
Process - The Journey to Productivity and Effectiveness
Being productive and effective is a journey, not a destination. You must embrace the process. Join Justin DiRose as he shares his productivity journey in hopes to help you along on yours.
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May 31, 2019 • 10min
19: Tracking Time for Work
Time tracking grants some great benefits, but you have to know why you're doing it. Justin discusses both the why and the how on this week's episode.Links:Timing: the best automatic Mac time tracker for productive professionals and freelancersToggl - Free Time Tracking SoftwareTimery for Toggl on the App StoreTime Tracking Basics Module019: Tracking Time for Work - Productivity Guild CommunityPro Membership

May 24, 2019 • 12min
18: Journaling for Future You
Journaling is a great habit for the now, but journaling also can have big impacts on future you. Justin outlines three ways keeping a journal can improve life for your future self.Links:Discuss this Episode on the Community

May 17, 2019 • 15min
17: Productivity as Peace of Mind
Often the systems we want to help us find peace of mind only get us stressed out. In this week's episode, Justin discusses some mindsets on how productivity can lead us to peace of mind.Links:Discuss this Episode on the Community

May 10, 2019 • 7min
16: Lessons Learned Working from Home - Part 2
Justin wraps up the discussion from last week on lesson's he's learned working from home over the last seven years.

May 3, 2019 • 9min
15: Lessons Learned Working from Home - Part 1
In part 1 of a 2 part series, Justin shares five lessons he's learned in the last seven years of working from home.Links:Latest Telecommuting Statistics – Global Workplace Analytics

Apr 26, 2019 • 12min
14: Managing Open Loops
Justin continues to work through this major life transition, and along the way has been thinking a lot about all the open loops in his life. He boils open loops down to four categories.Links:Zeigarnik effect - WikipediaThe Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right: Atul Gawande: 9780312430009: Amazon.com: Books014: Managing Open Loops - Productivity Guild Community

Apr 19, 2019 • 12min
13: Bullet Journal First Impressions
Justin gives an update on how he's liking the Bullet Journal after using it for a week.Links:Bullet JournalBullet Journal Method013: The Journey - Bullet Journal First Impressions - Productivity Guild

Apr 12, 2019 • 9min
12: Project Management vs. Task Management
Justin finds himself in a task management (and life) crisis, switches up the show format for the short term, and discusses his options for nuke and paving his system.Links:Existential Task Management Crisis - Ask for Help - Productivity Guild CommunityWhims That Work: We Really Gotta Talk About Team ManagementBullet JournalKanban - Wikipedia012: Project Management vs. Task Management - Productivity Guild Community

Apr 5, 2019 • 19min
11: Picking a Task Manager
This week, Justin talks through the thought process of picking (or changing) a task manager.Links:Autofocus System - Get Everything DoneBullet Journal011: Picking a Task Manager - Productivity Guild Community

Mar 29, 2019 • 20min
10: On Digital Minimalism
Justin discusses Cal Newport’s book Digital Minimalism and how it impacts personal productivity.Links:Amazon.com: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (9780525536512): Cal Newport: BooksDeep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World: Cal Newport: 9781455586691: Amazon.com: BooksOmniFocus 3 Tour with Justin DiRose (2019) - YouTube010: On Digital Minimalism - Productivity Guild Community
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