The Rise and Fall of a Productivity Guru

Clear is just the daddy of a pack of other productivity gurus, each frantically advising their followers on how to wring more out of their days. Ali Abdahl, a genial former NHS doctor, whose discovery can make significantly more cash with his YouTube channel, boasts 4.15 million subscribers. Elizabeth Phillips kicked against atomic habits to advocate organized chaos - concentrating on things only when she's really motivated. But this territory looks benign when set next to the sinister thickets of life coaching business exposed in fascinating podcast A Very British Cult.