Focused

Mar 25 2025 225 ep. 70 mins 2.2k
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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 through their successes and failures along the way. Hosted by David Sparks and Mike Schmitz.

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226: The Importance of Review

Mar 25 2025 66 mins  
David & Mike discuss the power of review and reflection in your focused productivity system.

225: Tiny Experiments, with Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Mar 11 2025 69 mins  
Anne-Laure Le Cunff joins us to talk about the value of tiny experiments and how they enable us to live more focused, intentional lives.

224: Chasing Valuable Rabbits, with Chenell Basilio

Feb 25 2025 77 mins  
Chenell Basilio joins us to talk about cultivating curiosity, finding your people, and avoiding burnout.

223: Solving the Actual Problem, with Ian Byrd

Feb 11 2025 60 mins  
Ian Byrd is back to talk about flexibility, focus traps, and finding balance.

222: The 2025 Productivity Field Guide

Jan 28 2025 58 mins  
David reflects on a year of teaching the Productivity Field Guide, talks about what's new and what's changed, and Mike shares the details of his interesting twist to time-blocking.

221: A Focus on Creativity

Jan 14 2025 63 mins  
David & Mike consider the relationship between productivity & creativity, how focus plays a role in the creative process, and the details of their own creativity systems.

220: 2024 Retrospective

Dec 31 2024 64 mins  
David & Mike reflect on the things that worked (and the things that didn't) in 2024 and set their intentions for 2025.

219: A Focused Smorgasbord

Dec 17 2024 80 mins  
David & Mike catch up with listener feedback regarding the use of AI, reading workflows, anxious parenting, and what the heck even is a sabbatical.

218: Turning Down the Volume, with Stephen Hackett

Dec 03 2024 84 mins  
Stephen Hackett joins us to talk about his recent sabbatical experience and share what he learned from taking an extended break.

217: The Anxious Generation

Nov 19 2024 78 mins  
David & Mike consider the hidden costs of prioritizing the virtual world over the real world and discuss ways that we can fight for focus in an age of distraction.