What if the richest life wasn’t about accumulation, but contribution?
What if success wasn’t about climbing higher, but going deeper - into purpose, into service, into meaning?
And what if the greatest performance boost available to us today wasn’t technological, but human?
Welcome to Episode 110 of TIE Unearthed.
This week I sit down with Dr. Narath Carlile, a Harvard-trained physician, clinical informatician and systems thinker whose work is redefining how we live, work, and care.
Born in South Africa, shaped by Canada, and working at the cutting edge of healthcare innovation, Narath’s story is one of constant evolution. After years inside medical systems that rewarded output over empathy, he asked a radical question: What if we designed systems to support human flourishing, not just survival?
What followed was MakeTimeFlow Labs, a high-performance AI-supported platform that integrates neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and purpose-driven productivity to help people reclaim time, energy, and joy.
In this conversation, we explore:
• Why so many high performers are burnt out, and how we fix the system, not just the symptoms
• What philosophy and emotional intelligence have to do with high-scale, high-touch healthcare
• How systems rooted in truth, justice, and fairness can transform the future of global wellbeing
• And how leaders can shift from performance at all costs, to performance with integrity, balance, and care
We also unpack the true cost of misaligned values in professional life.
Why a poverty mindset in systems (even wealthy ones) leads to emotional and ethical burnout.
And how we can raise children, and build businesses, that measure worth through meaning, not just metrics.
This is a rich, wide-ranging episode that pulls together everything from universal healthcare and burnout to parenting, purpose, and what it really means to live a fulfilled life.
If you’ve ever felt like the metrics of modern success don’t quite match your inner compass, this one’s for you.
I’m off on holiday at the end of next week. But we’ll be back again in August for more TIE Unearthed. Until then!
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To learn more about their Cognitive High Performance Solutions, their training and coaching arm, click here: https://www.cognitivehighperformance.com