1. Murphys Law Anything that can go wrong, (if you give the chance) will go wrong. The more you fear something, the more likely it will happen. focus on the path; not the hurdles. 2. Kidlin’s Law If you can write the problem down clearly, then the matter is half solved. Externalize your problems to…
20 good reasons to trust and use the Ivy Lee method for yourself.
The Ivy Lee method is a stupidly simple productivity planning method, yet the idea got him $25,000 in 1918. $2,500 in 1918 is worth $49,807.95 today. Charles M. Schwab, one of the richest men in the world in 1918 paid Ivy Lee for teaching this idea to his executives. It was from then, called “The…
In my personal productivity system, I use multiple apps for different purposes. Thus my data spread over different areas. There are 5 scopes/areas of management in personal productivity. Each requires at least 1 exclusive app for managing the data. For a project, the data relevant to it resides as tasks in my todo app, and…
Journaling and Note-taking are two extreme dimensions.
Too many choices on productivity? How to choose a suiting idea for you.
Time blocking strategy in a productivity system is a myth?
Drafts. As the name suggests, it is a casual drafting app, a text processor of simple look and powerful action features. Actions? What action could a notes app can do other than formatting the paragraph of texts? That was my first thought before trying this app on first hand. I didn’t need a drafting app…
Doing is the only way to clear your To Do list. In other words, being productive. Organising should ease you in the process of “doing”. Planning too. It may increase your effictivity, not productivity. Productivity comes before being effective. Planning, Organising, Using the best tool, etc., etc.. Nothing is worthwhile if you are NOT putting…
NotePlan, not a new app in the personal productivity space, but the latest iteration of it “NotePlan 3” underwent a good overhaul with [[backlink]] and ‘markdown file’ support. NotePlan, basically a note-taking app that supports tasks (Apple Reminders) and calendar (Apple Calendar) integration to convert the app to a digital planner. The app is native…
List of 30+ different data items you can quickly capture in Evernote and manage them within it.