5 ways I use Focusmate that make it a more powerful tool

Brigitte Gemme
6 min readJul 25, 2024

Find more flow and focus using these tactics on the virtual co-working platform Focusmate.

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Though I’ve had over 2,000 sessions with more than 800 individual people on Focusmate, it’s still not getting old. Every day, the virtual co-working platform continues to work its magic, connecting me with human beings who also want to (re)claim ownership of their time and attention. Together, we show up for ourselves and focus on what matters most to us at that moment.

As a content creator and small business owner who is also the busy mom of school kids, there are five tactics I use to make the most of the platform. These tactics help me make the most of the time I can dedicate to my professional pursuits. Which ones would help you level up your focus?

Leaning into the system

Some people think of Focusmate as a stigmatized crutch, as if they should feel shame about using an immoral performance-enhancing tool to make up for a flawed character. They will only book a session when everything else has failed, their back against the wall, stuck and desperate to make progress on an important task. They have sunk so deep into procrastination that the potential shame from being exposed for not completing a task on time looms large. Having resisted and avoided work for days…

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Brigitte Gemme

Vegan cooking mentor, productivity coach, mom, runner, avid reader, PhD in sociology, certificate in nutrition, morning person. Author of _Flow in the Kitchen_.