134: Strategies for Maximum Personal Productivity

Welcome to the Law School Toolbox Podcast. Today, we're sharing personal productivity tips you can use to organize your life and get everything done. Working effectively isn’t just important for law school, but for life as a whole. In this podcast, we talk about different systems, strategies, and considerations you can explore to create a productivity plan that works for you.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The productivity management tool, Trello – and why we’re so obsessed
• The importance of recording your to-dos, and recording them all in one place
• Mise-en-place: What you can learn about productivity from professional chefs
• Immersive time vs. process time
• How to create and commit to processes for dealing with your life, instead of winging it as things come up

Resources:

• Find Work-Life Focus: a Trello Insider’s Guide to Personal Productivity (https://blog.trello.com/work-life-focus-trello-insider-guide-personal-productivity)
• Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind, by Dan Charnas (https://www.amazon.com/Work-Clean-life-changing-mise-en-place-organize/dp/1623365929)
• Need to Get More Done in Law School? Try the Circles (https://thegirlsguidetolawschool.com/08/tips-time-management-awesomeness-with-the-circles/)

Episode Transcript: Download the Transcript  (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Episode-134-Personal-Productivity.pdf)

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Alison & Lee