Productivity (MoC) - DeveloPassion

# Productivity (MoC) ## Notes   - [[3-3-3 Method]] - [[A calendar is like a template for your ideal day]] - [[A Place For What's On Your Mind (Article)]] - [[ABCDE method]] - [[AI Mega Prompts]] - [[Always Be Working (ABW)]] - [[Amplify the Signal, Not the Noise The Power of Personal Knowledge Management (Article)]] - [[An organized mind is a flexible and adaptable one]] - [[Applying the MoSCoW prioritization method to Daily Todos (Article)]] - [[Atomic Habits]] - [[Atomic tasks]] - [[Avoiding Cognitive Overload (Article)]] - [[Barbara Hemphill]] - [[Barrier to entry]] - [[Being productive is not the same as being busy]] - [[Benefits of journaling]] - [[Beyond Note-Taking - Creating a Playground for Your Mind (Article)]] - [[Big and hairy goals]] - [[Bikeshedding]] - [[Boost your productivity in VSCode Using The Best Extension Packs (Article)]] - [[Break Free From Information Silos - Build a Connected Knowledge Base (Article)]] - [[Burning out means exhausting all of our internal resources]] - [[Calendars help determine when you should have traction]] - [[Celebrate early wins]] - [[Chaos to Clarity - Unleash Obsidian Daily Notes (Article)]] - [[Clarity and Consistency are the twin engines of Progress]] - [[Closing Open Loops - The Key to a Calmer, More Productive Mind (Article)]] - [[Conditions of great and fulfilling work]] - [[Consistent execution is powerful]] - [[Content Creation Systems]] - [[Context switching]] - [[Creative Momentum - Why Most Creators Fail Before They Even Start (Article)]] - [[Decision fatigue]] - [[Decision-making power]] - [[DeveloPassion's Newsletter 040 - Focused]] - [[Digital clutter is sneaky]] - [[Digital Wellbeing]] - [[Discipline comes through self-control]] - [[Discover Bash aliases and understand why those are great (Article)]] - [[Distractions are everywhere]] - [[Do what you said you would do (Dot)]] - [[Doing your best looks different every day]] - [[Don't question your tooling choices too often]] - [[Don't sacrifice leisure for efficiency]] - [[Don't steal your own happiness]] - [[Doubleshift plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Dynalist]] - [[East Gardens of the Imperial Palace]] - [[Ef·fec·tive]] - [[Ef·fi·cient]] - [[Effort vs Impact]] - [[Eisenhower Matrix]] - [[Elements of a journal]] - [[Environment Design]] - [[Evaluate your productivity on a daily basis and try to understand why it was what it was]] - [[Evening Routine]] - [[Everyday digital productivity tools]] - [[Experience is the art of taking the minimum amount of wrong turns]] - [[Experiencing engagement with work increases your productivity. It reduces stress and is a key to happiness at work]] - [[Exploration vs Exploitation]] - [[Extrinsic motivation]] - [[Feast Famine Cycle]] - [[Finding the balance between time on and time off]] - [[Flow State Optimization (FSO)]] - [[Focus on the mindset and methods more than on tools]] - [[Forcing function]] - [[Fourth place]] - [[fzf]] - [[George Kao]] - [[Get Your Shit Together (GYST)]] - [[Getting Things Done (GTD)]] - [[Google Drive Doc Scanner]] - [[Guarding Your Focus Essential Strategies to Protect Your Attention (Article)]] - [[Habit Formation]] - [[Habit Stacking]] - [[Hard work]] - [[Have a maximum of 3 to 5 tasks a day, and start with the most important task]] - [[Heat waves]] - [[High-leverage tasks]] - [[Highlight of the day]] - [[How I Organize My Work As a Solo Founder]] - [[How I Organize My Work As a Solo Founder (Article)]] - [[How I Use Simple Systems to Fight Decision Fatigue Every Day (Article)]] - [[How to decide on the most important thing]] - [[How to fight against decision fatigue]] - [[How to fight against decision fatigue (Article)]] - [[How to get started with journaling]] - [[How to leverage Journaling for Productivity]] - [[How to Take Notes at Work and Never Forget Anything (Article)]] - [[Inbox Zero principle]] - [[Intellectual Capital]] - [[Interstitial Journaling]] - [[Intrinsic motivation]] - [[It's a Tool, Not a Goal - Why Your PKM System Should Stay Simple (Article)]] - [[Ivy Lee's advice for productivity]] - [[Kanban Boards]] - [[Kanban Methodology]] - [[Kanban plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Kidlin's