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Worth Following

Hosted by Adrian Stanek

Honest conversations on leadership, building teams, shipping real products, and creating a mission worth following. blog.adrianstanek.dev

83 episodes · publishes weekly · latest 2026-09-20 · ~16 min/episode

Rank

#5289

Substance

47.0

/ 100

Breakdown

Scored 2026-07
Updated monthly

Leadership rank

#797 of 1042

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Across the index

#5289 of 6219

Substance

Top 85%

outscores 15% of the index

Why it scores where it does

Worth Following ranks #5289 on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 47.0 out of 100, scored across 1 recent episode. It scores highest on insight density and originality. The episode offers a few mildly interesting distinctions (defocus vs. distraction, closing thought loops before sleep) but is largely padded with well-worn productivity advice - journal morning and evening, block focus time, don't procrastinate - delivered with heavy repetition and personal anecdote. The insight-to-filler ratio is low for a 9-minute runtime.

The five-dimension breakdown

Averaged across 1 recently scored episode, with cited evidence.

Insight Density

11.0 / 20

The episode offers a few mildly interesting distinctions (defocus vs. distraction, closing thought loops before sleep) but is largely padded with well-worn productivity advice - journal morning and evening, block focus time, don't procrastinate - delivered with heavy repetition and personal anecdote. The insight-to-filler ratio is low for a 9-minute runtime.

“The method of journaling is in the morning to commit yourself and in the evening to sit down and reflect on what you actually have done.”

“Procrastination is a negative aspect”

Originality

10.0 / 20

The reframing of 'the opposite of focus is distraction, not defocus' is a marginally interesting semantic distinction, but it is never developed into a rigorous or counterintuitive argument. The rest of the content - time blocking, journaling, anti-procrastination - is standard self-help territory with no first-principles reasoning or contrarian positions.

“The point is the opposite of focus is not actually defocus. For us in the reality, we're talking about distraction.”

“Procrastination is ego's work.”

Guest Caliber

9.0 / 20

This is a solo monologue by the host, who describes himself as a mentor to software engineers and solopreneurs and references building a platform called CoachBar, but provides no verifiable evidence of scale, revenue, team size, or meaningful outcomes from his work. The credential signal is thin.

“I help you to self-improve as a software engineer, solopreneur, as an entrepreneur.”

“working on CoachBar, working on other platforms”

Specificity & Evidence

9.0 / 20

The only concrete specifics are personal lifestyle details (Steam Deck, Project Zomboid, a claimed 40,000 - 50,000 lifetime gaming hours) and app references (Voice Keeper). There are no outcome metrics from mentees, no research citations, no business data, and no verifiable results supporting any of the productivity claims made.

“I don't have a gaming PC anymore, even though I was playing more than 40,000, 50,000 hours in my life.”

“I play mostly games like Project Zomboid because you can die there.”

Conversational Craft

8.0 / 20

This is an unstructured solo monologue with no interviewer, no probing questions, and no pushback on its own claims. The presentation visibly loses its own thread mid-sentence - literally interrupted by a deer - and the episode doubles as a Substack promotion without self-challenge or critical framing.

“oh, there's a deer. You know staying focused even though I have a GoPro in my hand I still made an intentional choice semi choice to focus on their dear baby I don know I love that too Now focus again”

“You can take a look into my sub stack. You find more information there, how you can actually join such a mentoring”

Standout episodes

  • The Discipline of Defocus

    2026-06-28

    47

Rank over time

First period on the Index - history builds from here.

Episodes

1 scored on substance · 60 tracked in total.

  • The Discipline of Defocus

    2026-06-28 · 9 min

    47 / 100

Frequently asked

What is Worth Following's substance score?
Worth Following scores 47.0 out of 100 for substance and ranks #5289 on The B2B Podcast Index. That puts it ahead of 15% of the B2B podcasts we rank and #797 of 1042 in Leadership. The score reflects insight density, originality, guest caliber, specificity and conversational craft across recent episodes - not downloads.
Is Worth Following worth listening to?
Worth Following is ranked on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 47.0/100. See the five-dimension breakdown above to judge whether it fits what you're after.
Who hosts Worth Following?
Worth Following is hosted by Adrian Stanek.
How often does Worth Following publish?
Worth Following publishes weekly, has 83 episodes, released its most recent episode on 2026-09-20.
Which Worth Following episode should I start with?
Our highest-scoring recent episode is "The Discipline of Defocus" (47/100) - a good place to start.

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Frequently discusses

Companies, products and tools that come up most across this show's episodes.

CoachBarVoice KeeperSteam DeckProject ZomboidSubstack

Topics this show covers

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Burnout preventionmentoringStoicismJournalingVoice Keeper appCoachBar platformSteam DeckProject ZomboidSelf-improvement for software engineers and solopreneursThought closure techniques

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