Hosted by David Sparks and Mike Schmitz.
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.
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#143: Thinking Annually
January 18th, 2022 · 90 minutes
David and Mike share some thoughts about what they’re up to in the new year and the personal changes they’re making to their routines.
#142: Sparky Gets Focused
January 4th, 2022 · 72 minutes
Sparky finally put his money where his mouth is and he's doing just one thing now. In this episode, Mike has questions and David has answers.
#141: You Never Arrive
December 22nd, 2021 · 76 minutes
David & Mike discuss the arrival fallacy and the importance of finding joy in the journey.
#140: Your Brain is Not a Computer with Cory Hixson
December 7th, 2021 · 79 minutes
Engineering professor Cory Hixson joins the Focused crew this week about staying on target, not letting your kids eat take your brain, and why you are not a computer.
#139: Soundtracks & Self-Talk
November 23rd, 2021 · 69 minutes
David & Mike consider the source of negative self-talk, the power of positive thinking, and taming the rebellious brain.
#138: Hyper-Scheduling Revisited
November 9th, 2021 · 94 minutes
Mike and David return to the subject of hyper-scheduling after they've both been at it a few years. What works? What doesn't? And how did Mike's experiment go where he stopped blocking time?
#137: Managing Busy
October 27th, 2021 · 81 minutes
Mike and David return to the insidious problem of "busy". Mike and David are not beyond getting caught in this trap and share some ideas about how to avoid it.
#136: Social Focus, with Taylor Jacobson
October 12th, 2021 · 82 minutes
Taylor Jacobson joins us to talk about groundedness, vulnerability, and accountability on his journey to founding Focusmate.
#135: Don't Eat the Frog, with Jesse J. Anderson
September 28th, 2021 · 80 minutes
Jesse Anderson joins us to talk about self-awareness and the struggles with being productive while battling ADHD.
#134: Finding Space with Sean McCabe
September 14th, 2021 · 95 minutes
Sean McCabe comes back to report in on what happened when his year-long sabbatical smacked into a pandemic and how he keeps his focus while winding up a new business.