December 16, 2025

Focused 245: Fashionable & Functional, with Patrick Rhone

1 hour 22 minutes

Patrick Rhone is back to talk about his love for calendars and why curiosity is essential if you want to become a knower of things.

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Guest Starring:

Patrick Rhone

Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. YouTube video for this episode Patrick's website Enough by Patrick Rhone Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things Whoa to Wow BusyCal Pocket Briefcases | Levenger Analog™ | The original to-do system by Ugmonk Nanami Seven Seas Tomoe River Notebooks GTD Guided Mindsweep Patrick's Now page The Nathan Barry Show | How To Live a Meaningful Life Using Design Thinking

The episode Mike mentions where the authors tell us to "stop shoulding ourselves."

Trello ProWritingAid: The Storyteller's Toolkit YearCompass Excalidraw Obsidian plugin Sketch Your Mind Derek Sivers Hunter Gatherer 21C How to Beat ChatGPT by Nicholas Bate Daily MEDS by Nicholas Bate The Notebook by Roland Allen