255: Get Your Machete Out

In this feedback episode, David and Mike discuss slowing down, complicated second brains, and the minimum viable productivity system. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Squarespace : Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code FOCUSED. Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. Video Version of This Episode Focused : Battling Burnout Mike's Newsletter on The Amateur Advantage Focused : Nerds Like Us, with Myke Hurley The Pen Addict Obsidian NotePlan I Deleted My Second Brain by Joan Westenberg | Medium Why You Should Write Every Day (Even if You’re Not a Writer) by Joan Westenberg | Medium Mac Power Users : Intentional Technology with Patrick Rhone NextLevel Pulsar Brewer Ruby Coffee Roasters How to Live a Meaningful Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans Good Eye | Lost Art Press

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This episode is 59:28 long.

This episode was published on May 5, 2026.

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