Mike Vardy

A Step-by-Step System to Higher Productivity

The following is a guest post by Greg Hickman. Greg is a blogger and podcaster that teaches people how to build a plan to leave their corporate jobs and work on their own terms. He shares his journey by leveraging his mobile marketing experience through a successful blog and podcast in his area of expertise, […]

40 Things I’ve Learned in 40 Years

Today I turned forty. I don’t feel all that different, but I know that who I am now is the sum of all the years I’v spent on this planet. That sum isn’t made up of the moments on their own, but in a large part how I spent those moments. I’ve taken some time

What’s The Next Horizon?

We all get stuck. Sometimes using apps like Unstuck help this “state of stuck” last only for a short while. Sometimes meditation and exercise works. Sometimes asking yourself “What’s the next action?” does the trick. And sometimes none of that stuff works. The Horizons of Focus So what do you do when you really can’t

Balancing the Life Side of Things

My wife and I watched the film “I Don’t Know How She Does It” (based on the book of the same name) earlier this week. It wasn’t exactly a great movie, but some of the messages in it have been swirling around in my head for the past couple of days. In the film, Kate

How to Do a Weekly Review in Todoist

“David Allen says that if you are not doing your weekly review, you are not doing GTD.” – Leo Babauta, Zen Habits Even though Leo Babauta (like me) doesn’t dive into GTD all that much anymore, he does offer the above quote that is incredibly valuable when it comes to adopting the systematic approach to

3 Things Worth Doing on Father’s Day

3 Things is a regular series that highlights three things you can do to overcome a challenge, enhance your productivity, and improve other aspects of your work and life. I’m a father. It’s the most important job that I have, and it’s one I enjoy more than any other. Sure, there are parts of the

A Brief Guide to Labels in Todoist

Todoist has been my task manager of choice for a few months now, and while I still find that I’m missing some features that would make it even better (URL schemes, Start Dates, etc.), I still find that it has a lot to offer that many task managers out there don’t. But perhaps the thing that I’ve found most appealing is the ability to use multiple labels for a task.