Mike Vardy, Author at Mike Vardy

Mind The Gap: 2 Ways To Find The Holes In Your Productivity

Whenever you’re starting something new – no matter what it is – if you want to get better at it then it’s important to see the gaps. You need to first recognize where the holes are in your game and then do what you can to fill them. Whether you fill those gaps up with new approaches, tools that can handle them, or bridging them with existing approaches and tools, you need to fill them in order to improve. And your productivity is no different.

Why Small Wins Can Make Or Break Your Productivity

Too often we focus on the big stuff that we’re trying to get done. When we come up short, we give ourselves a hard time. I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t strive to achieve on a high level, but what I am suggesting is that you step back and celebrate the small wins because they go a lot further than you’d think in making or breaking your overall productivity and performance.

How Preparing For Vacation Can Lead To A Proactive Life

My Small Sabbaticals set the tone for all of these things initially, but this vacation preparation – knowing I’ll be away for two weeks – took everything to a whole new level. And it’s a level I plan to stay at until I move ahead even further.

3 Ways To Create Start Dates In Todoist

One of the biggest pain points that Todoist users have is the lack of start dates in the app. To be fair, not many of the task management apps out there have starts dates. And those that do have start dates don’t have the scalability that Todoist offers in terms of features and platform ubiquity. I’ve experimented with three ways to achieve start date functionality in Todoist, and while none of them are perfect…they do the trick.

The Productivityist Podcast: Everything Is A To Do

This week on the podcast Michael Schechter joins me and four-time guest Patrick Rhone to have a candid discussion about the things you have to do versus the things that you want to do, among other things.

How I Use A Paper Fortune Teller To Decide My Next Project

My daughter and her friends use them at school to tell each others’ fortunes. My son came home from pre-school with one as well. And it got me thinking: “What if I used a paper fortune teller to help me choose my next project?” So I did. And the results were exactly what I hoped they would be.

Review: NewerTech Wireless Aluminum Keypad

Back in my Costco days, I used to have to “ten key” regularly. I was the sales auditor for a short time period, which meant I had to enter a lot of numbers all day long. Using the top row of the keyboard would be a painfully slow process, so I used the numeric keypad on the large keyboard I had. I hadn’t used a numeric keypad in eons until I received a NewerTech Wireless Aluminum Keypad to review.

The Productivityist Podcast: Joel Boggess and Dr. Pei

I decided to have some bonafide podcast experts on the program as my own podcast has just hit the six month mark of its existence and I wanted to find out what I could do to take things to the next level. Joel and Dr. Pei did not disappoint.

How I Use Todoist And Evernote Together

My way of getting Todoist and Evernote together isn’t all that difficult to assemble. It just involves working with the two apps with similar triggers and identifiers, as well as developing a routine that I get to know and follow every day.