Keyboard shortcuts can help you navigate your computer so much faster. You can get a lot done if you can keep your hands on the keyboard without moving over to the mouse. The problem is: Most keyboard shortcuts are hard to remember. Well, there is a way to press just two easy-to-remember keys which will … Read more
For something really worth doing, the rough spots, the challenges, are what makes something rewarding in the end. Learn to love these obstacles. If you don’t, reconsider if this is the right passion or project for you to continue pursuing. Whatever your passion is, you need to love both the good and the bad that … Read more
When we continuously perform a habit, accumulate knowledge, or invest money, we enjoy the benefits of compound interest. The more we do it, the more it compounds. We continuously complete a habit, we get better and better at it as we practice more. That’s compound interest. When we learn, we deepen our understanding of a … Read more
It happened two weeks ago where I got a weekly notification on my iPhone about my Screen Time usage. The day before, my wife and I just finished watching The Social Dilemma on Netflix, which showcases the addictive nature of Social Media apps. So naturally, I decided to take a look at my stats to … Read more
It’s common advice within the Getting Things Done philosophy to suggest breaking down complicated tasks into smaller pieces. This is generally good advice because when a task is too broad, it becomes easy to defer and harder to complete. By breaking down a complicated task into smaller pieces, each sub-task is easier to understand and … Read more
How long is your Weekly Review? Does it take so long that you skip it most weeks? Do you have a Weekly Review process at all? Through aggressive refinement and simplification, I was able to reduce my Weekly Review from a 2-hour process down to just 15 minutes, and it can be completed from any … Read more
I’ve tried many task managers, including OmniFocus, Things, and Apple Reminders. I’ve found that with a task manager, it can be easy to overcomplicate how you manage and prioritize your tasks. There is an infinite number of contexts, folders, projects, areas, tags, and perspectives you can add to your setup. All of this over-complication creates … Read more
Many don’t take the opportunity to write. Write for oneself, write ideas for personal notes, journal, or even publish. And writing is a great medium to think through and solve problems in your head. Because many don’t take the opportunity to write, the only writing one does is through email. One reason I’ve found people … Read more