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I recently broke my iPhone but my productivity surged. How can you do the same thing without breaking your iPhone? Here are some practical tips you can use.

Over the summer, my to do list grew exponentially. I expected a break but never really got one. I felt frazzled part of the time and completely wiped out the rest of the time. As a result, I was cranky and short with people, which is really out of character for me. My sleep patterns were all over the place and I wasn’t able to move forward with as much drive and focus as I was accustomed to.

As a work-from-home dad, I try my best to be as productive as possible and this shift in schedules can be challenging. So far, one thing has really worked well for me: time tracking.

I “see” time almost everywhere.

That means I can tell you how time can be leveraged. I can suggest what systems will help you handle your tasks (and time) in a productive manner. I can even recognize when time takes precedence over all other things – including the tasks on your to do list.

Yet I can’t tell, suggest, or recognize you how much time you have. Not in this moment…and not in this lifetime.

Productivity often focuses on tools such as Evernote and methodologies like Getting Things Done. But once these disciplines and tools are in place, what’s next? The key to advanced productivity lies in the power of learning.