204: Analog Productivity, with Jeff Sheldon
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Ugmonk founder Jeff Sheldon is back to talk about designing and building physical products, how our environments shape our ability to focus, and finding joy in the analog.

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Guest Starring: Jeff Sheldon)

Links and Show Notes:

Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content.)

Analog™ | The original to-do system by Ugmonk)

Gather: Your Desk Simplified | Ugmonk)

Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal)

Mike's Fancy Notecards)

Analog Weekly Kit (Walnut) | Ugmonk)

Due: The Superfast Reminder App for iPhone & iPad)

Discbound Heirloom Journal (Brown) | Ugmonk)

Mike's Obsidian Task Dashboard image)

How to Do Cal Newport Style Multi-Scale Planning in Obsidian | YouTube)

Journaling in Obsidian Using Daily Questions | YouTube)

How to Do a Personal Retreat in Obsidian | YouTube)

Jeff's Newsletter)

The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul)

Aeron Chair | Herman Miller Store)

Useful Not True | Derek Sivers)

Every Tool's a Hammer by Adam Savage)

Super Thinking by Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCann)

The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts)