Join Shawn and Jeff for a live interview with Ugmonk founder, Jeff Sheldon. We’ll discuss: creating new products, staying inspired and relevant, content strategy (email newsletters & social media), and analog productivity as we dig into Jeff’s personal approach to productivity and systems. There will also be time for live Q&A so you can ask any questions you may have (or just glean from what other folks ask).
Continue Reading ›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 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 ›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 ›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 ›We’re coming up on four years of our eight week cycles. Some thoughts on our cycle cadence.
Continue Reading ›We’ve arrived at the assumption that work only gets done on the computer. Humans have survived thousands of years without computers and accomplished some pretty incredible feats. Why is it we now assume computers equal getting work done?
Continue Reading ›A replay of our webinar covering strategies for reducing overwhelm and prioritizing your time with the new challenges of your work and home life.
Continue Reading ›Tracy Winchell shares her experience about implementing Shawn Blanc’s process, The Note.
Continue Reading ›When it comes to juggling all the things in life, it can be a challenge. In this video interview with David Sparks we talked more about how he handles getting it all done.
Continue Reading ›Start The Focus Course now to bring your life into focus.