Should I Read It 034 – Traction by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares
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Purchase Traction on Amazon Read the Traction Review This episode of Should I Read It is brought to you by my latest book, The Art of Focus. If you’re tired of running around trying different ideas without getting traction. If you’re tired of having ideas, but never getting to work on them? If you’re just…
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?…
Asian Efficiency on OmniFocus
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Mike writing for AE: The power of a task management system like OmniFocus is that it allows you to filter your tasks instantly and show you only the things you should be thinking about right now. It frees up your brain to focus on what you’re doing instead of trying to keep track of all…
Matt D’Avella on working less and making more
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I’ve been loving Matt’s videos and this one is no exception. Matt talks with Ryan about raising rates and the freedom that was felt when he got his first $10k project. What did it feel like when you finally raised your rates to that level you thought was “crazy”? Also, Matt doesn’t just leave it…
Ryder Carrol on thinking on paper
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I very much enjoyed this short talk by Ryder. Of course, you shouldn’t be surprised by that since I wrote a whole book an Analogue Productivity. This quote also stood out to me. Because something is convenient does not make it efficient. You can watch the video right here
Scheduling a YouTube video from your iPad
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One of the frustrations with iOS has been the way you have to work around limitations in some applications. The YouTube iOS app is one of the offenders. It lets you upload a video, tag it, and publish it, add it to a playlist. What it doesn’t do is let you schedule a video to…
A Canva Review
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I reviewed Canva for Alpha Efficiency. It’s been a great app for all my design work recently. Go check out my review and see if Canva might fit in your workflow.
Chris Lema on fulfillment
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Chris says: Finding fulfillment isn’t about being perfect or getting everything right. It’s not about being skilled and an expert at something – recognized as being the best at something. He says fulfillment is when all your skills come to bear on a hard problem and you win. The struggle and overcoming the challenge is…
6 Ways To Show Your Staff How Much They Mean To You
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You don’t need an Employee Appreciation Day to show a little gratitude to your staff. The salary and benefits that you give them are part and parcel of being a decent employer, but those things being present in your life don’t mean that you should stop showing people that you care about them as individuals.…
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…
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