Category: Productivity
This is about being effective with your time and being focused on the right things to do each day or at each stage.
It could overlap with PM when we talk about your time on a project.
Weekly Logging with Your Bullet Journal
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One of the best spreads I added to my Bullet Journal was the weekly collection. I included it in my book, Analogue Productivity, and you can see it written up here. Today’s video is going to walk you through my exact planning process for a week. I used this exact weekly spread for November 19…
How Speeding Up My Reading Meant I Read Less
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Convenience, however, often comes at the expense of understanding. The less time you spend examining things, the less you know about them. When it comes to understanding how you spend your life, it’s important to slow down and take the time. – The Bullet Journal Method In 2018 I launched a new podcast called Should…
3 Questions To Ask Yourself To Filter Your Tasks
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One of the books I’m working through is The Bullet Journal Method. Early in the book as Ryder Carroll started to talk about why you use the journal he had three great questions you need to ask yourself with your tasks. They are: Where are you now? Do you want to be where you are?…
The Daily Routines I Use to Bring Calm to my Work
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I have done a video of this as well which is embedded at the bottom of the post or if you want to just view it on YouTube click this super awesome specially crafted link. It’s like magic…trust me. Like many of you, I’ve read Getting Things Done. I can explain what GTD is, and…
More Clear Suggestions from Rafal
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A few weeks back I wrote about 6 tips the Overwhelmed Creative can use to get control again. In response to that my friend Rafal sent me some of his tips for bringing focus back to your life. Rafal runs Sandbox Rim and it’s a great site that I have in my RSS reader. Here…
Operating System Windowing and Focused Productivity: An Assertion on Why iOS feels more productive
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I’ve made no secret about my change to a mostly iOS work environment. I eschew the task managers that everyone talks about and stick with paper and pen because it allows more focus. It’s so much harder to make commitments for future me with paper. In short, I believe that constraints are amazing. They make…
6 Tips to Bring Sanity to the Overwhelmed Creative
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Yes I wrote a book all about Analogue Productivity, but in September 2018 I started looking longingly at task managers and project management tools again. I gave 2Do a shot, then looked at the upgrade pricing for OmniFocus. I tinkered with the idea that Things 3 was the update that would work for me. I…
Creative Breakthrough is Powered by Time Off Work
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The most creative and most productive workers are the ones who are able to unplug from the office, recover their mental and physical energy, and return to their work recharged. – Rest My latest book The Art of Focus launched August 28th and do you know what I did just a bit before the launch?…
Something even scarier than New Zealand’s digital strip search, China of course
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While I was none to pleased to read about New Zealand and it’s data policies, dang the Chinese outdo them by huge margins. China is working on a “social score”, which is going to be a ranking of how loyal/good you are according to the ruling party of China. Surveillance cameras will be equipped with…
Some tips to get through New Zealand’s digital strip search
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So New Zealand has one of the worst laws regarding your rights to any type of digital privacy. At the border, they can now demand, your PINs, passwords, and biometric unlocking of your devices. If that sounds like it sucks to you, then here are some suggestions to make yourself just a bit more secure.…
