A Return to Analog
The answer to your technology problem is not another screen.
Continue Reading ›Embracing Trade-Offs and Margin
Margin is an essential ingredient for healthy living, and a foundational mindset to living with margin is embracing trade-offs. [VIDEO]
Continue Reading ›Focus As An Action
Focus as an action results in clarity. If you actually want to make progress, start small. You’ll be surprised how quickly those small successes start to build into a snowball of momentum. Something that I keep coming back to is that focus is an action. But we often think that focus is only something that
Continue Reading ›Margin is Essential for Living a Focused Life
Our emotional and mental state is at its limit and the onslaught shows no sign of slowing or any regard for our capacity. The never ending bombardment of social invitations, task lists, birthday party’s, charity opportunities, friend requests, service updates, errands. Breathing room is a necessity, not a luxury.
Continue Reading ›Academy Alumni: How Alexandra stopped being “A Walking To-Do List”
When I asked Alexandra what was different for her, she started with this: “I was a walking to-do list.” So… what changed? What did she do to change things during Focus Course Academy?
Continue Reading ›How to Avoid Backwards Habits
Amateurs keep their options open. They say yes to everything. They have no boundaries. They are overwhelmed by the urgent and buried under a million random acts of focus. Professionals and top-performers are focused; they design their habits in order to accomplish their goals.
Continue Reading ›David Sparks: Focus is the superpower of the next 20 years
David is the well-known podcast co-host of both Mac Power Users and Focused. David has been a long-time friend and alumni member of The Focus Course, and was also recently one of our pilot members for the new Focus Academy. Here were some of his takeaways and insights from the pilot cohort.
Continue Reading ›Tomorrow’s Outfit (My #1 Productivity Advice)
In our previous article, I shared what most focus advice gets wrong and the importance of both the WHY and the HOW behind living a focused life. The WHY are things like your purpose, your priorities, your goals and desired outcomes. The HOW are things like your habits, routines, strategy, and other actions. And you
Continue Reading ›Focus Hoax: What Most Advice Gets Wrong
Falling out of the sky at 120 miles-per-hour is something that I always assumed would actually feel like falling. Turns out… it doesn’t actually feel like falling. Last month a few friends and I did wend skydiving — doing tandem jumps from 14,000 feet. Sitting there at the airplane hangar door, as it was my
Continue Reading ›Is Your Life “Focus Ready”?
Andy and I met during a Zoom call with 100 other people. About 3 months earlier, Andy had found out about us through Google. He was googling for digital planners that he could use on his iPad and stumbled across the one we sell. It hurt my feelings a little bit, but I didn’t mind
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