Exploring Roles Versus Goals and Effective Tracking Methods

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.

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Links and Show Notes:

Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content.

The Big Ready

Atomic Habits by James Clear | Amazon

The Intentional Family podcast

Personal Retreat Handbook

Daily Questions in Roam Research

Mike's Input Workflow diagram

roam42

Mike's Roam Research Email KM Macro

Star Wars Rebels | Disney+

SaneBox

Why you should keep a journal and why I keep mine in Roam Research | YouTube

How I Use Roam Research for Journaling | The Sweet Setup

Readwise

Webinar Replay: How I Use Mind Mapping to Take Book Notes | The Sweet Setup

Building My Bullet-Journal-Based Hybrid Productivity System | The Sweet Setup

Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster in Olympic White with Maple Fingerboard | Sweetwater