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By the end of the day, you'll have your written vision, a concrete goal, and your ideal schedule.
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“Shawn is an expert on productivity. I'd highly recommend his training. We even had our whole team go through his Focus Course.”
Nathan Barry
Founder of Kit.com
“My schedule was jam-packed and I didn’t have a clear vision of what to be focusing on. After working with Shawn, my business grew by 42% the very next quarter.”
Julie Hoffman
CEO JH Philanthrophy
“I was a walking to-do list. Shawn’s course helped me escape from a way of living that was wearing me out.”
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Founder of AIRD in Seattle
If you’re still measuring the success of your day by the quantity of things you were able to get done, you’ll never win. Because there will always be more new things to do.
The Life Design System is for folks who want to do it all, but know they can’t.
You’re ready to slow down, get things organized, and start focusing on what truly matters the most…
…but you’re not sure where to start.
Then this is for you, and I can help.
Start here.
Let’s get you clear on the big picture of your life and your goals. And then, from there, it will be a breeze to design your perfect day.
Inside the Focus Course, you’ll get the entire Life Design System.
Because I’ve already done the heavy lifting for you, all you need to do is set aside a few minutes to yourself and follow along with your printable guidebook.
I will guide you through the right things in the right order. Here’s the plan:
1: Your Life Vision: The guidebook walks you through our proven strategy for getting things back to center. Imagine the motivation and excitement that will come from having a clear vision for your life — not to mention the calm focus you’ll experience when you no longer having competing priorities.
2: Goal Setting that Doesn’t Suck: A delightful approach for getting clear on your desired outcomes — both big and small — for each area of your life. Just imagine knowing exactly what to be focusing on right now, as well as what NOT to worry about.
3: Your Ideal Action Plan: A science-backed approach that’s not overwhelming or complicated — and that makes you 3x more likely to accomplish your goals.
4: Your Perfect Week Blueprint: You’ll design each day of your perfect week. Create an organized plan that actually works for you with a schedule that removes the things from your plate that don’t belong while holding space for the important things that only you can do.
You can’t do your best work without having space to pause, think, and plan.
And you can’t enjoy your life if you’re always super busy.
My mission is to help you get back the margin and breathing room you so desperately need and deserve.
After the Life Design System you will finally have:
A clear vision for your life
A calmer, more sane daily schedule
Breathing room in your day and week
A calendar that supports your values and goals
A reliable system for getting unstuck when things do get busy again (because we all know that life happens)
Your Focus Guide
👋 Hello. My name is Shawn, and I am the founder and creator of The Focus Course.
I’m a productivity coach to entrepreneurs and leaders. I live in Kansas City with my wife and our three boys.
For over 20 years, I have been learning and teaching about focus and margin. I’ve spoken about these topics at conferences and workshops; I've taught them to private groups and one-on-one clients; and my online courses have helped tens of thousands of people since 2015.
♥️ Married for 20 years, and we have 3 boys. Send pizza! 🍕
I used to work 80 hours per week. And even with all those hours, I still felt behind with my never-ending issues at work! I kept thinking I would eventually get ahead but of course I never did. There was always more...
Eventually I quit that job to begin working for myself. Yet I still kept chasing my to-do list. I never felt satisfied at the end of my work day; there was always more to be done. Work was always on my mind.
When my first son was born, I realized that I needed do to better. I didn’t want my work life to dominate my time. But, at the same time, I still had a strong desire to do meaningful work.
These seemingly-opposing forces shouldn’t have to fight one another. I knew it was okay to have a thriving work life while also having an awesome personal life.
I have spent years figuring out solutions related to focus.
I’ve examined my own habits, studied many other solutions, and rigorously tested different approaches over and over again. And I have worked hard to create a lifestyle that is conducive to doing my best creative work without sacrificing my personal and family life.
What you will learn inside the Focus Course are the same methods, ideas, and frameworks that have allowed me to grow a thriving business, do meaningful work I’m proud of, and give time to myself and my family.
Focus Club
Your all-access pass to every tool, workflow, resource, and course in our library. Plus a community to help you get clear, take action, and keep going.
Accountability, ideas, and traction with the community
All-Access: every tool & course in the library
Monthly Q&A Office Hours & Coaching
NEW: Life Design Blueprint shipped right to your door
Focus Course in a Day
A live, online workshop where you'll get answers to the questions of what matters most to you right now and what you can do to get started.
By the end of the day, you'll have your written vision, a concrete goal, and your ideal schedule.
