Working Productively — How Do You Know If You’re Doing the Right Things?
Reading Time: 7 minutes “Productivity Isn’t About Doing More Things — It’s About Doing the Right Things.” Chris Bailey
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My Experiences and Tips for Doing a Roles-Based Personal Retreat
Reading Time: 9 minutes Why I’m Writing About My Roles-Based Retreat I’m writing about this because I want to share my experience in working through a personal roles-based retreat. Sometimes it’s helpful to read about someone else’s experience to determine if you too want to have a similar experience (or not). I will share the process I followed and …
The Tools of My Roles-Based Personal Productivity System; the How
Reading Time: 7 minutes Once you determine your Why, you can focus on implementing a productivity system. There are many tools available, both digital and analog, that can help you to implement and keep up with your productivity system. The tools you use are not the solution, they are merely tools that help you to do what you’ve determined is important for you to do.
How a Roles-Based Productivity System Brought Clarity and Purpose to my Life in Retirement
Reading Time: 7 minutes The roles-based approach has made a huge difference in my life. Will a roles-based system be helpful for you? Maybe so, maybe not. We’re all different and respond to different approaches. I think many people would find it much more helpful than the traditional “what are your values and life mission” approach.
I’ve Added the FoodNoms App to my Morning Routine
Reading Time: 4 minutes By adding the FoodNoms app to my morning routine, it reminds me each day to log my food. When I see the app during my routine, I log in the morning coffee that I’m drinking. This gets me started practicing logging in my food for the day. I’d likely forget about it if I didn’t have this reminder every morning.
My Favorite Deep Work Playlist
Reading Time: < 1 minute Over the years I’ve found listening to an appropriate playlist can enhance my experience of deep work at my computer, especially for writing.
A Morning Routine that Works – An App-Based Approach
Reading Time: 6 minutes As they say, “There’s an app for everything.” If you need help in establishing and continuing a morning routine, you might find apps helpful. They can remind you what activities you intend to complete and keep you on track by making them easily available. Give it a try and see if it works for you.
Our Practice Is Its Own Reward
Reading Time: 2 minutes The motivation for our practice comes from our seeing a need, a problem. We seek to solve that problem or need with our personal contribution by teaching, blogging, podcasting, writing. Godin calls this a “generous practice” because at heart its genesis is our desire to help others.
Fantastical App Upgrade 3.6 is Great, but Not for Me
Reading Time: 2 minutes This past week Flexibits, the publisher of the calendar app Fantastical, released version 3.6 with several new and enhanced features.