How to Hustle

3. Meetings Are Ruining Your Company Culture

🎙 Episode: How to Hustle📌 Title: Meetings Are Ruining Your Culture⏱ Duration: ~8 minutes🎯 Audience: Team leaders, HR heads, founders, managers, and anyone sick of unproductive meetings
🎧 What This Episode Covers:
Let’s talk about the real reason your team feels stuck — and no, it’s not just burnout, KPIs, or poor tools. It’s meetings.
This episode breaks down how badly-run meetings don’t just waste time… they shape behaviour, reinforce confusion, and quietly train your team to work in ways that slow everything down.
You’ll learn:
Why vague meetings = vague teams
The behavioural science behind why meetings feel so draining
5 practical behaviour strategy tips to fix your team meetings today
What your meetings are accidentally teaching people about your leadership
And how to turn meetings into a culture-building tool (instead of a culture killer)
🔧 Behaviour Strategy Tips Inside:
Clarify the purpose before you book
Define behavioural roles in the room
Use time limits to train focus
Create safe space for disagreement
Always end with “next behaviour” — not just action points
📞 Want Help With This?
If you’re a company, team leader or HR head dealing with slow decisions, poor follow-through, or unclear communication — this is exactly what we fix at Mind Path UAE.
📍 Visit www.mindpathuae.com📩 Or DM Vishakha Abbi directly on Instagram or LinkedIn @mindpathuae

2. Your Calendar Is Lying to You: How to Outsmart Task and Calendar Management and Actually Get Things Done

This week on How to HustleIf your calendar is packed but nothing’s actually getting done — you’re not broken. You’re just planning in a way your brain doesn’t agree with.
In this episode, Vishakha Abbi breaks down what really causes time blindness, why we constantly underestimate how long things take, and how to design your week using behavioural strategy instead of blind optimism.
You’ll learn:
Why energy matters more than time when planning your day
How “fresh start” moments can be powerful productivity triggers
The problem with back-to-back meetings (and how to fix it)
Tools to make time more visible
How to plan around non-negotiable meetings or deadlines without burning out
If your calendar’s lying to you — it’s time to change the way you plan.
Hosted by Vishakha Abbi,Behaviour Strategist and founder of MindPath UAE. With over 10 years of UK clinical experience in mental health and learning disabilities, and a former Corporate Head of Clinical Service, Vishakha now helps companies and individuals understand and shift behaviour for better outcomes — fast.
Explore more at www.mindpathuae.com
📍Connect on LinkedIn: @mindpathuae📸 Follow on Instagram: @mindpathuae

1. Toxic Colleagues: How to Protect Your Sanity, Reclaim Your Power, and Know When It’s Time to Walk

Welcome to How to Hustle — the brand new stream of the Mind Path UAE podcast dedicated to all things work, ambition, and navigating the behavioural madness of modern workplaces.
I’m Vishakha Abbi — Behaviour Strategist and founder of Mind Path UAE — and this show is where we leave behind the vague advice and start making sense of human behaviour at work, so you can hustle smart, not just hard.
This episode is for anyone who’s ever dreaded going into the office, not because of the workload, but because of that one toxic colleague. Not the boss. The co-worker. The one who somehow manages to sabotage, manipulate, undermine, or just make everything feel... heavier.
I’ve been there. I once had a toxic colleague who made every single day unbearable. Even though my manager tried to support me, it eventually became too much — and I had to walk away. It was one of the hardest decisions I’ve made, but it turned out to be the best one. That choice took me to Dubai and gave birth to Mind Path.
In today’s episode, I’ll share:
Why toxic colleagues are more than just annoying — they affect your brain, body, and behaviour

What science says about toxic workplace dynamics

5 behaviour-based strategies to protect yourself and take back control

How to know when it’s time to leave — and how to leave without losing yourself

You’ll also hear how Mind Path supports professionals and companies to shift workplace culture from chaos to clarity using the PATHWAYS framework.
🧠 If you’re navigating a toxic workplace, this is your signal to stop normalising dysfunction. There’s another way — and you don’t have to do it alone.
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👥 Want support? Learn more at www.mindpathuae.com or find me on Instagram and LinkedIn @mindpathuae.
🎧 For personal episodes on relationships, parenting, and mental health, head to my sister podcast stream: How to Human — also available at www.mindpathuae.com/podcast and all major platforms.