Live, all-day workshop for just $10
Includes fillable 130-page PDF workbook
Walk away with a completed Focus Declaration
Stop being managed by your task list.
All the Things is our most popular course that has helped thousands of our customers to reclaim time and get in control of their task list. It covers productivity and task management and features advanced training for calm productivity and easier task management.
Stop living overloaded, overwhelmed, and overtired.
Discover how to get back much needed breathing room in your time, schedule, finances, and relationships.
Premiere time management training
The class consists of 33 video lessons plus PDF worksheets you can use for getting clarity about your time and scheduling your day.
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"Shawn’s writing on focus is well thought through and well crafted."
Cal Newport
Best-Selling Author of Deep Work
"This was completely life changing. Shawn brought it all together with a simply yet profound blueprint to follow and implement!"
Jennifer Nagaoka
Wife and Mom
Shawn Blanc is a productivity expert and coach for small business owners. He is the founder of The Sweet Setup, Tools & Toys, The Focus Course ...
Focus Club is an all-access membership that gives you access to our entire course library, monthly workshops, weekly Focus Hour study sessions, access to all live events, and more.
When you join, you will also get a copy of our new 2026 Life Design Blueprint shipped to you to accompany our Life Design program and workshops.
The membership is $99 / month, cancel anytime.
Focus Course in a Day is a live, online 7-hour workshop for anyone who wants to increase productivity, personal integrity, morale, and overall quality of life. What sets the course apart is that it guides you in the implementation of these principles so that these topics go beyond mere head knowledge and into experiential knowledge.
Perhaps you’re not sure if you are the right fit for the Course. Or perhaps you’re not confident that an online Zoom call can produce any meaningful results in your life. We totally get it! Of course you want to trust that the investment of your time will be worth it — you want to see a return and results that will last, instead of this being just “one more thing”. We are quite confident that if you show up, then yes, it will work for you. Why? Because the structure we teach is simple enough you can employ it in your day to day life — helping you build lasting habits from the start.
Since we are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Focus Course you can join us for just $10.
"I can’t recommend Shawn enough. He has proven strategies that give clear direction and actually work."
Amy Sullivan
Designer
"Shawn’s course helps you figure out where you want to go and how to get there. If you’re feeling adrift or just want to help get yourself more focussed, check it out."
David Sparks
Business Attorney, Podcaster, & Author
"Just as I realized that I needed to rebalance things, I got the opportunity to take The Focus Course. It couldn’t have come at a better time, and I couldn’t be happier with the results it produced in my life."
John Voorhees
Attorney, iOS Developer & Father
"Thank you for making The Focus Course! I love the quality, your articles, and your advice on every-day topics. It was very helpful! The Focus Course is one of the best investments I have made so far."
Andrey Silaev
Focus Course Member
"The course has completely changed my life. I started routines that I had been thinking about for decades. I am more aware how many projects I can realistically take on at once, and which will have to be put on the side for now. If you want to get more done AND have more free time AND feel happier, you NEED to take up this course."
Phong C.
Ballroom Dancer, Photographer, & Writer
"My husband, Ben, and I absolutely loved it! If you need focus in your life and want to know how to get to the next place ... this is what you need."
Havilah Cunnington
Author, Speaker, & Mom
"This course has changed my life. I have an independent job, big family, friends and a brain who always wants to do new things. It was a mess of unfinished projects. Now I have a prescription of rest of my life with my 6 life goals."
Kjell Anker Worren
Focus Course Member
"Shawn, and his Focus Course, helped me get back to center. Which can be quite a challenge to find in the massive jungle that is the mess of our modern lives. It helped me define what was important and why — and how to execute on those things."
Andrew Carrol
CPA & CFO
"Shawn’s ability to combine deep introspection with applicable exercises is brilliant. This course will re-route your vision, give you direction, and encourage you along the way."
Jaclynn Braden
Print and Web Designer
"To me, the Focus Course is an excellent toolbox filled with questions that guide and direct me to what I find important in life. It provides guidance on how to move the needle forward in the different areas of life. It has been awesome doing it."
Maarten Monballieu
Financial Controller & Father
"The Focus Course helped me create a manageable plan of action that worked with my work and lifestyle that I could easily implement."
Christopher Wilson
English Teacher in Poland
"The Course is perfect and really does what it promises: it helps you focus. It’s the perfect kind of words and the structure is great."
Florian Taltavull
Student & Writer
