Focused

Focused

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 though their successes and failures along the way. Hosted by David Sparks and Mike Schmitz.

Episodes

Title Duration Published Consumed
144: Enough, with Patrick Rhone 01:26:21 2022-02-01 23:45
143: Thinking Annually 01:30:54 2022-01-18 20:45
142: Sparky Gets Focused 01:12:07 2022-01-04 21:30
141: You Never Arrive 01:16:48 2021-12-22 01:30
140: Your Brain is Not a Computer with Cory Hixson 01:19:17 2021-12-07 21:00
139: Soundtracks & Self-Talk 01:09:05 2021-11-23 23:15
138: Hyper-Scheduling Revisited 01:34:46 2021-11-09 23:45
137: Managing Busy 01:21:03 2021-10-27 06:15
136: Social Focus, with Taylor Jacobson 01:22:26 2021-10-12 23:00
135: Don't Eat the Frog, with Jesse J. Anderson 01:20:09 2021-09-28 17:30
134: Finding Space with Sean McCabe 01:35:45 2021-09-14 17:45
133: Success & Failure 01:18:54 2021-08-31 20:30
132: Willpower and Your Environment 01:13:07 2021-08-17 17:45
131: Liminal Thinking 01:23:47 2021-08-03 23:15
130: Toxic Productivity 01:19:01 2021-07-20 19:00
129: No One Wants to Work With a Jerk, with Colleen Wainwright 01:21:00 2021-07-06 21:15
128: Communication 01:18:06 2021-06-22 19:45
127: Focusing a Team, with Ken Case 01:25:25 2021-06-08 20:00
126: Productivity vs. Grinding 01:27:07 2021-05-25 21:30
125: Professional Nerd, with Rosemary Orchard 01:29:07 2021-05-11 21:45
124: Reading and Learning 01:25:04 2021-04-27 22:45
123: A Focus on Time 01:27:35 2021-04-13 16:00
122: Linking Your Thinking with Nick Milo 01:27:32 2021-03-30 21:30
121: Analog Focus, with Jeff Sheldon 01:21:05 2021-03-16 18:30
120: Caveday with Jake Kahana 01:15:14 2021-03-02 21:00
119: Productivity & Meditation, with Chris Bailey 01:33:26 2021-02-16 18:00
118: Tasks and Habits 01:42:01 2021-02-02 20:30
117: Roles & Goals 01:32:19 2021-01-19 19:30
116: The Big Reset 01:33:15 2021-01-05 17:30
115: Solving Interesting Problems, with Ernie Svenson 01:01:30 2020-12-22 21:15
114: Inputs and PKM Stacks 01:28:01 2020-12-08 22:00
113: ADHD and Cognitive Science, with Brittany Smith 01:20:48 2020-11-24 18:30
112: Productivity & Creativity 01:15:51 2020-11-10 22:15
111: Environmental Focus, with Erik Fisher 01:26:42 2020-10-27 17:00
110: Focus with Michael Hyatt 01:18:02 2020-10-14 02:15
109: Email Workflows 01:22:03 2020-09-29 17:15
108: Pruning with Ian Byrd 01:16:48 2020-09-15 22:00
107: The Bullet Journal Method, with Ryder Carroll 01:00:56 2020-09-01 18:30
106: Home Offices with Laura Vanderkam 01:19:31 2020-08-18 21:15
105: Living the Multipotentialite Life, with Jay Miller 01:33:34 2020-08-04 23:00
104: Sleep and Sabbaticals 01:36:18 2020-07-21 23:15
103: Systems & Challenges 01:11:52 2020-07-07 20:00
102: Analog Productivity with Brad Dowdy 01:37:37 2020-06-23 22:30
101: Taking a Sabbatical, with Sean McCabe 01:41:25 2020-06-09 18:00
100: Staying Focused with Episode 100 01:13:10 2020-05-26 20:00
