In today’s environment of constrained resources, we are all expected to be more productive. While strategic planning is important, strategic doing is where the rubber meets the road. In this episode we will talk about tools, methods, and approaches to help you focus and operate more efficiently. We’ll discuss resources for individual experimentation within the broad category of “productivity.”
Guest: Heather Abbott, Deputy Registrar, Yale Law School Email: heather.abbott@yale.edu
Key Takeaways:
Resources:
Productivity:
Getting Things Done (via Toodledo)
Eisenhower Matrix (via Todoist)
Designing Your Life
Laura Vanderkam Before Breakfast podcast
Tools for Focusing:
Pomodoro method (via LifeHacker)
Strict Workflow
Forest
Building Habits:
Habitica
The Power of Habit
The Checklist Manifesto
Procrastination:
Swallow the frog
The Now Habit
Using Technology Thoughtfully:
Hurry Slowly podcast
Infomagical
Privacy Paradox
Honorable mentions:
Evernote
Asana
Trello
Confluence
Todoist
Workflowy
Remember the Milk
Meanwhile episode on A people (give you energy) and B people (drain your energy)
AirTable
The Sunday Meeting and Zero Inbox via Kerry Ann Rockquemore
After action reviews via Mindtools or Toggl