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5 Productivity Tools I Could Not Live Without

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5 Productivity Tools I Couldn't Live Without

TL;DR: I created a video version of this post if you’d rather watch it than read it! ⤵️ If you want to learn how to be more productive here are 5 resources you need to check out: One of my coworkers introduced me to the book Getting Things Done by David Allen a few years … Read more

My Todoist Year in Review

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Todoist Year in Review 2021

One email I look forward to receiving every year is my Todoist Year in Review!

I am a total productivity geek. I love making myself lists of things I need to do and then checking items off my list throughout the day. I use Todoist to manage my personal to dos, my work to dos, things I want to delegate to other people, articles to read or videos to watch while I’m traveling, etc., etc. If it crosses my mind, it goes in Todoist!

I was a little surprised this year that I fell from the top 1% to the top 3%. Seeing that made me realize I wasn’t quite as diligent in 2021 about using my lists in Todoist as a guide for my workflow throughout the day. I need to work on that in 2022!

Here are a few of the highlights my report included this year:

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How to Get Things Done Without Feeling Overwhelmed

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Getting Things Done

The average person has 50-150 “next action” items on their list – the next action needed to move a project forward (i.e. call this person, brainstorm ideas for a talk I’m giving, follow up with XYZ on…).

What happens when you get those 50-150 things done?

You send an email, you get an email back. You follow up with someone on something, now you have to do the next thing. It’s never-ending. That 50-150 things turns into another 50-150 things. There will always be more to do.

“It’s possible for a person to have an overwhelming number of things to do and still function productively with a clear head and a positive sense of relaxed control.”

David Allen, Getting Things Done

If you don’t believe this, stay with me. It is possible when you have a good system in place that allows you to be in control of all of those to-dos.

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