99: Working From Home, with Dave Caolo 01:08:36 2020-05-12 18:45
98: Floating with Dave Hamilton 01:31:42 2020-04-28 21:00
97: Emotional Overload 01:05:25 2020-04-14 22:30
96: Working from Home 00:58:32 2020-04-01 01:30
95: Five Years of Freedom 01:15:53 2020-03-17 18:45
94: Journaling with Matt Ragland 01:17:26 2020-03-03 21:15
93: Attention Overload 01:05:26 2020-02-18 16:00
92: Getting Focused Kourosh Dini 01:19:06 2020-02-04 21:30
91: Information Overload 01:09:58 2020-01-21 18:00
90: Habits > Goals 01:30:37 2020-01-07 17:30
89: The Magic of Mind Mapping, with Harald Eckmüller 01:07:33 2019-12-24 20:00
88: Annual Check-Ins 01:32:00 2019-12-10 22:45
87: Nerds Like Us, with Myke Hurley 01:21:27 2019-11-26 21:30
86: Rest is a Weapon 01:29:58 2019-11-12 21:30
85: The Depth of Our Madness 01:43:04 2019-10-29 16:00
84: Focus is a Super Power 01:22:13 2019-10-15 22:45
83: Ideas Over Art, with Mike Rohde 01:11:29 2019-10-01 19:45
82: The Hustle 01:22:01 2019-09-17 20:00
81: Breaking the Twitch, with Anthony Ongaro 01:10:09 2019-09-03 18:45
80: The Power of "No" 01:06:03 2019-08-20 22:00
79: Reclaiming Margin, with Shawn Blanc 01:05:49 2019-08-06 16:15
78: Changing Defaults with John Zeratsky 01:02:18 2019-07-24 00:15
77: You Can't Hack the System 01:11:01 2019-07-09 21:15
76: A Failure Across the Board 01:26:21 2019-06-25 20:00
75: Intentional Constraints 01:29:43 2019-06-11 23:15
74: Moving the Needle 01:19:50 2019-05-29 00:15
73: Productivity and Art with Bob Reynolds 01:41:38 2019-05-14 23:00
72: Heart-Centered Productivity, with Jocelyn K. Glei 01:23:42 2019-04-30 18:30
71: Hyper-Scheduling 01:21:33 2019-04-16 20:15
70: Digital Decluttering, with Shahid Kamal Ahmad 01:25:24 2019-04-02 23:15
69: The Intentional Life 01:14:34 2019-03-19 16:45
68: Getting Productive with an Unproductive Boss 01:13:41 2019-03-05 20:00
67: Staying Motivated with Laura McClellan 01:07:41 2019-02-19 23:30
66: Putting Email in its Place 01:22:17 2019-02-05 18:30
65: Hyperfocused with Chris Bailey 01:23:04 2019-01-22 20:00
64: The Power of Habits 01:20:53 2019-01-08 18:15
63: Lessons Learned 01:04:54 2018-12-26 21:00
62: The Year End Audit 00:51:10 2018-12-11 22:00
61: The Morning Routine 01:01:23 2018-11-27 23:00
60: Be Strategic About It, with Mike Vardy 00:48:29 2018-11-13 20:45
59: Kaizen 01:04:40 2018-10-30 19:30
58: A Better Path, with Joe Buhlig 01:11:05 2018-10-16 21:30
57: Chef = Boss 01:01:29 2018-10-02 22:00
56: Iterate in Public, with Sean McCabe 01:19:18 2018-09-18 17:45
55: The Math Works 01:24:01 2018-09-04 22:30
54: I Have to Try It, with Casey Liss 01:25:42 2018-08-21 23:30
53: The Value of Your Time 01:12:18 2018-08-07 15:15
52: You Can't Be What You Can't See with Ann Shen 01:00:59 2018-07-24 17:00
51: Freedom Frogs 00:54:31 2018-07-10 23:30
50: Bet on Yourself 00:44:47 2018-06-26 15:45
49: Panting to the Finish Line 00:48:03 2018-06-12 16:45
