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268 episodes

268: Gateway to the Past, with Liz Covart
2026/11/04 | 1h 6 mins.
Award-winning historian and Ben Franklin's World podcast host Liz Covart joins us to discuss reading, research, and AI through the lens of early American history.
267: A Menu of Opportunity
2026/10/20 | 1h 5 mins.
David & Mike discuss their plans for Q4, setting quarterly milestones, and choosing what to leave undone.
266: The Ultimate Shiny New Object
2026/10/07 | 57 mins.
David & Mike discuss AI's tendency toward distraction and how to avoid the most common focus traps, from tool tourism to infinite collaboration.
265: How to Try Again, with Steve Kamb
2026/09/22 | 1h 13 mins.
Author and nerd Steve Kamb joins us to talk about the benefits of failure, escaping the doom loop, and how to try again.
264: The Accountability-Shaped Hole
2026/09/08 | 1h 31 mins.
David & Mike discuss chronotypes, capacity as a metric, tracking inputs, the delegation tax, and more in this feedback episode.

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About Focused

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.

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