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.
229 episodes transcribedIn a wide-ranging episode, David and Jason answer your letters and tweets.
Email can be a vital communication mechanism, but it can also be a black hole of lost productivity. David and Jason discuss managing email and setting...
So you've decided to leave the nest. What can you do to prepare while you're still working for the man? What's the right way to give notice, and prepa...
PlayStation veteran Shahid Kamal Ahmad left Sony to become an independent game developer. We discuss why he left and how he schedules his workday in h...
Clients: Getting them (by marketing yourself), keeping them, and the dangers and rewards of taking them with you from your previous job.
Deciding where to get your work done can be a difficult challenge for an independent worker. Can you work out of the house? Does renting office space...
Myke Hurley, co-founder of Relay FM, discusses transitioning from his bank job to a full-time podcaster, including the inherent contradictions in work...
Just because you're independent doesn't mean you don't need a schedule. This episode is about building (and breaking) routines.
In our very first episode, David and Jason discuss narrowing scope and taking on too much work.
