Practices for Personal Productivity

3 simple practices I use in my personal life to be more productive.

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1. Practices for Personal Productivity
   Jess Martin
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2. Todo Lists
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4. Pick an app. Any app.
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5. Need a method?
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6. Trust your system.
   Put everything in it.
   Revisit often.
   Prune old stuff.
   Offload your brain.
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7. Inbox Zero
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8. Your inbox is not a todo list.
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9. Every time you check email,
   start oldest to newest,
   and process to zero.
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10. Process =
    Archive
    Forward
    Reply
    Todo
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11. Advanced Tips
    Check email only once a day at a regular time
    Write more one-liners
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12. Pomodoro
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13. 25 minutes.
    Focus time.
    No breaks.
    No distractions.
    No email.
    (unless email is your pomodoro goal)
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14. This entire
    presentation was
    written and created in
    one pomodoro.
    (Including downloading Keynote)
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15. 5 minute break to
    clear your head.
    Get some water.
    Use the restroom.
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16. Many problems solved
    during the BREAK.
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17. Helps with yak shaving.
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18. Recap
    Todo lists
    Inbox Zero
    Pomodoro
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19. No silver bullet
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20. Practices don’t
    change you
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21. Lasting change comes
    from without
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22. Questions?
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23. Todo Resources
    • Shared todo lists on any device with
    Wunderlist - https://www.wunderlist.com/
    • Getting Things Done - http://amzn.to/
    S6bwbn
    • Try Out Markdown - http://bit.ly/Wgi6Ke
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24. Inbox Zero Resources
    • http://inboxzero.com/
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25. Pomodoro Resources
    • http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/
    • The timer I use on Mac: http://
    www.macupdate.com/app/mac/31472/
    pomodoro
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