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Focused

David Sparks and Mike Schmitz are not nearly as productive as they’d like to be. Join these fellow t

Episodes

Total: 234

Sean McCabe comes back to report in on what happened when his year-long sabbatical smacked into a pa

133: Success & Failure

2021/8/31

David & Mike do an audit of their productivity workflows and share what's working (and what

Is willpower enough to plow through? In this episode, Mike and David look into that question. This

131: Liminal Thinking

2021/8/3

We're all a lot less objective than we give ourselves credit for. David & Mike attempt to fi

130: Toxic Productivity

2021/7/20

At what point does your quest for productivity and efficiency become toxic? It's a good question

Gmail ninja Colleen Wainwright joins us to talk about delegating work to others, the evolution of th

128: Communication

2021/6/22

Mike and David tackle one of the most difficult subjects of focus, Communication. This episode of F

Ken Case joins us to talk about how the Omni Group focuses their work teams, the lessons they've

126: Productivity vs. Grinding

2021/5/25

Mike and David get into note-taking (and note-making), listener feedback, and the pesky problem of p

Rosemary Orchard joins us to talk about juggling projects, automation, kanban boards, and keeping th

124: Reading and Learning

2021/4/27

In this episode, Mike and David talk about PKM planets and how they read, process, and learn from bo

123: A Focus on Time

2021/4/13

David & Mike talk about the different ways they track their time, what tools they use, and share

Nick Milo from Linking Your Thinking joins this week to consider the role of focus in idea developme

Jeff Sheldon from Ugmonk joins us to talk about his Analog productivity system, connecting dots, int

Jake Kahana from Caveday joins to talk about his journey and how Cavedays can help you get your focu

Author Chris Bailey joins us to talk about the productivity benefits of meditation, conquering resis

118: Tasks and Habits

2021/2/2

Tasks are great but sometimes the wrong tool. Mike and David make the case that habits are underrate

117: Roles & Goals

2021/1/19

Goals are great, but they aren't enough. In this episode, David & Mike talk about how roles

116: The Big Reset

2021/1/5

Mike and David take on the new year in their own focused ways as they talk through a workflow for ch

Ernie Svenson joins us to talk about how focus inspired his career change from lawyer to small firm