On this episode of Focused, Mike and I review Q3 and talk through our plans for the rest of the year. We look at keeping a menu of opportunities without turning every interesting idea into a commitment, and setting quarterly milestones for projects that won’t fit into twelve weeks.
We also compare notes on what we’re choosing to leave undone. There’s an overhead audit, a little forgiveness for plans that changed, and a new creative challenge for each of us.
Episode Links
- Video version of this episode
- The FOCUSED Calendar | NeuYear.net
- MacSparky Labs
- The 12 Week Year by Brian Moran and Michael Lennington
- Intentional AI podcast
- The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur Brooks
- Doing This Every 90 Days Completely Changed My Life | YouTube
- Personal Retreat Handbook 2.0
- 3 Questions That Will Change Your Life | Practical PKM
- Robot Assistant Field Guide | MacSparky
- VidSummit 2027
- The Library Community | Practical PKM
- I Built the Quick Capture Tool Obsidian Was Missing | YouTube
- Productivity Field Guide | MacSparky
- Focused #260: Quarterly Planning and Riding Roller Coasters
- Grit by Angela Duckworth
- Situated by Angela Duckworth
- Grit: The power of passion and perseverance | TED Talk
- How to Be Good at Life by Ben Meer
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
- Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code FOCUSED.
Written by David Sparks
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