Energy and Focus

Learn how to create more energy, sustained focus, and guilt-free productivity in your life and work. Hosted by Josh Mitchell.

Strategies to stop losing things 06/05/2023

Strategies to stop losing things Do you misplace things all the time? Do you have truoble finding what you need when you need it? You may benefit by having some strategies that help you stop losing things. In this episode, that is exactly what you will learn! /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/27044724

Rewards and motivations 05/29/2023

Rewards and motivations What do you do to celebrate the things you acomplish? What are your reasons for doing what you need to get done? How can rewards and motivations keep you aware and pushing forward? /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/26974446

Wake up early 05/08/2023

Wake up early Try waking up at 4:00am or 5:00am tomorrow and see what happens. Here are some tips of how you can actually make that happen. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/26770827

Who Not How - Dan Sullivan's Paradigm Shifting Question 05/01/2023

Who Not How - Dan Sullivan's Paradigm Shifting Question Who Not How is a concept that comes from Strategic Coach and Dr Benjamin Hardy's book of the same name. In this episode, you will hear an overview of the concept and see how it can help you in your thinking and execution. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/26701539

Daily Flow 04/24/2023

Daily Flow What is something you can do every day so you can get to the productive state? Daily Flow — Morning Check calendar Note today’s appointments/locations - check in with people to confirm? Note travel time - how long does it actually take to get to these places? Meals - what am I going to eat? 60-90 minutes of clarifying and organizing - do I have this? Rest/recharge time Planed time to go to sleep Review Next Actions Lists Put your eyes across your options for when you go to do work Pull out any critical action steps “You can only feel good about what you’re not doing when you know what you’re not doing.” Review Waiting For Lists Anyone you need to ping today? Mindsweep Anything pop Ins to zero Clear out your inboxes (task manager, paper, email, slack, etc) Daily Flow — Evening Check calendar What actually happened today? What’s happening tomorrow? Anything to communicate with spouse, family, friends, coworkers? Mindsweep Anything that might keep you awake tonight? What has your attention the most? /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/26630448

Do you have core principles that last? 04/10/2023

Do you have core principles that last? In this episode, I share a collection of a few principles that serve as the foundation to my productivity. Steal them. Improve them. Add to them. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/26491737

Take inventory of your tools 03/27/2023

Take inventory of your tools Part two of a conversation about your productivity tools. Here is a link to the mindmap I use to visualize the tools I use: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3vx81sd2l3xa37/Gold%20Standard%20Productivity%20Tools.pdf?dl=1 /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/26347350

Evaluate your tools 03/20/2023

Evaluate your tools How often should you look at your tools and decide if they are working for you or not? You will learn how to evaluate your tools and make decisions on whether to keep what you are using or find something new. Here is a link to the productivity tool mindmap I use to visualize this process: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3vx81sd2l3xa37/Gold%20Standard%20Productivity%20Tools.pdf?dl=1 /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/26289342

Alarm Clocks - Wake up productive 03/13/2023

Alarm Clocks - Wake up productive What would it look like to wake up feeling rested and grateful? Is there an opportunity for you to rethink how you set your alarm and how you want to wake up each morning? Emerson SmartSet Alarm Clock Radio (affiliate link) /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/26206932

No Notifications 02/27/2023

No Notifications What might happen to your attention and focus if you turned every notification off on your phone, computer, and tablet? /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/26055633

Breaking and Creating Habits 02/20/2023

Breaking and Creating Habits Ever wonder how you can break a bad habit? There are things that you may be doing that you want to stop doing -- but how? In this episode, learn the thinking process of how you can create new, healthy habits to replace the bad ones. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25986879

The future of texting 02/13/2023

The future of texting Here are a few thoughts on the future of text messaging as it relates to productivity. I created this list in 2021 and thought it would be fun to share these ideas here — to see what happens in the years ahead. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25901049

Inconvenient, yet productive? 02/06/2023

Inconvenient, yet productive? Sometimes we can set things up that are not convenient at all yet allow us to be more productive. I call it "purposeful inconvenience." Maybe there are some walls you need to put up to allow your productivity to soar. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25840671

Thinking about work when you're "off" 01/30/2023

Thinking about work when you're "off" Great question from Matt Noss about thinking about work when you're "off" at home. If you have a question you want answered on the podcast, visit joshmitch.com and click on the microphone button! /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25766484

Margins and FOMO with Eric Peoples 01/23/2023

Margins and FOMO with Eric Peoples When you have margin in your life, you can lead with greater confidence and focus. In this episode, Eric Peoples teaches on how to create more margin and what is at stake. You can find the Eric Peoples Leadership Podcast on Apple and Spotify by searching for his name. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25696113

Make it easy - weekly habit of reviewing things 01/16/2023

Make it easy - weekly habit of reviewing things If you give yourself a picture that a weekly review will be hard, it will be. What can you do to make it easy? Learn how to approach your weekly refresh with a new perspective. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25621257

Dealing with draining and unpleasant stuff 01/09/2023

Dealing with draining and unpleasant stuff Drain doesn't have to wreak havoc on your entire life and productivity system. Learn how to take what is frustrating you and how to move forward. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25540242

Checking the box 01/02/2023

Checking the box Checking the box is what we do when we cross things off our list in a quick, disengaged manner. In this episode, Josh Mitchell answers Kayla's question about how to approach a meaningful agreement without inappropriate pressure. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25479174

Project Support Materials 12/26/2022

Project Support Materials We must keep materials to help us finish projects. In this episode, you will about project support materials and where they go. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25430031

How to set up your desk 12/19/2022

How to set up your desk Here are some principles and ideas for how to arrange your desk. The key is to get to what David Allen calls "all but REDS" Reference, Equipment, Decoration, and Supplies. If you have a question, head over to and record a question that I can answer on an upcoming episode! /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25366791

Projects 12/12/2022

Projects Anything that takes more than a single step is a project. But too often, we don't "catch" all the projects we are commited to. In this episode, learn how to notice projects and define what done looks like using this simple method. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25295778

Where to begin your productivity journey 12/05/2022

Where to begin your productivity journey In order to start your journey of becoming more productive, you must first become aware of where your attention is currently going. Become aware. It's that simple. Awareness allows you to make a decision about what to do next and why. Thank you to Dan H and Brittany R for their questions. You can leave a question at joshmitch.com to be answered on the show! /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25227939

Think at least once a week 11/28/2022

Think at least once a week We need to think things through every week. It's hard. Here are some subtle thoughts on how to reflect during your weekly review time. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25145292

Ideal Week 11/14/2022

Ideal Week Walking yourself through the Ideal Week exercise will help you craft your 168 hours so you are aligned with your internal and external commitments. Get my Ideal Week worksheet here: https://joshmitch.com/ideal-week/ /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/25012023

Agendas List 11/07/2022

Agendas List When we keep things in our head, we can forget what to talk about with the people in our life we need to talk to. Have you ever had a situation where you ran into someone and you knew you needed to talk about something, but couldn't remember what it was? An agendas list will help to solve that. It's the process of keeping track of what to talk about and with whom. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/24926919

Interruptions 10/31/2022

Interruptions "We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life." C. S. Lewis “There are no interruptions, only mismanaged inputs.” David Allen Learn how to better manage the "inputs" of "interruptuions." Send me a question at /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/24849396

How to take good notes 10/24/2022

How to take good notes Note taking can be hard. In this episode you will learn what sometimes gets in the way of us taking good notes and how you can learn better techniques so your notes are useful. Send me a question at Research article - /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/24779148

Choose what to do 10/17/2022

Choose what to do When you have time to do work, you must have a list of options to choose from. In this episode, Josh unpacks the 4 limiting criteria for getting things done. This is a part of David Allen's Getting Things Done framework, but is a really thoughtful process for figuring out what you can't do from your Next Actions list. Leave me a quick question to be answered on the podcast. Simply record a voice memo over at and I'll put it on an upcoming show. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/24703764

Become easy to understand 10/10/2022

Become easy to understand Do you struggle with getting your ideas to spread? In this episode, learn how to clarify your thinking so other people understand what you are saying. Have a question about today's show? Leave a message over at https://joshmitch.com /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/24639228

Send me a question! 10/04/2022

Send me a question! Have a question about productivity and getting things done? Record a question and I'll answer it on the podcast. Just head over to and click the button. /episode/index/show/energyandfocus/id/24574803

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