Law]] - [[Knowii Community Event - Knowledge Builders - 2025-08-20 - Journaling Deep Dive]] - [[Knowii Community Event - Knowledge Builders - 2025-11-18 - OSK v3 Deep Dive Workshop]] - [[Knowii Community Events]] - [[Knowledge rollover through Periodic Reviews]] - [[Laser Focus]] - [[Laziness leads to automation]] - [[Leveraging Personal Knowledge Management to limit open loops]] - [[Life Operating System (LOS)]] - [[LifeOS]] - [[Limit Work In Progress]] - [[Make time for priorities]] - [[Markr]] - [[30 Areas/36 People/Martine Ellis.md|Martine Ellis]] - [[Maximizing Daily Success The Power of Focusing on One Goal Each Day (Article)]] - [[Meetings need to be designed]] - [[Mental energy]] - [[Mental Leakage]] - [[Metronomes and momentum]] - [[Mikaly Csikszentmihalyi]] - [[Minimim Viable Productivity Toolkit (MVPT)]] - [[Minimum Viable Productivity Toolkit]] - [[Miracle Morning]] - [[30 Areas/33 Permanent notes/33.02 Content/Morning Routine.md|Morning Routine]] - [[MoSCoW Method]] - [[Most Impactful Next Task (MINT)]] - [[Most Important Task of the Day (MITD)]] - [[Motivation comes as a result of doing something]] - [[Motivation comes through action]] - [[Mouser]] - [[Multitasking]] - [[New Now Next]] - [[Not setting deadlines for yourself is a productivity antipattern]] - [[Obsidian is my Fourth Place and Command Center]] - [[Obsidian Starter Kit - System - Meeting Notes System]] - [[Obsidian Starter Kit - Tutorial - Saving Mental Context]] - [[On the importance of consistency]] - [[On the importance of non-goals (Article)]] - [[Open loops]] - [[Optimize for an empty calendar]] - [[Org-mode]] - [[Overcoming Perfectionism - How to Break Free from the Enemy of Progress (Article)]] - [[Pareto Principle]] - [[Parkinson's Law]] - [[Parkinson’s law of triviality]] - [[Pattern of Procrastination (PoP)]] - [[Periodic journaling]] - [[Periodic reviews]] - [[Periodic Reviews for a Happier and More Productive Life (Article)]] - [[Personal Control System (PCS)]] - [[Personal Knowledge Graph (PKG)]] - [[Personal Organization 101 (Article)]] - [[Personal productivity basics]] - [[Pick a tool, and stick with it (Article)]] - [[Pillars Pipelines and Vaults (PPV)]] - [[Pomodoro technique]] - [[Pragmatism over formalism every time]] - [[Pre-commitment]] - [[Pre-commitment device]] - [[Priorities are enablers for efficiency]] - [[Processing by elimination]] - [[Procrastination in disguise]] - [[Productive and uninterrupted work requires us to take early measures against distractions]] - [[Productive procrastination]] - [[Productivity commitment]] - [[Productivity is about]] - [[Productivity is not so much about throughput, but rather about consistency]] - [[Productivity is output over input]] - [[Productivity is value over time]] - [[Productivity should not be about doing more with less. It should be driven by wellbeing]] - [[Productivity system of Matt d'Avella]] - [[Productivity tips]] - [[Pseudo-Set Framing]] - [[Psychology of procrastination]] - [[Reply to mail with a scenario]] - [[SAVERS framework]] - [[Saving and Restoring Mental Contexts to Improve Mental Health and Productivity (Article)]] - [[Saving and restoring your mental contexts to improve mental health and productivity]] - [[Self-Improvement]] - [[Set your Big 3 for the day]] - [[Simple Time Tracking - The Paper Method That Actually Works (Article)]] - [[Solitude fuels productivity and creativity]] - [[Stage your environment beforehand to reduce the number of decisions you need to make in the future]] - [[Start before you are ready]] - [[Start small]] - [[Stop Losing Your Best Ideas - The Journaling System That Changed My Life (Article)]] - [[Stop Tweaking Your Tools and Start Actually Using Them - How Perfectionism is Killing Your Productivity (Article)]] - [[Strategies for closing open loops]] - [[Sustained Attention]] - [[Sustained attention is a critical building block for being organized]] - [[System trashing]] - [[System-Based Productivity]] - [[Systems are interconnected]] - [[Systems for health, intention, productivity, learning, knowledge, information management and control (Article)]] - [[Task Weights]] - [[TaskNotes plugin for Obsidian]] - [[TaskNotes TUI]] - [[Tasks plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Templates increase note-taking productivity]] - [[Temporal Tags]] - [[Text expanders]] - [[The 5-Minute rule]] - [[The Crucial Role of Setting and Pursuing Goals (Article)]] - [[The focusd community - Let's focus on Zen Productivity (Article)]] - [[The Law of the vital few]] - [[The more empty your mind, the faster it gets. The more cluttered your mind, the slower it gets]] - [[The more you train yourself to think in concrete terms, the more flow and consistency you will create]] - [[The most important task is often the most uncomfortable and most procrastinated upon]] - [[The opposite of distraction is traction]] - [[The power of journaling for people with ADHD]] - [[The Power of Setting Achievable Goals - How Lowering the Bar Leads to Success (Article)]] - [[The Tag System That Finally Made Sense for Me - From Perfectionism Paralysis to Discovery Freedom (Article)]] - [[The value of smaller goals]] - [[The way you write down your tasks can dictate whether it will get done]] - [[Tim Ferris advice for productivity]] - [[Time blocking]] - [[Time Horizons]] - [[Time Timer]] - [[Tips to get more often in the zone]] - [[Tips to increase productivity as software developer]] - [[Tips to maintain Inbox Zero]] - [[TMux]] - [[tmux-ide]] - [[To be productive, we need to preserve our energy, our decision-making power, and focus on what really matters. Less is more]] - [[To make progress, set the bar lower]] - [[Top 10 reasons why goals are so important]] - [[Track time used for tasks using paper]] - [[Two minute rule for productivity]] - [[Types of productivity]] - [[Types of rest we all need]] - [[Unlocking Founder Success - The Essential Guide to Journaling for Business Growth (Article)]] - [[Unlocking Your Learning Potential The Essential Guide to Meta-Learning (Article)]] - [[Useful resources for Obsidian]] - [[Vision alone isn't enough to be productive. Clarity is essential]] - [[Vision skills incentives resources action plan]] - [[We can't control time. But we can control how we use ours]] - [[We must be able to inhibit or stop parasite thoughts and actions early]] - [[We need to be able to ignore the distractions around us to be productive]] - [[What Are Daily Notes Useful For]] - [[What are templates]] - [[What are the 20% of things that bring 80% of the outcomes]] - [[What time horizons to consider]] - [[What would happen if I don't do this]] - [[Why all solopreneurs should write a journal (Article)]] - [[Why focusing on less leads to more]] - [[Why Periodic Reviews are Awesome to Track Progress and Plan Ahead]] - [[Why time horizons matter]] - [[Why you need a personal organization system]] - [[Why you need a personal organization system (Article)]] - [[Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)]] - [[Work In Progress (WIP)]] - [[Work life balance]] - [[Work life integration]] - [[Workflowy]] - [[Worst productivity killers]] - [[Write. Rewrite. Revise. Then do]] - [[You Need a Fourth Place A Space to Think (Article)]] - [[Your direction is more important than your speed]] - [[Your value does not only depend on your performances]] - [[Zeigarnik effect]] - [[Zellij]] - [[Zen Productivity]] - [[Zone of genius]]  ## Quotes   - [[90% of the things you want to get done, will never get done]] - [[A 40-hour time-blocked work week, I estimate, produces the same amount of output as a 60+ hour work week pursued without structure]] - [[A few time blocks a day keep the stressful times away]] - [[A good day starts with clarity and predictability, not distractions and confusion]] - [[AI won't fix your organization and productivity problems. It has the answers but no access to the levers. Only you do]] - [[An hour before 9 is worth 2 after 5]] - [[Anything that keeps stuff out of the head because it has captured it and is trusted to remind appropriately, is GTD]] - [[As a knowledge worker, you need systems to learn, think, plan, track, and do]] - [[At the end of the day, your level of clarity, priorities, focus, and approach will impact your productivity in much more profound ways than all the tool hopping and tweaking in the world ever could]] - [[Break the mountain, one grain of sand at a time]] - [[Choose a main focus