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Focused

David Sparks and Mike Schmitz are not nearly as productive as they’d like to be. Join these fellow travelers (and a bunch of special guests) as they share the best ways to get focused, and talk through their successes and failures along the way. Hosted by David Sparks and Mike Schmitz.

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81:39

145: Focus & Your Environment

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2022/02/15

David & Mike consider how the environment affects our ability to focus and share the very different ways they set up their workspaces.

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86:21

144: Enough, with Patrick Rhone

Focused ·

2022/02/01

Patrick Rhone joins us to talk about analog productivity, knolling, mise en place, and staying focused while wearing many hats.

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90:54

143: Thinking Annually

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2022/01/18

David and Mike share some thoughts about what they’re up to in the new year and the personal changes they’re making to their routines.

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72:07

142: Sparky Gets Focused

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2022/01/04

Sparky finally put his money where his mouth is and he's doing just one thing now. In this episode, Mike has questions and David has answers.

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76:48

141: You Never Arrive

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2021/12/22

David & Mike discuss the arrival fallacy and the importance of finding joy in the journey.

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79:17

140: Your Brain is Not a Computer with Cory Hixson

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2021/12/07

Engineering professor Cory Hixson joins the Focused crew this week about staying on target, not letting your kids eat take your brain, and why you are not a computer.

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69:05

139: Soundtracks & Self-Talk

Focused ·

2021/11/23

David & Mike consider the source of negative self-talk, the power of positive thinking, and taming the rebellious brain.

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94:46

138: Hyper-Scheduling Revisited

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2021/11/09

Mike and David return to the subject of hyper-scheduling after they've both been at it a few years. What works? What doesn't? And how did Mike's experiment go where he stopped blocking time?

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81:03

137: Managing Busy

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2021/10/27

Mike and David return to the insidious problem of "busy". Mike and David are not beyond getting caught in this trap and share some ideas about how to avoid it.

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82:26

136: Social Focus, with Taylor Jacobson

Focused ·

2021/10/12

Taylor Jacobson joins us to talk about groundedness, vulnerability, and accountability on his journey to founding Focusmate.

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80:09

135: Don't Eat the Frog, with Jesse J. Anderson

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2021/09/28

Jesse Anderson joins us to talk about self-awareness and the struggles with being productive while battling ADHD.

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95:45

134: Finding Space with Sean McCabe

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2021/09/14

Sean McCabe comes back to report in on what happened when his year-long sabbatical smacked into a pandemic and how he keeps his focus while winding up a new business.

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78:54

133: Success & Failure

Focused ·

2021/08/31

David & Mike do an audit of their productivity workflows and share what's working (and what isn't).

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73:07

132: Willpower and Your Environment

Focused ·

2021/08/17

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

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83:47

131: Liminal Thinking

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2021/08/03

We're all a lot less objective than we give ourselves credit for. David & Mike attempt to figure out why by considering limiting beliefs, learning loops, and the slippery slope of self-sealing logic.

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79:01

130: Toxic Productivity

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2021/07/20

At what point does your quest for productivity and efficiency become toxic? It's a good question and an easy trap. Mike and David have a few ideas.

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81:00

129: No One Wants to Work With a Jerk, with Colleen...

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2021/07/06

Gmail ninja Colleen Wainwright joins us to talk about delegating work to others, the evolution of the attention economy, and working out of email without going crazy.

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78:06

128: Communication

Focused ·

2021/06/22

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

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85:25

127: Focusing a Team, with Ken Case

Focused ·

2021/06/08

Ken Case joins us to talk about how the Omni Group focuses their work teams, the lessons they've learned from forced changes due to COVID, and the benefits of planning for disruption.

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87:07

126: Productivity vs. Grinding

Focused ·

2021/05/25

Mike and David get into note-taking (and note-making), listener feedback, and the pesky problem of productivity vs. grinding.

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