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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.

Recent Episodes

229: Workflow Check-In
May 6, 2025 – 01:03:28
228: Time Surfing, with Paul Loomans
Apr 22, 2025 – 01:12:19
227: Quarterly Planning
Apr 8, 2025 – 01:02:41
226: The Importance of Review
Mar 25, 2025 – 01:06:42
225: Tiny Experiments, with Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Mar 12, 2025 – 01:09:43
224: Chasing Valuable Rabbits, with Chenell Basilio
Feb 26, 2025 – 01:17:05
223: Solving the Actual Problem, with Ian Byrd
Feb 11, 2025 – 01:00:40
222: The 2025 Productivity Field Guide
Jan 28, 2025 – 58:45
221: A Focus on Creativity
Jan 14, 2025 – 01:03:32
220: 2024 Retrospective
Dec 31, 2024 – 01:04:09
219: A Focused Smorgasbord
Dec 17, 2024 – 01:20:04
218: Turning Down the Volume, with Stephen Hackett
Dec 3, 2024 – 01:24:45
217: The Anxious Generation
Nov 19, 2024 – 01:18:59
216: Wholehearted Transformation, with Amy Wicks
Nov 5, 2024 – 01:09:21
215: The Sparky Language Model
Oct 22, 2024 – 01:24:04
214: Solving Gnarly Problems, with Clarke Ching
Oct 8, 2024 – 01:19:44
213: Developing Skills
Sep 24, 2024 – 01:07:55
212: Living the Llama Life, with Marie Ng
Sep 10, 2024 – 01:22:57
211: The Focus MOB
Aug 27, 2024 – 01:27:34
210: Media Strategies for a Focused Life
Aug 13, 2024 – 01:22:00
209: A System for Writing, with Bob Doto
Jul 30, 2024 – 01:26:17
208: Moving the Needle Revisited
Jul 16, 2024 – 01:03:47
207: What Would Sparky Say?
Jul 2, 2024 – 01:15:49
206: Rapt
Jun 18, 2024 – 01:23:23
205: Tasks & Calendars
Jun 4, 2024 – 01:11:48
204: Analog Productivity, with Jeff Sheldon
May 21, 2024 – 01:22:19
203: The Little Lies You Tell Yourself, with Jason Snell
May 7, 2024 – 01:23:47
202: Slow Productivity
Apr 23, 2024 – 01:16:01
201: What to Do When Things Don't Go Your Way, with Haemin Sunim
Apr 9, 2024 – 01:11:15
200: Favorite Productivity Hacks
Mar 26, 2024 – 01:02:47
199: Repotting & Retirement, with Jim Eager
Mar 12, 2024 – 01:30:09
198: Revisiting Journaling
Feb 27, 2024 – 01:33:45
197: Feel Good Productivity
Feb 13, 2024 – 01:26:10
196: Focus & The Reading Life, with Maryanne Wolf
Jan 30, 2024 – 01:18:55
195: The Productivity Field Guide
Jan 16, 2024 – 01:09:50
194: I'd Like to Take a Mulligan
Jan 2, 2024 – 01:04:28
193: The Problem with Mise en Place, with Justin Khanna
Dec 19, 2023 – 01:17:23
192: Flow State
Dec 5, 2023 – 01:08:47
191: Multi-Scale Planning
Nov 21, 2023 – 01:25:40
190: Overdosing on Gratitude, with Karl Staib
Nov 7, 2023 – 01:18:21
189: Focus & AI
Oct 24, 2023 – 01:34:16
188: Q4 Planning & The PKM Stack
Oct 10, 2023 – 01:23:00
187: Drop Zones & Launch Pads, with Jesse J. Anderson
Sep 26, 2023 – 01:21:37
186: The Burden of Opportunity, with Shawn Blanc
Sep 12, 2023 – 01:20:25
185: How to Be Miserable
Aug 29, 2023 – 01:24:26
184: Solving Problems, with Jay Clouse
Aug 15, 2023 – 01:08:13
183: Practicing Focus
Aug 1, 2023 – 01:20:50
182: Building Focused Flywheels, with Nathan Barry
Jul 18, 2023 – 01:16:26
181: Walking Your Own Path, with Justin Moore
Jul 4, 2023 – 01:26:57
180: A Focused Hodgepodge
Jun 20, 2023 – 01:17:46