for the day, and focus all your energy on that before trying to do anything else]] - [[Clarity of purpose is just the half of the battle. You still need to organize your work so that you can be productive and make progress towards your goal]] - [[Clarity of vision is key to achieving your objectives]] - [[Closing open loops is not just a question of task management, but a key practice for achieving mental clarity, and recovering peace of mind]] - [[Closing open loops, is not just about improving our efficiency. Above all else, it's about reclaiming mental space and peace of mind]] - [[Consistency matters a lot more than intensity when it comes to actual productivity]] - [[Create systems to protect you from your lower self]] - [[Death is a deadline that forces you to make good decisions]] - [[Decide how your day is going to go, before your day decides for you]] - [[Discipline creates habits, habits, action and consistency creates results]] - [[Don’t fill the time you save through being productive and efficient with more work. Fill it with rest and recovery. By doing so, you’ll be more productive]] - [[Don't focus on maximizing effort. Maximize efficiency, effectiveness, and health. Rest is crucial for sustainable productivity]] - [[Don’t overthink choosing your tools, organization system and techniques. Introduce those if and when you need them. If you feel overwhelmed, then it may be that you have introduced too much complexity at once]] - [[Each step, no matter how small, counts]] - [[Exploring tools and their features is often procrastination in disguise]] - [[Fear is not the mind-killer, context switching is the mind-killer]] - [[Flow is always there. You’re just in the way]] - [[Fundamentally, controlling and channeling your attention is about feeling, thinking, and doing what YOU want versus what others want]] - [[Get it out of your mind right away, and get back to work asap]] - [[Go easy on yourself. Whatever you do today, let it be enough]] - [[Hardships are forcing functions for personal growth]] - [[Having a child is the ultimate Pomodoro technique]] - [[I fall off my own wagon regularly]] - [[I no longer want to stay on top of things, I want to get to the bottom of things]] - [[If a task doesn’t really matter, forget about it. Focus your energy on meaningful and impactful work]] - [[If you have a plan, then distraction turns into procrastination. You know what you're giving up]] - [[In between goals is this thing called life that has to be lived and enjoyed]] - [[In the era of algorithmic distraction, the ability to maintain a single thread of thought for four hours is a superpower. It is the only way to solve hard problems]] - [[In your quest for free productive time, preparation is your secret weapon]] - [[It's hard to build momentum if you keep dividing your attention]] - [[It's okay and even recommended to revisit and change your goals along the way]] - [[Just choose a tool and stick with it. Only then will you be productive]] - [[Knowledge Management goes way beyond productivity. It's a means to learn more about yourself, and your dreams, develop your potential, and live the life you were meant to live]] - [[Less is more when it comes to tools]] - [[Life is a marathon, not a sprint]] - [[Limit the number of details and make every detail perfect]] - [[Lowering the bar doesn't mean setting your sights on mediocrity. It means recognizing the power of incremental progress]] - [[Many people who are obsessed with productivity are actually stuck in a trap of endless optimization. People seem to forget that productivity means getting things done, not just planning to]] - [[Master productivity by taking action. Master creativity by creating regularly. Master perfectionism by embracing imperfection. Experience teaches what theory cannot]] - [[Meaningful goals turn distraction into discovery]] - [[Momentum comes from taking action. Waiting doesn't help]] - [[Never confuse movement with action]] - [[Only do time blocking when it is critical to meet a deadline, given other things going on]] - [[Open loops are no less than a disease. Closing those is not just a question of productivity, but a key practice for recovering peace of mind and mental