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732: Catching up with Mike Vardy

Feb 18, 2024
Mike Vardy is a productivity expert and author of the upcoming book 'The Productivity Diet.' In this conversation, Mike shares the journey behind his new book and his passion for the Freewrite family of products. They dive into how he balances night owl productivity with family life and discuss the evolution of task management software like ClickUp. Mike also explains the importance of aligning productivity with personal rhythms and shares valuable insights on optimizing email and calendar management.
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  • The Productivity Diet book emphasizes qualitative and quantitative productivity without sacrificing quantity, promoting a lifestyle approach to productivity.
  • Mike Vardy utilizes various tools like Drafts, Hemingwrite, and obsidian to capture, organize, and write his book content efficiently.

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The Productivity Diet: A Lifestyle Approach to Productivity

The Productivity Diet is a book that focuses on a lifestyle approach to productivity, authored by Mike Vardy. The book emphasizes the importance of understanding why we do what we do and how to prioritize the right tasks at the right time without sacrificing quantity. It introduces the concept of qualitative and quantitative productivity and provides recipes, rather than plays, to help individuals adopt a productive lifestyle. The book incorporates Mike Vardy's time crafting framework and emphasizes simple, flexible, durable, and sustainable ways to achieve true productivity.

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