My simple method for planning an amazingly productive week

It starts with a notebook.

I've spent a lot of time over many years working on being more productive. I've used most of the popular apps, read books and articles, and obsessed more than a little. While I've found apps helpful in gathering information, they tend to fail in helping me know my real priorities or identifying what's important now.

Over the years, I've discovered that planning my monthly, weekly, and daily priorities in a journal is the best way to know what's important, keeping me focused and productive.

I made a video about my method; if you want to see it in action, take a look.

Originally posted on my blog.

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Great leadership reading from this week

• What is ‘quiet quitting’? Gen Z is ditching hustle culture to avoid burnout
  If you haven’t heard of “quiet quitting” and you lead a team, you need to read this article today.
  

• 5 practices to help remote teams minimize confusion and maximize innovation
  The best advice in this article is to brainstorm in shared documents.
  

• I Tried Jack Dorsey’s Meeting Best Practice. It Works Brilliantly for Consulting Engagements.
  Speaking of shared documents, this approach to meetings is brilliant!

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Other great reading from the week

• These Are the 20 Most Effective Productivity Hacks, According to the Internet

• The science of why you have great ideas in the shower

• 7 TED Talks To Change How We Look At Ourselves

• 7 Simple Things Productive People Do Differently Every Day

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Great podcasts from this week

• You 2.0: The Mind's Eye - Hidden Brain - Part of this episode talked about how a narrow focus can help you to perform better and accomplish goals.

• E1: The Kidsnatchers - The Sunshine Place - This podcast is pretty wild and incredibly interesting. It covers Synanon, a drug rehab program that became a religion and ultimately (so it seems) a dangerous cult.

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My videos from this week

• How I plan my week

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My Podcasts to check out

• Tech Talk Y'all - My tech/comedy news podcast.

• Real Pink - I host the national podcast for Susan G. Komen. If you want some inspiration or information about breast cancer, give it a listen.

• While Daring Greatly - This is the podcast version of my live streams.

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