Wunderlist will go away in favor of Microsoft To Do. Is To Do up to the task?
Best simple productivity applications for 2020
This article was originally published on February 24, 2017. Electronic to-do lists rock. Paper to-do lists as your main productivity platform are old-school and inefficient for recording thoughts and tasks leaving you to tackle what’s in front of you. While some people are looking for many bells and whistles with their productivity/to-do platform (if that Continue Reading
Steven Kotler resigns as Director of Research at Flow Genome Project
In an email to subscribers this morning, Steven Kotler, co-founder and Director of Research at the Flow Genome Project, resigned as the project’s director. In his email, Mr. Kotler assured readers that this change is a “cause for celebration” and that he will continue on his “same damn mission–decoding the neurobiology of flow.” Mr. Kotler Continue Reading
How to improve anything you do, faster
You track your steps taken in a day, distance running, followers on IG, to-do lists and calendar items, but you don’t track your time spent doing other things?
Reduce friction and ditch the vision board
Everyone has new habits they would like to integrate into their life. The problem is that adding new habits can be difficult. Learn to reduce friction.
Best complete time tracking applications
If you want to make progress on anything, you achieve it with selective, deliberate practice. A key to good deliberate practice is tracking your improvement, including the time spent on your activities, as well as other metrics you deem important. If you’re trying to become a faster reader, for instance, what better way is there to Continue Reading
Trick to save hours of drafting time this year
Editing is just as important as getting the words on the page for the first time. Here’s what I have figured out over time.
Responding to written discovery seeking social media
You know what the “E” in email stands for, right? “Evidence.” Just because someone has their online social media profiles and Tweets on “Private” so that their boss, LinkedIn contacts, and Aunt Becky can’t see embarrassing selfies and pictures of them at parties with cans of Bud Lite in their hand doesn’t mean that info is Continue Reading
Fix when iPhone is “Searching”
Note: This article is pretty much specifically for people who are experiencing the “Searching” issue on their iPhones. I’ve noticed a lot of people with this problem (especially when I’ve gone to stores on several occasions trying to get my phone fixed). I wish I had gotten this suggestion, as common sense as it is, Continue Reading
New desktop app remedies time-tracking troubles
Whenever I talk to people about tracking their time (I’m a riveting conversationalist) I overwhelmingly hear two common obstacles.
Push it and don’t feel guilty
Do not make yourself crazy trying to get necessarily everything done on your agenda. It’s okay to put off tasks for later. Things come up. Life will not stop while you send emails and go to meetings.
Stop Doing Now
Have you ever heard the advice: “If it takes less than two minutes, do it now.”? If we all followed this advice, how could we ever decide when to stop doing? I’ll teach you when to stop doing when to start adding items to your to-do list and then move on to whatever else you Continue Reading
Selective practice for hyper-productivity
Become more selective of which tasks you tackle and engage in deliberate practice. Do this by working intensely for short periods, seeking flow in your work. At the end of your work session, assess areas of improvement. Refine your technique for the next hyper-productive session.
Don’t get stuck in the morning email trap
By spending your first several hours or even minutes of your day responding to emails you are shooting yourself in the foot. Mornings, for both larks and night owls, tend to be some of the most precious and productive hours of the day.