Sean McCabe is back on the latest episode of Focused to talk about sabbaticals—and to convince David to take one of his own.

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It’s Focused’s 100th episode! Mike and I are looking back and looking forward in terms of focus. 

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Dave Caolo joins Mike and me on this week’s episode of Focused to talk about games and productivity, how his bullet journal helps him stay focused, and working from home without going crazy.

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Dave Hamilton joins us on this episode of Focused to talk about how to keep your focus in the workplace and during a pandemic. Also, Dave uses an isolation tank, and we have questions.

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On this episode of Focused, Mike and I are talking about keeping your focus while working from home.

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I’m sharing the big lessons I’ve learned from five years of working independently on the latest episode of Focused. Also, Mike and I talk about the fear of failure, intentional constraints, effective delegation, and the impact my furry new coworker has on my productivity.

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On the latest episode of Focused, Matt Ragland explains how he uses his paper bullet journal to stay focused.

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In this second part of the overload series, Mike and I discuss emotional hijacking, the myth of multitasking, and how to tame the lizard brain.

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Author, physician, and busy guy Kourosh Dini joins us on the latest episode of Focused to talk about how to stay focused when you have a lot of things going on.

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Mike and I are kicking off a new series on overload by examining our own FOMO (fear of missing out) triggers. We also make the productivity case for intentionally missing out. Check it out on the latest episode of Focused.

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