The Ivy Lee Method: Simply Productive
Productivity at its best: Write it, prioritize it, do it
Sometimes the best thing you can do to increase your productivity is also the simplest.
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6 Advantages of Watching Where You’re Going
A little foresight turns busy days into focused days
Focus on what you’re doing now, but know what you’re doing next. You’ll be much more productive if you can keep the context of the day in mind.
5 Tips for Staying On Top of Incoming Emails
Don’t let handling email become your full-time job
Email can help you get work done, or it can get in the way. Here are five tips to get through your email quickly and get on with your day.
How Planning Can Help You Handle Interruptions
Is this more important than what you were working on?
A plan will never work out the way it was designed, but you’ll get there. Without a plan, you’re going to be lost at the first interruption.
Fill Your Bucket with Big Rocks
What goes in first shows what’s important to you
Any space you leave open in your schedule will naturally and automatically fill with gravel. The key to being productive is to fill your bucket with big rocks before it fills up with gravel.
Setting Up Siri with OmniFocus
Tell Your Digital Assistant Where to File Your Tasks
Apple’s voice-activated assistant can schedule appointments, take a note, and add tasks to OmniFocus. Here’s how to set it up.
Focus on What’s Important (and Not Urgent)
Don’t let whatever shouts loudest steal your attention
Everything we do can be put into one of four quadrants on a grid, depending on its importance and urgency. Keeping this model in mind helps keep your attention on the most important things in your life.
Create OmniFocus Project Templates with AppleScript
Improve Your Project Management by Automatically Customizing New Projects
With a little bit of AppleScript, you can create unique repeating tasks in OmniFocus that you can tell apart.
The Genius of Banishing Brown M&Ms
Van Halen’s Secret to a Successful Show
Van Halen was famous for banning brown M&Ms from the dressing room. It wasn’t eccentric; it was a brilliant idea.
10 Tips for Going to Bed Earlier
If You Don’t Get Enough Sleep, Everything Else Suffers
Getting up early is great, but it only works if you get to bed early, too. Here are my favorite ways to wind down and call it a day.