48: Lousy With the Stink of Freedom, with Merlin Mann 00:55:00 2018-05-29 18:15
47: Personal Floating Holiday 00:47:14 2018-05-15 19:00
46: Being Comfortable Is Not an Option, with Jaimee Newberry 00:48:47 2018-05-01 20:15
45: Like Going Back to High School 00:41:42 2018-04-17 18:45
44: Maybe You'll Get a Real Job, with David Wain 00:54:40 2018-04-03 16:45
43: Don’t Ask Us Permission 00:48:40 2018-03-20 18:30
42: Learning Your Creative Rhythms, with Shawn Blanc 00:58:23 2018-03-06 19:00
41: A Walk on the Beach 00:47:29 2018-02-21 03:00
40: Like Being in a Boat, with Kourosh Dini 00:53:16 2018-02-06 20:30
39: Quality Time with a Sledgehammer 01:01:34 2018-01-23 17:45
38: Knit Your Parachute on the Way Down, with Thom Zahler 01:03:47 2018-01-09 23:00
37: The Twelve-Week Year 00:54:14 2017-12-26 19:15
36: My App Story, with John Voorhees 00:40:28 2017-12-12 21:45
35: I Guess I'm Felix Unger 00:59:02 2017-11-28 18:00
34: I Think I Just Got Fired, with Marco Arment 00:50:30 2017-11-14 19:45
33: When You Say Yes to Everything 00:54:24 2017-10-31 20:00
32: It's Scary, Dude! with Kathy Campbell 00:47:29 2017-10-17 22:00
31: Being Selective About Clients, with Aleen Simms 00:37:54 2017-10-04 01:30
30: Tito Needs to Pay the Rent 00:46:57 2017-09-19 17:45
29: The Spreadsheet 00:40:16 2017-09-05 18:15
28: David's Origin Story 00:47:08 2017-08-22 23:00
27: Bird in the Bush 00:43:39 2017-08-08 22:15
26: A Batphone to My Heart 00:58:50 2017-07-25 17:15
25: Breadcrumb of My Life, with Stephen Hackett 00:56:31 2017-07-11 20:45
24: Take Care of Yourself 00:43:48 2017-06-27 17:30
23: It's Hard To Get on a Different Train 00:40:26 2017-06-13 17:00
22: Staying Agile 00:27:57 2017-05-30 23:30
21: The Second Feedback Episode 00:57:37 2017-05-17 01:15
20: Jason's Origin Story 00:59:36 2017-05-03 20:15
19: Nobody Grades You on the Scaffolding 00:59:57 2017-04-18 16:00
18: A Series of Logical Decisions, with Greg Pierce 00:44:37 2017-04-04 16:00
17: Stop Digging 00:28:50 2017-03-21 16:45
16: R2-D2 on My Desk 00:53:43 2017-03-07 19:00
15: Put on the Business Hat 00:41:39 2017-02-21 21:45
14: Putting Numbers in Boxes, with Andrew Carroll 00:38:56 2017-02-07 19:45
13: Promotion Can Feel Gross 00:39:42 2017-01-24 17:30
12: Right Now It's Only Me, with Katie Floyd 00:43:27 2017-01-10 19:30
11: Balancing Dollars and Delight 00:23:53 2016-12-14 20:45
10: Indie Vacation 00:37:24 2016-11-29 18:00
9: The Feedback Episode 00:52:04 2016-11-15 20:00
8: Email Is Not Your Job 00:27:36 2016-11-01 18:00
7: Be Like a Duck 00:40:22 2016-10-18 19:45
6: The Shawshank Redemption, with Shahid Kamal Ahmad 00:48:20 2016-10-04 17:15
5: Envision a Bonfire 00:31:15 2016-09-21 17:30
4: Location, Location, Location 00:39:17 2016-09-06 17:00
3: My Curse and My Reward, with Myke Hurley 00:42:58 2016-08-25 21:15
2: Booked Up With Myself 00:25:22 2016-08-09 19:00
1: The Temptation of Yes 00:35:43 2016-07-26 20:30