Focused

By Relay

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 throug... more

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The podcast currently has 249 episodes available.

Focused episodes:

January 17, 2023169: How to Calm Your Mind, with Chris Bailey
Chris Bailey is back to talk about dopamine, burnout, and finding calm in these anxious times.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:
Chris Bailey
Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey How to Train Your Mind by Chris Bailey How to Calm Your Mind by Chris Bailey Maslach Burnout Inventory Chris Bailey's website Time & Attention Podcast
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1h 24min
January 03, 2023168: 2023 Focus Resolutions
David & Mike share their words for the year and discuss their plans to live out the first quarter of 2023 with intentionality and focus.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. The 12 Week Year by Brian Moran & Michael Lennington Cortex #136: 2023 Yearly Themes How to do what you love and make good money | Derek Sivers Ship 30 for 30 Part-Time Youtuber Academy with Ali Abdaal The 2023 Focused Calendar
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1h 5min
December 20, 2022167: 2022 Year in Review
David & Mike reflect on the last year and share what went well, what could have gone better, and their lessons learned.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. The 2023 Focused Calendar Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content Faith-Based Productivity community Part-Time Youtuber Academy with Ali Abdaal Ship 30 for 30 Readwise reMarkable Mind Management, Not Time Management by David Kadavy GoodNotes Kindle Scribe Freewrite AlphaSmart NEO: Why this crappy portable word processor is GREAT for writing Glocusent Upgraded LED Neck Reading Light Keychron Q1 Drop + biip MT3 Extended 2048 Custom Keycap Set
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1h 2min
December 06, 2022166: The Social Dilemma
David & Mike walk through their planning processes and make their best case for leaving social media altogether.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. The 2023 Focused Calendar Give the Gift of Relay FM Focused #164: Mind Mapping Command Strips | Amazon Focused #138: Hyper-Scheduling Revisited Mind Management, Not Time Management by David Kadavy | Amazon The Social Dilemma Elon Musk's Midnight Email Telling Twitter Staff to Work 'Long Hours' Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday | Amazon
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1h 12min
November 22, 2022165: On the River, with Chris Upchurch
Chris Upchurch joins us to talk about his recent career change from metropolitan transportation planner to whitewater rafting guide.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code FOCUSED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
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Guest Starring:
Chris Upchurch
Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. Grand Adventure Blog The 2023 Focused NeuYear Calendar Personal Retreat Handbook Dataview Due The Theme System Journal Rite in the Rain Weatherproof Soft Cover Pocket Notebook Rite in the Rain All-Weather RevMark Pen Mac Power Users #470: From Computing to Sheep Farming, with Oogie McGuire How to Start Your Own Mastermind Group
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1h 19min
November 08, 2022164: Mind Mapping
David & Mike consider the focus benefits of mind mapping and discuss the tools and methods they use to think beyond the outline.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content. The 2023 Focused Calendar | NeuYear Mind Map Mastery by Tony Buzan Mac Power Users #82: Cooking Ideas MindNode How (and Why) I Take Notes on Books That I Read | Faith-Based Productivity 152: Mind Map Mastery by Tony Buzan | Bookworm How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler The Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham The Best Mind Mapping App — The Sweet Setup OmniGraffle Miro MindMeister Xmind iThoughts
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1h 11min
October 25, 2022163: The Laws of Creativity, with Joey Cofone
Baron Fig CEO Joey Cofone joins us to talk about creativity, embracing constraints, and finding your own way.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:
Joey Cofone
Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. The Laws of Creativity by Joey Cofone Baron Fig Confidant Hardcover Notebook Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon @joeycofone | Twitter @joeycofone | Instagram
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1h 2min
October 11, 2022162: Perfectionism
David & Mike discuss perfectionism, procrastination, and overcoming the urge to get everything just right.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. Focused #146: The Extended Mind, with Annie Murphy Paul The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul | Amazon Mac Power Users #661: Our Desks & Bags Contemporary, Mid Century & Modern Furniture | Article David's Chair iPad Status Board, Part 2 | MacSparky Good to Great by Jim Collins | Amazon A Guide to Sketchnoting on iPad (using GoodNotes) | The Sweet Setup Mindset by Carol Dweck | Amazon Part-Time Youtuber Academy with Ali Abdaal How to be a YouTuber? Ask MKBHD V10! | YouTube 42 Creativity Tips to Get Unstuck, Overcome Resistance, & Make Your Art | YouTube Journaling in Obsidian Using Daily Questions | YouTube
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1h 4min
September 27, 2022161: Stolen Focus, with Jean MacDonald
Jean MacDonald joins us to talk about social media, the M.E.O.W. system, and reading books.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:
Jean MacDonald
Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content. Relay FM for St. Jude Micro.blog The Weekly Review #219: A MEOW Review 😺 Stolen Focus by Johann Hari | Amazon Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | Amazon The Social Dilemma The Light Phone Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle | Amazon Libby App The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle | Audible Building a Second Brain Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday | Amazon David Allen's GTD® Methodology M.E.O.W: The Productivity System Just For Me 😸 | Jean MacDonald Focused #156: The State of GTD
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1h 23min
September 13, 2022160: Balancing Calendars and Tasks
David & Mike compare calendars and task lists, the jobs to be done by each, and the resistance that will inevitably appear in your quest to get things done.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code FOCUSED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
Indeed: Join more than three million businesses worldwide using Indeed to hire great talent fast.
Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content. The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul Focused #157: Non-Traditional Measures of Productivity, with Mike Vardy MacSparky Labs MacSparky Labs Calendar screenshot Hyper-Scheduling Archives | MacSparky The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande OmniFocus Field Guide Gestimer Focused #74: Moving the Needle Focused #71: Hyper-Scheduling Focused #138: Hyper-Scheduling Revisited Relay FM for St. Jude
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1h 19min

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How many episodes does Focused have?

The podcast currently has 249 episodes available.

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