781: The 2025 Productivity Field Guide

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Does anyone know why this keeps happening? This is the pocket casts app.

EDIT: figured out. this is happening because of VPN. had to disable that download the episode. Doesn’t happen on other apps though

Congratulations @MacSparky.

That’s a load of hard work, above and beyond the many hours it took you to do the recordings.

Thanks for sharing your story. I especially enjoyed this episode.

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I had this last week with Upgrade. The last episode would not download while my VPN (Tailscale) was on. All previous episodes downloaded without issue, with or without the VPN being on.

MPU downloaded without any issue (both last week and this week) with the VPN on. It just seemed to be a one off issue with one episode of Upgrade last week.

It might be you had a similar one off problem with MPU this week.

One of a very few podcasts I make a point to listen to the day it drops. Looks like I’ll be looking into buying my first field guide. Well done as always, David and Stephen.

Has anyone bought the field guide that had the original also? I’m considering it.

Many of the videos are the same. Updated videos or new videos will be labeled (2025) to make it easier to watch the new videos with needing to revisit the older videos. I counted 17 updated or new videos. I didn’t count the new intro and the thank you video.

The ebooks are a nice touch! I can quickly jump to a section to review some of the material without needing to watch the videos again.

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Yes I did even though I never got around to doing the first one. Could not resist the discount.

I’ve started digging in and it is terrific. I don’t buy every Field Guide, but if they strike my fancy they are unbelievable values. I’ve taken some higher priced courses in this space (Linking Your Thinking, The Focus Course) and @MacSparky provides materials that are better.

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I understood there to be an upgrade code for those who purchased the 2024 edition. I didn’t get it and have requested it several times. (Yes, I purchase the 2024 Plus edition of the Productivity Field Guide.) Crickets. Perhaps there is no such code?

As soon as they give me the discount code! I didn’t get it in my email, and can’t seem to get them to send it to me (or even respond to my request).

Maybe it’s in spam or something? The subject line is The 2025 Productivity Field Guide Upgrade Plan.

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Had a good search in my email and can’t find anything like that. I’m sure I didn’t get an upgrade code.

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I checked my spam a bunch of times before posting, but it didn’t seem to be there. Thanks for the tip!

Same. I am not getting any response to email or to posting to support through my learn.macsparky.com account either.

Thanks! I checked my inbox and Spam folder for an email with that subject line , but I couldn’t find anything. (I did find an email with your post sharing the subject line in an MPU Talk post!)

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Hey gang. The upgrade email should have gone to everyone who got the first version. If you opt out of email, you probably didn’t get it. Either way, I’m sorry about delayed responses. We are getting caught up.

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Thank you. I received an email today with the code. Off to buy the upgrade!

I’ve checked all my inboxes. I may have missed something but I’ve not received an upgrade code. I purchased the original when it first came out.

Me, neither. I’m hoping there’s only a nominal charge to upgrade, as it’s only been a year, and the purchasers’ group think was used to develop the 2025 version (kind of like the 2024 was the beta, and 2025 was the final).

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My testimonial:

The Productivity Field Guide is not your typical ‘productivity hacks’ course. Instead,it’s a thoughtful, insightful, and unique approach to finding your ‘why’ in life and a system to intentionally live the life you value and fits your ‘why.’

The 2025 version of the Productivity Field Guide is a masterpiece. It includes all of the information in the 1st edition but adds the practical insights David gained when teaching this material to scores of people last year.

It’s a bargain. It includes a 100+ page book and 12 participation webinars. Most cohort-like productivity courses like this cost $1,500 or more. David’s sincerity and desire to help others are evident in his writing and webinars. He cares about people and wants to help them live more fulfilling and intentional lives.

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