List: Productivity | Curated by Aditya Darekar

May 25, 2024
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ProductivityThis section is all about productivity tips, hacks and routines
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Mac O’Clock
Thinking Outside the Note: 5 Unique Ways of Using Apple Notes on iPhone & iPadWhy use Apple Notes for the same old quick notes and note-taking? Time to revamp the way you think about Notes and use it more diligently…
May 25
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May 25
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Michael Swengel
Would I Switch From Notion to Obsidian Again, Knowing What I Know Now?The two productivity tools are competitors, but not the same.
Feb 13
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Feb 13
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students x students
I Tried Bullet Journaling for 60 Days — 3 Reasons It Didn’t Work For Me
Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
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Notion Galaxy
Me & Notion #2: My New Habit Tracker for 2023I agree, I am a bit late to jump on the train. I did not plan anything for New Year Resolutions or how I was going to track my habits. I…
Jan 31, 2023
Jan 31, 2023
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I am doing 100 Days Of Swift…PS: By Swift, I mean the programming language and not any type of art form.
Jun 25, 2022
Jun 25, 2022
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Notion Galaxy
Me & Notion #1: How I Use Notion for tracking my Daily RoutineHey Everyone!
Jul 31, 2022
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Jul 31, 2022
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Top 3 Myths to bury off before you start your journey with productivityOver the years, I have realised there are a few myths we live by trying to have a productive day or week. These myths often haul our…
Aug 23, 2021
Aug 23, 2021
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What does it mean to put on a thinking hat?So recently, I came across this book called ‘The Six Thinking Hats’ by Edward de Bono. De Bono is a physician and writer, well-known for…
Aug 9, 2021
Aug 9, 2021
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ILLUMINATION
3 Tips For An iPhone User To Help Save Time and Be a Power UserDISCLAIMER: iPhones or any other smartphone for that matter, are not distracting. It is the user that suffers from these symptoms. In this…
Jul 30, 2021
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Jul 30, 2021
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How a  single non-fiction book confirmed and connected all my ideas about ProductivityIt’s been a while since I wrote something on Productivity. This was mostly because I was long engrossed in a book mentioned above — The…
Apr 2, 2022
Apr 2, 2022
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Notion Galaxy
Notion: A workspace for every productophileSo I discovered this beautiful app during lockdown and has been my constant virtual companion since then. I noticed my favorite YouTubers…
Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
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‘Atomic Habits’ Takeaway: Why setting goals isn’t going to help boost productivity?Post Takeaway: Do not make the mistake of making goals before you set a system for it. Goals without systems are essentially meaningless…
Apr 4, 2021
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Apr 4, 2021
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The Power of AccountabilityHave you ever felt more motivated to do something after talking about your commitment to people? Social media is usually flooded with such…
Apr 6, 2021
Apr 6, 2021
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Distraction Journal: The First Step to reduce distractions while workingI finally stumbled upon a technique that can now help you procrastinate less by focusing on what makes you procrastinate in the first…
Jun 15, 2021
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Jun 15, 2021
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Forgetting targets and remembering to focusI came across Goodhart’s Law in a book called SuperThinking. It says that: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good target.
Jun 16, 2021
Jun 16, 2021
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Pomodoro Technique: Taking Breaks to FocusTry to answer this honestly: the last time you sat down to study or do some work, how many minutes were you able to focus before getting…
Jun 17, 2021
Jun 17, 2021
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The need of the Hour: Alarm Clock!Recently, while I was re-reading Chris Bailey’s ‘The Productivity Project’, I came across this study that felt like a sudden reality check:
Jun 26, 2021
Jun 26, 2021
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The Pareto Principle: Using 20% efforts to get 80% resultsYou might have heard of this 80/20 principle on a lot on blogs, YouTube videos, and podcasts and how this principle is applied across…
Jun 28, 2021
Jun 28, 2021
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Newton’s First Law of Motion = Productophile’s Zeroth Law of ProductivityFirst of all, sorry for the confusing title. Productophile is not a word you will find in any of the reputable dictionaries today, it’s…
Jun 29, 2021
Jun 29, 2021
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Trending: What’s on your BrainRAM?I don’t remember the first time, I saw this trend on the Internet. The whole “What’s on your — device — “ trend. When I was reading Steve…
Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021