clarity]] - [[Our performance depends on our ability to recharge and recover]] - [[People are so afraid of being inefficient that they constantly switch tools Ironically, switching tools frequently is what disrupts your workflow and makes you inefficient]] - [[Perfectionism is the illusion that all details matter equally]] - [[Productivity thrives on simplicity]] - [[Productivity ultimately boils down to learning how to generate enough dopamine at the right places at the right time]] - [[Progress doesn't need to be spectacular. All that matters is that it moves the needle forward, even a tiny bit]] - [[Resting is a productivity technique. It’s conserving energy for something worthwhile when it happens]] - [[Self-discipline is the ability to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not]] - [[Set ambitious goals, but allow yourself a limited number of emergency passes when you slip up]] - [[Setting high level direction is far superior to specific outcomes]] - [[Setting the bar lower often enables progress and helps avoid needless stress]] - [[Slow down. Give your mind and body the rest they need. Before they force you to do it]] - [[Some of the most creative and productive people I have ever met work in multi-week bursts and then have weeks where they just idle with little done. It’s the nature of the human animal]] - [[Sometimes rest is the highest leverage action]] - [[Sustained productivity requires sane limits. Protect your time and energy. Don't try to be busy all the time, it's an anti-pattern]] - [[Take imperfect action today, rather than dream about perfect action tomorrow]] - [[The best task is the one you can skip entirely, without affecting the grander scheme of things]] - [[The journey to achieving your biggest dreams begins with a single, manageable step]] - [[The lack of clarity in our goals is leading to the demise of our souls]] - [[The more open loops we have, the more our attention will be taken away, and the more context switches our brain will have to perform. Each one of those is a tax we keep paying for as long as those open loops remain]] - [[The only real shortcut is not taking shortcuts]] - [[The over scheduled life is not worth living]] - [[The price of productivity is creativity]] - [[The productivity bottleneck is now ideation, not creation]] - [[The risk of AI isn't making us lazy, but making lazy look productive]] - [[The weekly review is the master key to your productivity]] - [[There’s no real way to achieve the kind of relaxed control I’m promising if you keep things only in your head]] - [[There's something lovely about doing things slowly and at my own pace]] - [[There's something to be said about slowing down, whether that is for the environment, relationships, or business]] - [[Time passing does nothing. It's what we do in that time that matters]] - [[Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted]] - [[We are surrounded by modern, time-saving devices, but we never seem to have enough time]] - [[We discover what to do next by doing and delivering the current thing]] - [[What gets measured gets managed]] - [[What matters is not the tools, but what you achieve with those]] - [[What you do is more important than how you do it]] - [[When the bar is set lower and when you focus on making meaningful progress, step by step, you get to focus more of your attention on how to move forward more effectively. This encourages experimentation and fosters creativity]] - [[When you feel like you’re procrastinating, break down tasks into micro-steps Too simple to stall, too quick to quit. Each tick is a win, and a series of ticks is a day well spent]] - [[Write out 3-5 lever-moving tasks per day]] - [[You can only feel good about what you're not doing when you know what you're not doing]] - [[You don’t know what you don’t measure]] - [[You don’t need to do more. You need to do what matters most, on your terms]] - [[You feel bad because you know what you’re supposed to do and you aren’t doing it]] - [[You need a productivity system. But not just any system. One that works for YOU]] - [[Your daily work, templates, checklists, reports. These can be built to last and serve you repeatedly. Think durable, not disposable]]