Founder of Suka on Reclaiming Focus: The One Daily Habit That Quietly Changes Your Life - Steven Puri

About this episode

Steven Puri discusses how to reclaim focus and implement daily habits that enhance productivity.

Short description If you keep waking up and losing the morning to scrolling, this episode is for you. Steven Puri — from IBM and Hollywood sets to building Suka — walks Junaid through the exact mental switches and tiny systems that turn distraction into sustained, creative output. This is not fluff about productivity hacks; it’s a candid, emotional conversation about intention, environment, and the quiet cost of “zero-effort dopamine.” In part two of our conversation, Steven gets tactical: how to define a single daily intention, time-block and time-box effectively, design your physical place for deep work, and use tech (without letting it own you). Practical, humane, and urgent — these are the moves you can test tomorrow that compound over a year. 5 takeaways Intention first: pick one thing each morning that will actually move you or your team forward — and protect your best brain time for it. Simplify to overcome overwhelm: hide the noise; surface the 3 tasks that matter and build momentum. Environment matters: dedicate a place for work so your brain learns to “enter focus” when you walk in. Block, time-box, repeat: treat deep work like a sacred meeting with yourself and limit…

People in this episode

Host: Junaid Ahmed

Guest: Steven Puri

Topics covered

• focus
• productivity
• intentional living
• time management
• distraction
• deep work

Keywords

• focus
• productivity hacks
• daily intention
• time-blocking
• distraction management
• deep work
• Suka

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IBM, Suka, Hollywood

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