Productivity Post Archive

A tickler file lets you set papers aside until the day you need them. Here’s how to create a tickler file for the 12-Week Year system with just 24 folders.

Stop wasting time searching for the “best” tools for your productivity toolbox. Instead, focus on these two features.

Is your task list getting overwhelmed with the tasks you didn’t finish yesterday? Here’s how to let go of the past so you can embrace the future.

We plan at high, strategic levels of thinking and execute at lower, tactical levels. A quick check mid-week can help us make sure our tactics fit with our strategies.

Paper and digital calendars complement each other nicely. Here’s how to set up your system to get the best of both technologies.

Paper and ink are thousands of years old, but they’re still one of the best technologies to handle your busy life.

In high school, we’d head out on Friday night with little more thought than figuring out who could borrow a car. We just wanted to get out of the house! We’d figure out what we were doing as we went. More often than not, that meant we’d end up just hanging out talking...

Don’t fall into the trap of thinking you have to complete every task to have a productive day. Productivity isn’t all-or-nothing.

Try doing too much today, and you’ll feel like a failure, no matter how much you got done. Don’t do enough, and you won’t conquer the world on schedule. Here’s how to find the sweet spot.