Focused
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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 through their successes and failures along the way. Hosted by David Sparks and Mike Schmitz.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Focused podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 30 episodes
Atomic Habits
James Clear
#2 Mentioned in 19 episodes
Getting Things Done
David Allen
#3 Mentioned in 16 episodes
Deep Work
Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Cal Newport
#4 Mentioned in 14 episodes
Make Time
How to Focus on What Matters Every Day
Jake Knapp
John Zeratsky
#5 Mentioned in 12 episodes
Triggers
How We Can Stop Reacting and Start Healing
David Richo
#6 Mentioned in 12 episodes
How to Read a Book
The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
Edward Holland
Mortimer J. Adler
Charles Lincoln Van Doren
#7 Mentioned in 12 episodes
Hyperfocus
How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction
Chris Bailey
#8 Mentioned in 11 episodes
Steal like an artist
10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Austin Kleon
#9 Mentioned in 10 episodes
The Productivity Project
Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
Chris Bailey
#10 Mentioned in 10 episodes
The Extended Mind
The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Annie Murphy Paul
#11 Mentioned in 9 episodes
The 12-week year
Tom Pile
Brian Moran
Michael Lennington
#12 Mentioned in 9 episodes
Liminal Thinking
Dave Gray
#13 Mentioned in 9 episodes
Essentialism
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown
#14 Mentioned in 8 episodes
The One Thing
The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
Jay Papasan
Gary Keller
#15 Mentioned in 8 episodes
Flow
The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
#16 Mentioned in 8 episodes
Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport
#17 Mentioned in 7 episodes
Mindset
The New Psychology of Success
Carol S. Dweck
#18 Mentioned in 7 episodes
Building a Second Brain
Tiago Forte
#19 Mentioned in 7 episodes
The War of Art
Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Steven Pressfield
#20 Mentioned in 6 episodes
The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg
