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

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