Frameworks of Focus - with Connor Dodge

Focus and discipline take a lot of effort from us. How can we sustain massive productivity and focus for long periods of time without burn out? Here are some lessons I've learned to keep myself going strong.

Sometimes being bad at something, when we're trying to get better at it, can distract us from our goal forever. Don't let that happen, do this instead. See video version here: https://youtu.be/1P6faLA6J7Y

One of the things that keeps us from focusing is feeling negative emotions towards a task or project: overwhelm, imposter syndrome, dread, etc. Here is an "emotional judo" trick to help you resolve those emotions and get productive.

Athletes have "pre-game" routines to get them into the zone. The same kind of thing works for getting you into a state of focus. Here's my focus routine to give you ideas on how to make yours.

Do you something you need to do, want to do, should do, but it's WAY too overwhelming? Here's a brain hack for how to finish tasks that seem daunting and difficult to do.

I started a journaling habit and saw a huge jump in my ability to focus and say no to distraction. Here's how to use journaling to connect with your purpose and stay focused.

You know you need to focus, but you're 4 year old probably doesn't care about your focus time, they just want play time. How do you help your kids respect focus time, so you can all enjoy playtime together? Here's a little hack I used on my own kids.

People say it's a lot easier to stop a habit when it's new, but what if your distraction habit is too big, too old, too rooted? Can you still do something about that? Let's talk about how to uproot a huge habit in your life, because the size doesn't matter if the tools are strong enough.

There are a lot of different kinds of distractions. The worst kind are the sneaky ones that make you feel like you're productive but at the end of the day you still haven't done what you wanted to do. Here are some ways you can get out of the subtle productivity trap of busyness.

Focusing on 1 big thing means NOT focusing on lots of little things. What are you willing to sacrifice so you can focus and make your life better? In this episode I talk about how I deleted $1000 worth of video games so I could finally focus at a higher level.

We can learn how to focus all day, but there will always be that wall we hit when there is a task that is hard, unpleasant, boring, or just something we don't want to do. This is how I get myself to do those things I don't feel like doing.

Everything is out to distract you. Stop losing that struggle with these 4 strategies.

There is one main habit that will help you on your focus journey—it will let you catch new distraction traps you're falling into, it will help you know what to work on next to help you gain focus. Doing this everyday has been huge for me.

Flow is a concept in psychology that describes the perfect state of focus. You're in the zone. But how do you consistently get into that state every time you sit down to focus? This is the framework I use.

When life gets stressful and you have to focus anyway, there are 3 steps that can help you get in the zone. I call it the OCD method. Let's dive in.

Focus is like a muscle—you have to work it to grow it. Here are 3 ideas of how to get started.

After we learn how to focus, the next step is making sure we're focusing and working on the right things. How can we know? Here's what I learned about prioritizing and figuring out which task is most important.

Being focused and productive is not natural for me. I could be distracted all day. Anyone else?? So here's how I figured out how to get myself to focus for hours every day.

What happens when you're flying high and doing well, then something totally out of your control disrupts your life? Here's what I learned from learning to focus after COVID shutdowns.

Usually everything you want in life is on the other side of focus and hard work. This is how I learned that lesson and figured out how to focus for the second time in my life.

I've struggled with digital addiction since I was a kid, and I finally figured out how to get my life together and focus on the important things. It was a long road, but let me help that road be a little shorter for you by sharing the frameworks I've learned. This episode tells how I turned my life around, found purpose to fuel me, and how you can too.