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Stop Generating, Start Thinking with Kevin Henrikson
Expert Intelligence with Paul Estes
38 minutes
1 week ago
Stop Generating, Start Thinking with Kevin Henrikson
Kevin Henrikson has built and sold companies for hundreds of millions, scaled teams at Microsoft and Instacart, and now runs an AI healthcare startup—and he called complete bullshit on the productivity myth we've all been sold.
The most unmovable meeting on his calendar? 8 PM: GO TO SLEEP. When people want late meetings, he says no. When he travels, his admin moves the sleep block. In his 20s, he was the "code until 2 AM" guy. Now? He protects his ability to think like his business depends on it. Because it does.
But the biggest insight that stuck with me: "If you got in a car accident tomorrow and had to be out for three days, you'd cancel everything. People would understand. You need to give yourself permission to have that car accident periodically."
What You'll Learn:
Why AI is creating chaos instead of productivity—and the one habit that breaks the cycle
The health stack that replaced Kevin's expensive concierge doctor
Why teaching kids to self-regulate with technology beats helicopter parenting every time
How voice AI is solving the work in healthcare that nobody actually wants to do
Why blocking sleep on your calendar might be the most productive decision you'll ever make
Kevin's framework for when to use AI and when to just close all the tabs and think