Join us for the latest episode fo Focused to hear Mike and I get into note-taking (and note-making), listener feedback, and the pesky problem of productivity versus grinding. 

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Rosemary Orchard joins Mike and me on this episode of Focused to talk about juggling projects, automation, kanban boards, and keeping the jobby job.

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In this episode of Focused, Mike and I talk about PKM planets and how we read, process, and learn from books and other media.

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Mike and I talk about the different ways we track our time, what tools we use, and share the focus and productivity benefits we glean from the process on this week’s Focused.

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Nick Milo from Linking Your Thinking joins Mike and me on the this week’s Focused to consider the role of focus in idea development and knowledge management.

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Jeff Sheldon from Ugmonk joins Mike and me on the latest episode of Focused to talk about his Analog productivity system, connecting dots, intentional constraints, and being a geek for the details.

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Author Chris Bailey joins Mike and me on this episode of Focused to talk about the productivity benefits of meditation, conquering resistance, and the path of least regret.

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Tasks are great but sometimes the wrong tool. On this episode of Focused, Mike and I make the case that habits are underrated and can help you where projects cannot.

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Goals are great, but they aren’t enough. In this episode of Focused, Mike and I talk about how roles and goals work together, and how the hats that you decide to wear are the real foundation of a solid personal productivity system.

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Mike and I take on the new year in our own focused ways as we talk through a workflow for change on the latest episode of Focused.

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