By Sol Orwell  growthlab.com 6 min Let’s be honest. For most people, Fridays are a wasted day. Think of your typical workday on a Friday. It likely involves (quite a bit of) goofing off mixed in with some busy work. You’re mentally checked out and exhausted from the week, and emails start to pile up. Getting quality…

By Brendan Hesse  Lifehacker 5 min We recently polled readers with suggestions for the best note-taking apps. Most of you said you still do things the old-fashioned way with pen and paper—a technique I heartily endorse. However, when it comes to apps, the responses were surprisingly varied; I had no idea so many different note-taking apps existed. While that…

By Darius Foroux  Our values matter not because of how we are perceived, but because of how they define our character and set us apart from all others. Your character is defined by values. And your core values are the result of your behavior. Aristotle said it best: “Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting…

By Paul Lee  99u.adobe.com 6 min Is escaping the stranglehold of Wi-Fi the new freedom? Between the constant stream of emails, Slack messages, Airtable tasks, Google Docs, iCal alerts, videoconferences, and everything in between, working in the digital age has spread us all a bit too thin, sending us on high alert at all times of day….

By Mike Sturm  Medium 13 min View Original The Power of Simple Columns, Rows, and Formulas Mike Sturm Nov 22, 201713 min read· Almost 10 years ago, I read Getting Things Done for the first time. It showed me the importance of having a trusted system, a place for all of the things that you want to or have…

Overcome inertia and move ahead on your goals with these proven tools for visual thinking Michal Korzonek Aug 8, 201818 min read· “By far the most significant learning experience in adulthood involves critical self-reflection — reassessing the way we have posed problems and reassessing our own orientation to perceiving, knowing, believing, feeling and acting.” —…

New year, new resolutions. For a good start to 2020, why don’t you try a note-taking app that will definitely boost your productivity by creating structured, professional notes. The Nebo app comes with plenty of powerful features for you to go from rough notes to ready-to-share documents without ever retyping. You can stop spending time…

If procrastination isn’t about laziness, then what is it about? Leer en español If you’ve ever put off an important task by, say, alphabetizing your spice drawer, you know it wouldn’t be fair to describe yourself as lazy. After all, alphabetizing requires focus and effort — and hey, maybe you even went the extra mile…

Most people are interested in getting something done. But maybe you aren’t. Maybe you just want to feel productive, or efficient, or hard-working, without having to actually accomplish something. You can’t just start doing that. First you need to plan, and first you need to plan to plan. Obsess About Tools What do you need to get…