#42: Five Ways to Boost Your Productivity Using Your Smartphone, Part 4: Alarms, Notifications, and Reminders, with Stacy Tuschl

Stacy Tuschl is a speaker, business coach, and the owner of The Academy of Performing Arts in Wisconsin. She is the author of the book "Is Your Business Worth Saving?" where she reveals proven strategies for pulling entrepreneurs out of a rut and launching them toward business success.

This is the fourth part in our five-part series on boosting productivity using your smartphone.

• Part 1: Social Media — How Much is Too Much?
• Part 2: Smartphones — How Do They Make You Smarter?
• Part 3: Part 3: You Get What You Tolerate

Use labels on your alarms. A lot of people don't realize that you can edit these, so you should really use this to your advantage. Maybe today at 1:30 you need to go to the post office. Change the default "Alarm" to "Go to the Post Office" (minute 1:00)

It's a bad habit to be constantly checking your phone or even a clock. Set alarms so that you do things when they need to be done and stop checking your phone. (minute 2:00)

Set alarms to remind you to do the things you often forget to do. If I don't set an alarm to eat lunch, I'll probably forget to do it when I'm in the zone. (minute 4:00)

I want you to set one recurring alarm for something you do every day. This is a great way to start getting into this habit. (minute 6:00)

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