Highlighters are often misused. Worse, there messages are often misinterpreted. Whether you’re trying to “do” productive or simply love to highlight things for kicks, you need to know the message you’re sending to your own mind and to others’ minds when you use these popular pen-like markers. There’s nothing worse than saying something in one […]
Do a particular thing every day and make sure you always keep at it every day so that you don’t break the chain.
“Humble people ask for help.” – Joyce Meyer It’s time. In fact, it’s probably long past time. I’m hiring a virtual assistant to help me out with a myriad of my tasks. But rather than keep the process under wraps, I’m taking a page from Austin Kleon’s new book Show Your Work and am going
The results of my first reader survey have been tabulated, a little more than six weeks after asking people to take it. I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions;1 the goal is to use those answers to help shape the future of this site and my work. Now I’m
Checkmark arrived on the scene in 2012 with a lot of fanfare, and rightly so. It took location awareness and coupled it with task management in a way that set it apart from the rest of the pack. If the app Due is considered to be “Reminders on steroids” then I’d say that Checkmark was
The following is a guest post by Leigh Fletcher. Leigh is a millennial sales executive, blogger and entrepreneur, with a passion for sales improvement strategies. Leigh writes practical articles with a focus on leveraging personal experience to help others learn new skills in selling or simply refine existing skills. You can learn more at Leigh-Fletcher.com. As
I use green in my OmniFocus themes. The primary colour used at Productivityist is green. I colour code with green on paper and in other apps I use where I can. It’s used in the logo of the podcast I do with Michael Schechter, Mikes on Mics. There are also several apps out there that
When people ask me “What app should I use to help me be more productive?” I have a simple answer. “I don’t know.” Everyone’s work style is different. Everyone’s proficiency with apps is different. Everyone’s needs are different. In order to even begin to recommend an app, I’d need to know more about the person
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I used to work in comedy. Sure, it was a fledgling career at best, having performed improv and sketch comedy sporadically at venues in a variety of places over a period of only a few years, but comedy is still in my blood…and it always will be.
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