Embracing Analog Tools for Enhanced Productivity

Ugmonk founder Jeff Sheldon is back to talk about designing and building physical products, how our environments shape our ability to focus, and finding joy in the analog.

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Guest Starring:

Jeff Sheldon

Links and Show Notes:

Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content.

Analog™ | The original to-do system by Ugmonk

Gather: Your Desk Simplified | Ugmonk

Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal

Mike's Fancy Notecards

Analog Weekly Kit (Walnut) | Ugmonk

Due: The Superfast Reminder App for iPhone & iPad

Discbound Heirloom Journal (Brown) | Ugmonk

Mike's Obsidian Task Dashboard image

How to Do Cal Newport Style Multi-Scale Planning in Obsidian | YouTube

Journaling in Obsidian Using Daily Questions | YouTube

How to Do a Personal Retreat in Obsidian | YouTube

Jeff's Newsletter

The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul

Aeron Chair | Herman Miller Store

Useful Not True | Derek Sivers

Every Tool's a Hammer by Adam Savage

Super Thinking by Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCann

The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts