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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 22 hours 7 minutes
episode 133: Success & Failure
David & Mike do an audit of their productivity workflows and share what's working (and what isn't).
episode 132: Willpower and Your Environment
Is willpower enough to plow through? In this episode, Mike and David look into that question.
episode 131: Liminal Thinking
We're all a lot less objective than we give ourselves credit for. David & Mike attempt to figure out why by considering limiting beliefs, learning loops, and the slippery slope of self-sealing logic.
episode 130: Toxic Productivity
At what point does your quest for productivity and efficiency become toxic? It's a good question and an easy trap. Mike and David have a few ideas.
episode 129: No One Wants to Work With a Jerk, with Colleen Wainwright
Gmail ninja Colleen Wainwright joins us to talk about delegating work to others, the evolution of the attention economy, and working out of email without going crazy.
episode 128: Communication
Mike and David tackle one of the most difficult subjects of focus, Communication.
episode 127: Focusing a Team, with Ken Case
Ken Case joins us to talk about how the Omni Group focuses their work teams, the lessons they've learned from forced changes due to COVID, and the benefits of planning for disruption.
episode 126: Productivity vs. Grinding
Mike and David get into note-taking (and note-making), listener feedback, and the pesky problem of productivity vs. grinding.
episode 125: Professional Nerd, with Rosemary Orchard
Rosemary Orchard joins us to talk about juggling projects, automation, kanban boards, and keeping the jobby job.
episode 124: Reading and Learning
In this episode, Mike and David talk about PKM planets and how they read, process, and learn from books and other media.