becoming more productive by micah mador
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Agenda• Ideal Setup
• Calendar
• Communication
• Organization
• Chrome extensions
• Tips & Tricks
–Thomas Edison
Vision without execution is hallucination
GSD* &
Doerocracy*GSD - Gettin' Shit Done. Usually referring to some sort of work.
–Johnny Appleseed
–This turtle and many successful people
Ideal Setup• Dual Monitor, External
Keyboard + Mouse
• Mouse Speed (increase)
• Shortcuts Mac/Windows (minimize mouse use + maximize search)
• Flux (save your eyes)
• Magnet or spectacle for window management
Calendar
• Live by it!
• Automate meeting scheduling (mixmax, assistant.to, calendly, youcanbook.me, clara, x.ai, etc.)
• Work blocks vs. events (different colors or calendars)
• Sync across all devices
General Communication • Team projects: Slack
• Create an understood communication hierarchy
1. Call/Text
2. Voxer
3. Slack
4. Email
• Develop a sustainable and consistent frequency and notifications for each
• Inbox, Gmail, Mail, Outlook
• NEVER leave something in your inbox
• Answer, snooze, archive or send to a to-do list
• Learn to BCC
• Grammarly
Organization• Wunderlist, Trello, Asana,
Evernote
• Don’t spend all your time creating them
• Keep it simple
• Write everything down and keep it searchable
• Sync on all devices + keyboard shortcuts
Chrome extensions
• Password Manager
• Dashlane
• LastPass
• 1Password ($$)
• Save articles/links to Pocket
Other Tips & Tricks
• Text expander (don’t type the same thing twice!)
• IFTTT & Zapier
• Starred pocket items to Evernote through IFTTT Recipe
• Profiles on Google Chrome
DEMO!
• Ideal Setup - Mouse speed, Keyboard Shortcuts, F.lux
• Organization - Wunderlist, Trello, Asana, Evernote
• Email hacks - Textexpander, Steak, Assistant.to, Mixmax, Calendly
• Chrome extensions - Adblock, Pocket, FullContact, MatterMark, LastPass or Dashlane, Grammarly, Search Current site,
• Other cool things - Accompany or Charlie, IFTTT & Zapier, Toggl, Magnet
• Apps (Share iOS screen with quicktime via USB cable)
DEMO
Questions Additions
Suggestions
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