Focused

4.4 (9)
CAREERS
EVERY TWO WEEKS

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.

17 DEC

A Focused Smorgasbord

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

1h 20m
3 DEC

Turning Down the Volume, with Stephen Hackett

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

1h 25m
19 NOV

The Anxious Generation

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.

1h 19m
5 NOV

Wholehearted Transformation, with Amy Wicks

Business and life coach Amy Wicks joins us to talk about the Enneagram personality assessment and showing up as our true selves.

1h 9m
22 OCT

The Sparky Language Model

David & Mike revisit the topic of AI to consider what's changed in the last year and discuss how it can be helpful for those of us who strive to live a focused life.

1h 24m
8 OCT

Solving Gnarly Problems, with Clarke Ching

Clarke Ching ("The Bottleneck Guy") joins us to talk about finding solutions and fixing systems, both personally and professionally.

1h 20m
24 SEPT

Developing Skills

David & Mike discuss deliberate practice and the art of skill development — for both fun and profit.

1h 8m
10 SEPT

Living the Llama Life, with Marie Ng

Llama Life founder Marie Ng joins us to talk about the relative time-boxing, the importance of systems, and eating your productivity vegetables.

1h 23m

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4.4

out of 5

9 Ratings

Abo finally cancelled

09/01/2019

observatoer

Being a listener since it’s start, the was a lack of usable content more and more obvious. Soon Jason left and Mike Schmitz replaced him. Since, the show is more like „Asian Efficiency 2 / TPS“. I’m sorry, but I will spend my time with other podcasts which provide better insights than simply do stuff faster or with other tools.

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.