151: How To Be More Productive, with Tim Stringer - a podcast by Dave Stachowiak

Many of us struggle with being more productive. Here are four steps we can all take to get better results.


Guest: Tim StringerHolistic Productivity Online Courses
LearnOmniFocus.com“There’s only two problems in life. Either you don’t know where you’re going or you don’t know the next step.” -Tim Stringer, paraphrasing David Allen

Tim recommended Tony Schwartz's book Be Excellent At Anything*
Step 1 - ReflectionTim recommends journaling to separate the noise from what’s most important
The Day One app* is an excellent resource for thisStep 2 - Accepting life as is
Step 3 - Focus on one thingA positive shift in one area of life will influence many other areas
It’s a lot easier to get early wins by starting with one area firstStep 4 - Inspired action

Work on a specific action for a 90-day periodThink a strategize about your action like it’s already occurred

StrategiesName projects the define the objective
Due dates only when things are actually dueResources

OmniFocus for the Mac* and iPhone*LearnOmniFocus.com
Holistic Productivity CoursesHolistic Productivity from The Omni Group on Vimeo.

Practical actionTry journaling for a week

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