Author Annie Murphy Paul joins us to talk about playing with ideas, working in groups, and other ways to extend the mind.
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Focused #146: The Extended Mind, with Annie Murphy Paul
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Focused #145: Focus & Your Environment
David & I consider how the environment affects our ability to focus and share the very different ways we set up our workspaces.
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Focused #144: Enough, with Patrick Rhone
Patrick Rhone joins us to talk about analog productivity, knolling, mise en place, and staying focused while wearing many hats.
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Focused #143: Thinking Annually
David and I share some thoughts about what we’re up to in the new year and the personal changes we’re making to our routines.
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Focused #142: Sparky Gets Focused
Sparky finally put his money where his mouth is and he’s doing just one thing now. In this episode, I have questions, and David has answers.
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Focused #141: You Never Arrive
David & I discuss the arrival fallacy and the importance of finding joy in the journey.
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Focused #140: Your Brain is Not a Computer with Cory Hixson
Engineering professor Cory Hixson joins the Focused crew this week about staying on target, not letting your kids take your brain, and why you are not a computer.
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Focused #139: Soundtracks & Self-Talk
David & I consider the source of negative self-talk, the power of positive thinking, and taming the rebellious brain.
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Focused #138: Hyper-Scheduling Revisited
David & I return to the subject of hyper-scheduling after we’ve both been at it a few years. What works? What doesn’t? And how did my experiment go where I stopped blocking time?
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Focused #137: Managing Busy
David and I return to the insidious problem of “busy”. We are not beyond getting caught in this trap and share some ideas about how to avoid it.
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