutely nothing has been the single greatest professional accomplishment of my life. Every single day, I think about where I started and where I am now — and the...
Episode #138
Send me a message! Studying for 12 hours a day? Being a serial job-quitter? In this Q&A episode of the Learn and Work Smarter Podcast, I answer two questions submitted by listeners of the show. Question 1: A busy...
Episode #137
Send me a message! Ideas are only good if we remember them, am I right? Right. So why do we keep telling ourselves that we’ll remember something “later” when we never do? The idea that occurred to us in the shower...
Episode #136
Send me a message! Productivity tools come with big promises. Planners, apps, devices, software…they can all genuinely help you get things done – and they claim to do so. BUT, the tool itself never gets you the outcome...
Episode #135
Send me a message!🤓 Don’t get me wrong – goals are awesome to have. They can inspire hope and dreams and cool visions we have for our futures. But focusing on the outcome we want (aka our goal) never gets us the...
Episode #134
Send me a message!🤓 Come peek behind the curtain of SchoolHabits University! Every month inside my signature study skills program, I offer live coaching on Zoom so student never get stuck navigating the program...
Episode #133
Send me a message!🤓 In this Q&A episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I answer two questions submitted by listeners of the show. Question One: A student asks for study break ideas that will increase his focus...
Episode #132
Send me a message!🤓 Most people focus on due dates -- as in, this final deadline. But the due date of a project has nothing to do with you actually getting it done. Enter the DO date. In this episode of the Learn and...
Episode #131
<p>Send me a message!🤓</p><p>It’s one thing to know what to do, but it’s a whole other thing to actually DO it.</p><p>This is a struggle that so many of my private clients – students and professionals – deal with. They...
Episode #130
<p>Send me a message!🤓</p><p>College can make students feel all kinds of ways: thrilled at the freedom, excited at the possibilities, and overwhelmed with the independence that's suddenly expected of...
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