238: Knitting Our Parachutes

Focused

Sep 10, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 238

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Episode description

David & Mike catch up on listener feedback, including how to say no more often, deep vs. shallow work, and when to abandon a focus area. Also, David made an app?!?

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Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. Relay for St. Jude Practical PKM (Mike's Newsletter) David's Newsletter The No List (David's app) Knitting Your Parachute | MacSparky Focused #237: Everything is Figureoutable, with Max Roberts Mike's YouTube channel Practical PKM Hybrid Cohort The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey Eat That Frog! Fourth Edition by Brian Tracy ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study | TIME Field Notes | Memo Books, Notebooks, Journals & Planners The Capture System | Ugmonk Numerics Zapier: Automate AI Workflows, Agents, and Apps The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul Focused #146: The Extended Mind, with Annie Murphy Paul Nintendo Switch 2 Zelda Breath of the Wild Upgrade Pack How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson

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