To do lists are incredibly popular. If you have any doubt, just search the App Store or Product Hunt for todo apps. They’re are literally thousands and thousands of them, all promising to help you stay more organized, and be more productive. But are they actually helpful? Do they help you be more productive, or do they just force you to feel like you’re drowning in tasks, and you’ll never make any headway?
In my personal experience, there are benefits of ignoring todo lists.
Read MoreThe website, LifeHacker.com, once asked their readers to share with them the methods they use to stay productive thoughout the day. Many people responded with a variety of different answers. A few methods stood out and LifeHacker shared those on their site.
Here are 3 of those techniques explained for you.
Read MoreI challenge you to read through this post without being distracted by something. Do you think you can?
Distraction is not a new problem. People will always have days when they need to make themselves focus on one task to get it done.
There are ways to train yourself to focus better. For some, it might be as simple as making up their mind to do it. Others might need all the help they can get.
Here are 3 tips for improving focus, and what you can do to train it.
Read MoreTimeTag (Time Management) is built in a way that almost anyone can use it and get value from it. I’ve seen some really interesting ways that people use TimeTag and would love to share some of them here to see if it sparks any ideas in you!
Read MoreYou've probably heard the term “one size fits all!” Usually, the phrase is used to describe clothing or something that is meant to be used by anyone. But, let's face it. This is counter productive because we all know that no one is the same. No one looks, talks, walks, understands, or works the same as anyone else.
So, why do we try to tell each other how to work productively? Let's look at several ways that some personality types might work differently.
Read MoreI’m now over 120 days into taking a cold shower every morning— a full cold shower from start to finish. The kind of shower that you literally have to count down from 5 every morning to step into and then deal with the shock of the cold (and question your sanity a little bit as to why you do this).
Well, one of the biggest reasons for me starting the cold shower habit is that it’s one of the healthiest and most productive things I do for myself every day. I actually can’t recommend it enough— it’s changed how I start my days, and how much I get done in the few hours after stepping out from the shower.
A lot has been written about the health effects of taking cold showers— it’s supposed to help your immune system, increase your metabolism, improve your body’s thermoregulation, improves your mood, and way more. Today I want to focus on some of the intangible benefits— the emotional benefits of taking a cold shower every morning.
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