123: A Focus on Time

04/13/21 • 87 min

David & Mike talk about the different ways they track their time, what tools they use, and share the focus & productivity benefits they glean from the process.

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Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content. The Best Time Tracking App | The Sweet Setup Focused #121: Analog Focus, with Jeff Sheldon Focused #122: Linking Your Thinking, with Nick Milo Mac Power Users #583: The Obsidian Deep Dive Obsidian Focused #118: Tasks and Habits Focused #65: Hyperfocused with Chris Bailey Streaks Timing Timing on Setapp Timery Mike's iOS Time Tracking Dashboard | The Sweet Setup RescueTime A Review of the Timeular Time Tracker | The Sweet Setup Toggl Automators #15: Automated Time Tracking The Intentional Family podcast Focused #74: Moving the Needle Fantastical Sorted3 The Time-Block Planner by Cal Newport | Amazon Due The FOCUSED Calendar | NeuYear.net The Hyper-Scheduling Experiment | MacSparky Simple Time Management course | The Sweet Setup

David & Mike talk about the different ways they track their time, what tools they use, and share the focus & productivity benefits they glean from the process.

This episode of Focused is sponsored by:

Spox: The best story wins. Get 25% off when you mention this show.
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122: Linking Your Thinking with Nick Milo

Nick Milo from Linking Your Thinking joins this week to consider the role of focus in idea development and knowledge management.

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Guest Starring:

Nick Milo

Links and Show Notes: Credits

The Hosts
Mike Schmitz
David Sparks

The Editor
Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano

Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content. Nick Milo (@NickMilo) / Twitter Linking Your Thinking Workshop Linking Your Thinking - YouTube Why Obsidian Will Overtake Roam - YouTube Craft - Create Amazing Documents Obsidian Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought. Drafts | Where Text Starts Building My Personal Cross-Reference Library in Obsidian PKM Primer: An Introduction to Personal Knowledge Management for Creatives – The Sweet Setup The Practice: Shipping Creative Work eBook: Godin, Seth: Kindle Store Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day: Henry, Todd: 9781591846994: Amazon.com: Books The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business: Duhigg, Charles: 8601406381322: Amazon.com: Books Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: Clear, James: 9780735211292: Amazon.com: Books The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts eBook: Parrish, Shane, Beaubien, Rhiannon: Kindle Store Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative: Kleon, Austin: 8601300471914: Amazon.com: Books Foundation series - Wikipedia Foundation — Teaser | Apple TV+ - YouTube

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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.

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Links and Show Notes: Credits

The Hosts
Mike Schmitz
David Sparks

The Editor
Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano