Are You Undermining Your Satisfaction in a Job Well Done?
Your day could be less stressful than you make it
Productivity takes pride in a job well done, but these three pitfalls will leave you wanting more no matter what you do.
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How to Focus Your Interruptions with Office Hours
Coalesce Quadrant 3 into Quadrant 2
Most coworkers want to be respectful of your time and not disturb you when you’re in the middle of something. Office Hours can send a signal that it’s an especially good time to interrupt you.
How to Set Up a Kanban Board in OmniFocus
Not every task goes from start to finish with a single check
If your tasks go through multiple stages from start to finish, it might be worth setting up a kanban board to track them as they progress.
The Basic Brushes for Painting Your Vision of the Week
Building blocks to lay out your week
There are four basic blocks of time you can put on your calendar. How you arrange them is up to you.
7 Apps that Really Need to Support CarPlay
If your app does certain things, it should let you do them through your car stereo
CarPlay lets you use your iPhone’s key functions safely behind the wheel. Here are the third-party apps I would use while driving if I could.
You Need to Speed Things Up (and Slow Things Down)
How you measure time depends on where your focus is
How we measure time is not how we experience it. We need both.
Is the Default iOS Keyboard Right for You?
An alternative may better suit your style
iOS has a great keyboard. You may be able to find one that better suits your workflow.
How to Find That Email Again When You Need It
Don’t let “just in case” clutter your inbox
A common reason for leaving email in your inbox is a fear you’ll never see it again. Here’s how to get rid of the clutter without losing the info.
How to Break Through the Syndrome Syndrome
When everything’s important, it doesn’t matter what you do first
When everything’s important, nothing is. Here are 10 questions you can ask to see which tasks are more important so you can start there.
Spend Your Time Like You Spend Your Money
When you’re done, you’re done
Your schedule for the week is a zero-sum game. When you spend time on one thing, you’re taking time away from something else.