Steven Bartlett
Entrepreneur · The Diary of a CEO
Entrepreneur, investor and host of The Diary of a CEO, one of the biggest interview podcasts in Europe. Much of his health stack is downstream of his own guests, and he tends to run their advice on himself and report back. He writes about behavior, business and self-narrative in The Diary of a CEO book.
- Entries
- 21
- Does
- 6
- Recommends
- 4
- Discusses
- 11
The gear and products they use
All 5 products in this stack
- BookRecommends$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Why We Sleep
Off the back of one of the show's most widely shared episodes on sleep, he recommends it.
Source: The Diary of a CEO: official episode feedView item: Why We SleepBacked by 8 of 44 stacks - BookRecommends$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Atomic Habits
Hosted its author, recommends the book, and returns to the four-laws framing when guests discuss behavior change.
Source: The Diary of a CEO: official episode feedVisit jamesclear.com (opens in a new tab)Backed by 5 of 44 stacks - GearDiscusses$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.
Continuous glucose monitor
Glucose monitoring and personalized nutrition come up regularly on the show. He is an investor in the personalized nutrition company ZOE, and in 2024 the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that ads featuring him were misleading because they left that interest out.
Source: Advertising Standards Authority ruling: ZOE LtdView item: Continuous glucose monitorBacked by 4 of 44 stacks - BookRecommends$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Outlive
Prevention has to start decades before the diseases it targets, which is why he recommends it, and he has hosted its author.
Source: The Diary of a CEO: official episode feedView item: OutliveBacked by 2 of 44 stacks - BookRecommends$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
The Diary of a CEO
Hundreds of long-form interviews distilled into a set of rules for building things: his own book.
Source: stevenbartlett.com: The Diary of a CEO book pageView item: The Diary of a CEOBacked by 1 of 44 stacks
Protocols
8 entriesRepeatable, mostly free routines with a defined trigger and dose.
Physical training is directly upstream of how he performs at work, he says, and he trains with weights regularly.
Source: Sustain Health Magazine: Steven Bartlett interview (PA Media)Backed by 37 of 44 stacksNames fixed sleep and wake times as the change that has made the biggest difference to him, and keeps his mornings clear so he can wake without an alarm.
Source: Tatler Asia: Steven Bartlett's big bet beyond 'The Diary of a CEO'Backed by 19 of 44 stacksSunshine every morning on a walk, and he has covered morning light and circadian timing with sleep and neuroscience guests.
Source: Tatler Asia: Steven Bartlett's big bet beyond 'The Diary of a CEO'Backed by 10 of 44 stacksIce baths and cold plunging come up repeatedly with guests on the show.
Source: The Diary of a CEO podcastBacked by 23 of 44 stacksHe has not settled on a fixed protocol. Meal timing and fasting have been covered from several angles.
Source: The Diary of a CEO: official episode feedBacked by 21 of 44 stacksSauna comes up as a topic with the health and longevity guests he hosts.
Source: The Diary of a CEO podcastBacked by 16 of 44 stacksHe has covered detailed biomarker testing with medical guests. He treats it as the starting point for any health change.
Source: The Diary of a CEO podcastBacked by 5 of 44 stacksBehavioral guests have covered habit formation mechanics with him, and he applies the framing in his own writing on behavior.
Source: The Diary of a CEO (book)Backed by 2 of 44 stacks
Habits
8 entriesDaily practices held long enough to become default behavior.
Preparation for guests means heavy reading, and he frequently recommends the books behind an episode.
Source: The Diary of a CEO podcastBacked by 19 of 44 stacksHas kept a diary for years, built the show around reading from it, and that is where the podcast's name comes from.
Source: The Diary of a CEO: official episode feedBacked by 9 of 44 stacksNewsletters and books both get written regularly; writing is how he processes what the interviews taught him.
Source: The Diary of a CEO podcastBacked by 3 of 44 stacksTrying to meditate and struggling with it, on his own account, while the show covers attention and stress with guests.
Source: Tatler Asia: Steven Bartlett's big bet beyond 'The Diary of a CEO'Backed by 17 of 44 stacksThe case against alcohol has been explored at length with health guests, and he talks about drinking very little himself.
Source: Sustain Health Magazine: Steven Bartlett interview (PA Media)Backed by 12 of 44 stacksGratitude comes up repeatedly with guests on the show, though his own written habit is not documented publicly.
Source: The Diary of a CEO podcastBacked by 10 of 44 stacksTalks about the early starts and long working hours of his twenties, and about the trade-offs he now sees in that period.
Source: The Diary of a CEO podcastBacked by 9 of 44 stacksHas covered caffeine timing and its effect on deep sleep with sleep researchers on the show.
Source: The Diary of a CEO: official episode feedBacked by 4 of 44 stacks
In their own words
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“It’s super important. It’s non-negotiable at this point … I’ve pretty much been to the gym 90% of the days for the last two and a half years. In the last 250 days, I’ve been 230 times.”
Sustain Health Magazine: Steven Bartlett interview (PA Media) (opens in a new tab) · 28 Jul 2022 “I’m not into partying or that kind of thing anymore, I don’t even like drinking, if I’m honest – it never seems like a great idea.”
Sustain Health Magazine: Steven Bartlett interview (PA Media) (opens in a new tab) · 28 Jul 2022 “The single biggest impact on my life [has been] being really intentional about sleep and wake up times. Sleep is upstream from what you decide to eat, your ability to be creative, how you manage your relationships”
Tatler Asia: Steven Bartlett's big bet beyond 'The Diary of a CEO' (opens in a new tab) · 2 Aug 2025
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