Articles tagged "Personal productivity"

Find Your Chronotype and Schedule Your Productivity

There's a lot of advice out there about the connection between timing and productivity: articles—including our own—suggesting "X things to do in the morning/afternoon/evening" to stay productive all day long.

Make Productivity a Habit with Zen to Done

There's a reason New Year's Resolutions are so hard to keep: Reinventing the way you live overnight requires a willpower that most of us don't have. And yet—many popular productivity systems ask you to uproot your work in just that way.

4 Motivators for Productivity and the Science Behind Them

Motivation is hard to come by. There's always another task, another project, another objective—and any motivation you manage to scrape together for one thing is absent for the next. "If only I had _more _of it," we think.

How to Make Better Decisions with an MVP Mindset

It's human nature to seek perfection. I learned that lesson quickly as a product manager when I was tasked with guiding web development projects from first idea to formal launch.

Our favorite Zaps: Manage your music and podcasts automatically

People who use Zapier usually want to make their working lives more productive. But sometimes, people leverage the service to automate aspects of their personal lives, too.

The Zapier Guide to Automating Your Phone With Drafts

Your smartphone’s the perfect place to start work. Its small screen and smaller keyboard might not exactly be the best for typing out an extensive report or outlining every step in a new project.

Build a Master Contact Database From Google Contacts, LinkedIn, Outlook, and More

As a marketing intern in college, I was tasked with the glamorous job of building a 5,000-person database. The vice president of sales didn’t care how I did it. He simply said, "Get me 5,000 emails. You have until the end of summer to do it.

Screenshot Tools, Tips, and Shortcuts: How to Capture Anything on Your Screen

Screenshots are the simplest way to show off your new program, point out a bug, and save that picture on Facebook to your camera roll. They're the easiest way to save anything on your screen.

Getting Things Done®: The 10 Best Apps for GTD®

How you organize your to-do list can make you more productive.

The 20 Best Productivity Apps for Android

The best productivity apps for Android keep your life running smoothly and efficiently. They allow you to get information you need and communicate with others without feeling limited by a small screen.