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Introducing Quadgets : A focused goal setting system

May 29, 2017 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

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Goal setting is tough for most us because of two main reasons – first, we get into the trap of too many goals and second, we don’t follow up on the goals.  To help you reach your goals and achieve success, I am sharing with you a system I have been using for years – Quadgets! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Goal setting, Productivity, Productivity Tools, Quadgets Tagged With: goal setting, productivity, productivity tools, quadget sheet, quadgets, targets

A Glimpse Into My Productivity Workflow

January 4, 2017 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

Productivity Workflow

Happy New Year to you, my beloved reader!  May 2017 be extremely successful for you and your loved ones.

As I was pondering about my first post in 2017, a thought struck me.  Why not share my personal productivity workflow?  It has worked really well for me and I hope you find it useful too. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Last Five, Productivity Tagged With: productivity, productivity workflow

Get Sustainably Creative with Michael Nobbs!

October 6, 2016 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

Sustainable Creativity

Sustainable Creativity.  That’s something I call a “catchy name”.  The moment you hear it, you are curious to know more about it – don’t you? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: creativity, michael nobbs, productivity, sustainable creativity, time management

My Opinion on Workflowy

July 9, 2016 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

I am a big fan of minimalist productivity apps, that are really well made.Workflowy falls into that category.

At first look, it looks very much like a simple document. It is this simplicity that makes it a really nice tool.

I would call it is as Microsoft OneNote stripped down to the bare minimum!

Here are some features I like:

  • Managing everything as bullet lists — clean and crisp
  • Zoom-in to the bullet items for focus
  • Bookmarking the focus levels for easy reuse
  • Doubling up as to-do list!

Here are some features I am looking forward to:

  • More formatting options like labels
  • More font options, I am unhappy with everything offered now 🙂
  • Easy collapse and expand capability

I will add if I can think of more! But please, please don’t introduce too many features and lose the lovely minimalism.

Verdict: If you are lover of minimal design and looking for a simpler alternative to OneNote, this product is for you!

Great job guys at Workflowy!

Disclaimer: I am a Pro user with Workflowy

Filed Under: Productivity, Productivity Tools Tagged With: product review, productivity, productivity tools, workflowy

Transparency and Productivity

August 21, 2015 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

transparency

Transparency is a buzzword in the corporate world. Everyone talks about transparency and many companies are making conscious efforts to get there. And now, it is backed by research that transparency is directly related to Employee Productivity.

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Filed Under: Good Career, Good Life, Management, Productivity Tagged With: management, people management, productivity, project management, transparency

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