Launchy: The Must-Try Application Launcher
I have been using Launchy for many years. It's a great little application and saves me time every single time I use my computer.
Podcast Episode 66 – My Top 10 Productivity Methods
Productivity doesn’t happen consistently by itself. Consistent productivity is about applying techniques that can be learned and knowing yourself. Today we will talk about these. This is Episode 66 - My Top 10 Productivity Methods.
How I Find Time For Project Work Every Day
One of the common things that I am asked is how I manage to get things done while juggling a job, family, house, hobbies and volunteer commitments. Someone jokingly said that I must have more hours in the day than the rest of the population, but I can assure you that isn’t the case.What I do have is a drive to not wait for the mythical “someday” to work on things that matter to me.
Assess Your Life Like Your Stocks
When deciding to hang onto a stock you have purchased, it's not about what you paid before. You have to consider if you would buy it again today, knowing about its performance since you purchased it. The same guidelines can help us get more deliberate in our lives.
Podcast Episode 65: Minimizing Decision Fatigue
It’s become legendary about how Steve Jobs always wore a black turtleneck and how Zuckerberg always wears a gray t-shirt and how Obama only wore gray or blue suits. It was all in the name of minimizing decision fatigue. Today’s show will cover what decision fatigue is and how you can minimize it in your own life with some simple changes. This is Episode 65, Minimizing Decision Fatigue.
Clearing Away Brain Fog
Brain fog: that feeling that you can’t see to the next thought in your head and getting turned around as you try to accomplish things. It’s like being lost in a thick bank of fog - except that it is all inside you. And unlike weather fog, sometimes you don’t have the option to wait until it lifts. I think that all of us have days when our brains are foggy and are just not quite up to peak performance. It can be due to lack of sleep, extra stress, poor food choices and any number of other things. Recently I experienced a serious lingering case of brain fog due to Covid, and I wanted to share seven things I did to get back on track from my brain fog.
Stop Doing These Things For Better Productivity
As I think about what I have learned about productivity, I came up with a list of things I had to stop doing to be more productive.
Cut Your Typing with Breevy
I dislike wasted effort. Typing the same thing over and over again is wasted effort. Breevy saves me that effort.
