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If you're often finding yourself overwhelmed by your to-do list, your obligations, and all the hats you wear in your career and at home, listen and learn as Host Erik Fisher talks with real people who implement practical productivity strategies in their professional and personal lives. We explore all aspects of productivity, including getting the right work done, getting good work done, and the true end goal of productivity: living a meaningful life.
Feel like work is broken? Fix it by creating work that works for you! Serial solopreneur and business coach Stephen Warley interviews people who got unstuck and figured out how to work for themselves, so they could design work around their ideal lifestyle instead of fitting life in around their work. He teaches practical life skills like self-awareness, curiosity, energy management and building community to help you design your own unique business model in alignment with your values, needs a ...
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 though their successes and failures along the way. Hosted by David Sparks and Mike Schmitz.
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Goals are great, but they aren't enough. In this episode, David & Mike talk about how roles & goals work together and how the hats that you decide to wear are the real foundation of a solid personal productivity system. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code FOCUSED at checkout to get 10% off you…
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How to Become A Virtual Assistant With Sandra Booker (361)
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Sandra Booker wants to teach you how to become a virtual assistant (VA). She s the founder of AnyOldTask, a virtual assistant agency that believes no solopreneur should build their business all on their own. I wholeheartedly agree! It takes a village to build a business! Lot of great lessons in our conversation including: How she turned her adminis…
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Jon Acuff on Finishing, Fighting Perfectionism and Completing Your Goals
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Jon Acuff is the New York Times Bestselling author. In this conversation Jon talks with Erik about his book Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done about completing goals. Jon also has a new podcast called 'All It Takes Is A Goal'. This episode is brought to you by: Mint Mobile Brain.fmBy Erik Fisher
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Create Time Freedom With Laura Roeder (360)
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Laura Roeder wants to inspire you to create time freedom by designing your work around your lifestyle instead of the other way around as we ve been taught. Laura is the founder of MeetEdgar, social media scheduling software and Paperbell, a software suite to help coaches run their businesses. Lot of great lessons in our conversation including: How …
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Dr. Samantha Brody on Overcoming Overwhelm
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For decades, Dr. Samantha has helped people to transform their lives with her innovative approach. Now you can use the same tested tools and guidance to experience the freedom of better health, greater resilience, and peace of mind. Samantha's new book is Overcoming Overwhelm: Dismantle Your Stress from the Inside Out. In this episode she and Erik …
Mike and David take on the new year in their own focused ways as they talk through a workflow for change. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Timing: The automatic time tracking app for macOS. Use this link to save 10% on your purchase. ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free. Indeed: Get a free $…
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Cait Flanders on Opting Out of Expectations and Living With Intentionality
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Cait Flanders is the author of Wall Street Journal bestseller, The Year of Less. Her new book is Adventures in Opting Out: A Field Guide to Leading an Intentional Life. In this conversation Cait and Erik talk about how to opt-out of expectations and live a more intentional life. This episode is brought to you by: Textexpander Brain.fm…
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Banker Turned Financial Literacy Advocate With Jatali Bellanton (359)
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Jatali Bellanton is a banker turned financial literacy advocate that wants to inspire you to create your own freedom and to be aware of unknowingly building your own prison. She s the founder of Brilliant Minds Unite and is on a mission to promote financial literacy among children and adults. Lot of great lessons in our conversation including: How …
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How To Embrace Change With Evan La Ruffa (358)
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We re welcoming back Evan La Ruffa, he shares how to embrace change in times of great chaos like we are living through. He was on our show a few years ago back in episode 114. From time to time we like to bring guests back so you can see how they and their business have evolved. He s a creative entrepreneur and founder of IPaintMyMind.org, a nonpro…
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David Smith and Brad Johnson on How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace
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David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson are gender-in-the-workplace experts. Their new book is Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace. In this conversation they talk about: How men can partner with their female colleagues to advance women's leadership and equality Overcoming unconscious biases Creating productive and respectf…
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115: Solving Interesting Problems, with Ernie Svenson
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Ernie Svenson joins us to talk about how focus inspired his career change from lawyer to small firm consultant, the importance of getting help, and the value of journaling. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free. Woven: The calendar with the most powerful sched…
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Repackage Your Skills To Do Work That Matters With Khalilah Elliott (357)
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Khalilah Elliott wants to inspire you to repackage your skills to do work that matters. She s the founder and chief disruptor at Gafford Communications focused on helping organizations with their multicultural and social responsibility communication strategies. Before she went out on her own she created marketing strategies for the Apollo Theater a…
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David Shar on Identifying, Preventing and Dealing with Burnout
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David Shar is a keynote speaker, consultant, and trainer specializing in helping organizations improve their leadership and culture, combat burnout, and design meaningful work. In this conversation David talks with Erik about identifying the signs of burnout, ways to prevent it, and dealing with burnout when you have it. Make sure to check out Davi…
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Declutter To Live Your Desired Life With Jessica Malone (356)
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Jessica Malone wants to inspire you to declutter to live your desired life. She s a decluttering coach and founder of Nacho Average Fro. Her goal is to help you live a life you love as she has been able to do. Lot of great lessons in our conversation including: Why decluttering was the one method that finally got her unstuck. Why she tackled her cl…
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Melissa Steginus on Mindfulness, Intention and Attention
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Melissa Steginus is a mindfulness teacher and productivity coach helping people structure their work and lives to be intentional, empowering, and fulfilling. With a background in social work and over a decade of experience as a counsellor, coach, yoga instructor, and world traveller, Melissa has helped thousands of people transform their personal a…
Inputs! We all have too many of them and not enough of us have a plan for them. In this episode, Mike and David talk about those pesky inputs and how to deal with them. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code FOCUSED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Woven: The calendar with the most…
It s been a rough year, hasn t it? So much has changed, so quickly it feels as though it s been years since January 1, 2020. It was a year of great disruption from the pandemic to a deep recession to massive racial injustice protests to a close Presidential election. I believe 2020 will also be remembered as the year how work changed as we ve known…
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John Jantsch on Resilience, Perseverance and Perspective
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John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker and best selling author Duct Tape Marketing, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine, The Referral Engine and SEO for Growth. He is the creator of the Duct Tape Marketing System and Duct Tape Marketing Consulting Network that trains and licenses small business marketing consultants around the world. …
