I’ve been seeing a particular trend on YouTube, Reddit and other platforms: “How to read 50 books a year.” “How I read 100 books last year.” “How to read one book a week.” You get the idea. Basically, a bunch of content on how you can read a lot of books. And I’m the person …
Last week, I talked about why you don’t need another productivity app. I explained why productivity apps don’t work for most people. Today I want to discuss what you should do instead. How you can start showing up for yourself, for your goals and for your dreams. Learn how to create a schedule and follow it. …
In this world of hustle and bustle, struggle, outrage and never ending hardship, I advocate for calm and decency. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if you struggled during your journey or if you achieved your success with ease and a sense of adventure. What matters is that you took the necessary …
Let’s talk about productivity apps and tools. What is the underlying promise of these products? Why don’t they work for most people? And why downloading another productivity app is not the answer. What’s wrong with productivity apps and tools? If you look at all the productivity tools and apps out there, you will quickly find …
Today I want to talk about a product backlog. This is a concept I’ve adopted from Agile methodology. It is used in the SCRUM framework by the most innovative companies of our times. An idea of backlog is, perhaps, the most undervalued concept in personal productivity. I will tell you what a backlog is, how …
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I want to talk about the one trait all successful people share. It is not self-discipline. It is not their ability to hustle and power through. It is their decision making skills. The Secret Trick I Use Remember the time you were invited to a birthday party or a corporate event and were surrounded by …
If there was one word that could summarize 2020, it is uncertainty. People didn’t know what to expect, how to plan and what to do. Of course, I was no exception. These difficult time allowed me to add the final pieces to my own productivity system that I call the Monthly Method. Following this system …
Today let’s talk about the technique that is better. Better than new year resolutions, better than visualization boards, and definitely better than reading yet another self-help book. We’ll talk about the process of setting your own word of the year; why it’s better than the alternatives; and how to use it throughout the year. I’ll …
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