Focused

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Focused episodes

April 28, 202098: Floating with Dave Hamilton
Dave Hamilton joins in to talk about how to keep your focus in the workplace and during a pandemic. Also, Dave uses an isolation tank and we have questions.
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Guest Starring:
Dave Hamilton
Links and Show Notes: Support Focused with a Relay FM Membership Dave Hamilton (@DaveHamilton) / Twitter The Mac Observer - Apple iPhone, Mac, Watch and iPad News, Opinions, Tips and Podcasts A Weekly Podcast For Entrepreneurs Who Do The Work - The Small Business Show Mac Geek Gab Podcast Archives - The Mac Observer Isolation tank - Wikipedia
1 hr 32 min
April 14, 202097: Emotional Overload
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.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Focused with a Relay FM Membership Matt Ragland's Journaling Course Day One in Depth (The Sweet Setup course) The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron (Amazon) Stop Trying to Be Productive (The New York Times) The Intentional Family (Mike's new podcast) The IT Crowd (Netflix) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Amazon) Temeraire 9 Book Series (Amazon)
1 hr 6 min
March 31, 202096: Working from Home
Mike and David consider keeping your focus while working from home.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
Agenda: Date-focused note taking. Download now for free.
Links and Show Notes: Support Focused with a Relay FM Membership Focused #95: Five Years of Freedom - Relay FM Working From Home — MacSparky Staying Focused at Home Webinar Replay — The Focus Course Take Control of Working from Home Temporarily – Take Control Books Fun and Useful Apps (and more) for Working from Home – The Sweet Setup
59 min
March 17, 202095: Five Years of Freedom
David shares the big lessons he's learned from five 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.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Support Focused with a Relay FM Membership Five Years — MacSparky My Shortcuts Home Screen, Evolved — MacSparky Mac Power Users #526: I Don’t Aspire to Anything Else - Relay FM Focused #56: Iterate in Public, with Sean McCabe - Relay FM
1 hr 16 min
March 03, 202094: Journaling with Matt Ragland
Matt Ragland explains how he uses his paper bullet journal to stay focused.
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Guest Starring:
Matt Ragland
Links and Show Notes: Support Focused with a Relay FM Membership Matt Ragland - YouTube Matt Ragland — Minimalist Bullet Journal & Time Tracking Freed & Bound - Notebooks, Journals, and Analog Tools for Productivity – freedandbound My Field Notes to Bullet Journal system || Why it's a great EDC notebook for logging & time tracking - YouTube
1 hr 18 min
February 18, 202093: Attention Overload
In this second part of the overload series, David & Mike discuss emotional hijacking, the myth of multitasking, and how to tame the lizard brain.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Focused with a Relay FM Membership Mac Power Users #521: Taming Notifications - Relay FM Margin by Richard Swenson - Amazon Focused #79: Reclaiming Margin, with Shawn Blanc - Relay FM Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - Amazon Focused #70: Digital Decluttering, with Shahid Kamal Ahmad - Relay FM Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey - Amazon
1 hr 6 min
February 04, 202092: Getting Focused Kourosh Dini
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.
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Guest Starring:
Kourosh Dini
Links and Show Notes: Support Focused with a Relay FM Membership Kourosh Dini | Mind, Music, and Productivity Course & Books | Kourosh Dini Music | Kourosh Dini
1 hr 20 min
January 21, 202091: Information Overload
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.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Focused with a Relay FM Membership Habits > Goals Thread | Focused Forum The Focused Calendar | Focused Forum Digital Minimalism thread | Focused Forum Make Time by Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky | Amazon Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport | Amazon Digital Declutter Kickoff | The Focus Course
1 hr 10 min
January 07, 202090: Habits > Goals
David and Mike are not fans of New Year's resolutions but they are fans of creating new habits.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Support Focused with a Relay FM Membership Atomic Habits The Power of Habit The Infinite Game Cortex #95: 2020 Yearly Themes - Relay FM
1 hr 31 min
December 24, 201989: The Magic of Mind Mapping, with Harald Eckmüller
MindNode designer Harald Eckmüller joins us to talk about using mind mapping as a focus tool.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:
Harald Eckmüller
Links and Show Notes: Support Focused with a Relay FM Membership Mac Power Users #82: Cooking Ideas - Relay FM David's MindNode Screencasts An Example of Mike's Book Notes Mind Map (Flow) Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon - Amazon The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron - Amazon How Thomas Shows Clients the Bigger Picture – MindNode Mac Power Users #319: Teaching Workflows with Teddy Svoronos - Relay FM Mac Power Users #383: More Education Workflows with Teddy Svoronos - Relay FM 3W6 Podcast Aces in Space by Christian Vogt — Kickstarter
1 hr 8 min

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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…