Hosted by David Sparks and Mike Schmitz.
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.
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#97: Emotional Overload
April 14th, 2020 · 65 minutes
David & Mike continue the overload series with a look at emotional overload. They consider the value of introspection, share some fun distractions, and discuss being ok with not being productive.
#96: Working from Home
March 31st, 2020 · 58 minutes
Mike and David consider keeping your focus while working from home.
#95: Five Years of Freedom
March 17th, 2020 · 75 minutes
David shares the big lessons he's learned from 5 years of working independently. He and Mike talk about the fear of failure, intentional constraints, effective delegation, and the impact David's furry new coworker has on his productivity.
#94: Journaling with Matt Ragland
March 3rd, 2020 · 77 minutes
Matt Ragland explains how he uses his paper bullet journal to stay focused.
#93: Attention Overload
February 18th, 2020 · 65 minutes
In this second part of the overload series, David & Mike discuss emotional hijacking, the myth of multitasking, and how to tame the lizard brain.
#92: Getting Focused Kourosh Dini
February 4th, 2020 · 79 minutes
Author, physician, and busy guy Kourosh Dini joins us to talk about how to stay focused when you have a lot of things going on.
#91: Information Overload
January 21st, 2020 · 69 minutes
David and Mike kick off a new series on overload by examining their own FOMO triggers and make the productivity case for intentionally missing out.
#90: Habits > Goals
January 7th, 2020 · 90 minutes
David and Mike are not fans of New Year's resolutions but they are fans of creating new habits.
#89: The Magic of Mind Mapping, with Harald Eckmüller
December 24th, 2019 · 67 minutes
MindNode designer Harald Eckmüller joins us to talk about using mind mapping as a focus tool.
#88: Annual Check-Ins
December 10th, 2019 · 92 minutes
As we approach the end of the year, Mike and David check in on their own Focus journeys. Also, David has a secret life as a Jedi and Mike is using coffee to hack focus.