Mike Vardy

The End of an Era

I owe you a blog post from today, and it seems almost fitting that the one I’m using to pay off that debt is about a changing of the guard at one of the most popular financial blogs on the web…Man Vs. Debt. Adam Baker – commonly and endearingly referred to as simply “Baker” – […]

Setting Up vs Setting Aside

Sometimes adding features adds friction. But taking the time to set things up is one of the things you have to do in order to maximize your productivity. If you want to find out what works, then you need to spend some time setting things up accordingly. If you don’t, then you’re doing both yourself

How to Use the iOS Reminders App as a Task Manager

Yesterday I wrote a post over iPhone Hacks discussing the best free iPhone task management apps out there. I did mention Apple’s stock application, Reminders, in passing but I feel that it definitely deserves more attention than it gets. Especially in this realm because it can do so much more than simply remind us of

4 Paragraphs on The 4-Hour Chef

I’m not going to detail a lot that The 4-Hour Chef (Hardcover link|Kindle link) covers, or the review would take 4 hours to read. So I’ve decided to condense my thoughts to a snack-sized format of 4 paragraphs. Here we go… Timothy Ferriss’s latest book isn’t so much a guidebook on how to become a

Everything in Evernote

Maybe it’s because I’m eyes deep into Tim Ferriss’s new book, The 4-Hour Chef 1. Maybe it’s because I haven’t conducted any experiments with apps in a while. Maybe it’s because a Twitter exchange or two inspired me. No matter what it is, I’m about to go all in on Evernote. I’ve written about how I

My Daily Routine

My Morning Routine I get up around 8:00am every day unless I have an early morning coaching call, in which case I’ll be up at around 7:00am. I head to the bathroom and splash water on my face to wake me up further before throwing on some clothes (nice ones if I’m doing a video

The Black Friday Plan for The Productivityist

To be honest, I don’t really do Black Fridays. I’ll probably do this today instead. But I do prepare throughout the year and set myself up for gift-giving success in the process. The key for me just isn’t preparation, it’s a mindset of consistency that starts on December 26 and lasts for nearly another 365

(PRE)PRODUCTIVITYIST: the book

Today I’m unveiling my first lengthy e-book that isn’t about productivity parody. Let me explain. When I was preparing to shift gears with this site, I went back and looked at all of my posts from its inception…back in January 2011. Now that isn’t all that long ago, but I’ve published just a shade under

Personal Productivity

While there are many people out there who haven’t settled on their productivity app of choice yet, there are many who have. And much like everyone has their preferences on other aspects of their work and life that are the ones they personally like the most, the same goes for productivity apps and methods. The