If you want to know how much of a productivity nerd you truly are, there’s only one question you need to ask: How excited does the term workflow make you? 🤓 If you’re sitting at your desk doing this right now… …then you need to save your spot on our free workshop next week — […] »

Catch up on what we published this week, including a look at our ultimate guide to using Apple Notes, setting up Apple Mail on iOS to be more efficient, and more. »

A few tips and tricks for improving the way you use the default email app on your iPhone and iPad. »

Let's dive into what makes Notes so good. We’ll provide a few simple quick tips of things that make any Notes experience that much better, as well as the latest features coming to Notes in iOS 17. »

Catch up on what we published this week, including a look at how to enumerate and review your various inboxes, some times on protecting your focus, and more. »

When I say the word “inbox,” what comes to your mind? For most people, it’s email, right? Email is the thing we think about when we think of checking our inbox. But the truth is that we all have multiple inboxes. An inbox is just anything that collects incoming bits of information that need to […] »

Catch up on what we published this week, including some tips on overcoming distraction, conquering your fear of the blank page, and more. »

Have you ever sat down to do some writing and you’re just staring at the blank page? You’re stuck trying to come up with the idea, or you're ready to do the work and you’re just lost. It’s the worst. »

In a world of distraction, focus is hard. But that doesn't mean we should fight to protect our attention. In this post, I want to share some tips for staying focused — and what to do when the inevitable distractions come. »

Catch up on what we published this week, including a look at eliminating inbox addiction (aka, the "just checks"), creating margin for your thoughts, and more. »

Inbox Addiction is an urge to continuously check our news feeds, social feeds, and message inboxes despite undesirable and even negative consequences or a desire to stop. »

As someone who basically writes for a living, I find it very important to have undistracted time to actually do the work — the writing. This may seem obvious, but just because the time itself is set aside in my schedule or during my day, that doesn’t always mean that it’s going to be productive time. Being able to focus for an extended period of time without any distractions is actually becoming a very rare skill. This means that if it’s something you can figure out how to do, it actually can be to your competitive advantage. »

Catch up on what we published this week, including a process for determining priorities to avoid overwhelm, the merits of Reminders, and more. »

Have you ever looked up the dictionary definition of “overwhelm”? It’s actually pretty intense: bury or drown beneath a huge mass defeat completely give too much of a thing to someone If you’re feeling overwhelmed, then perhaps you feel as though you have been given too much. In fact, you’ve been given so much that […] »

Catch up on what we published this week, including a look at Mike's time blocking system for the Onyx Boox Tab Ultra, Shawn's tip for creating a clean and distraction-free email inbox, and more. »