I enjoy answering the questions how I get stuff done. First, please let me share that I have learned a lot about how to manage processes, document my work, and get stuff done in general. I used to be a very chaotic person and I was struggling for a long time to get things in place for being productive (and happy). A lot of credit for where I am today goes to my wonderful wife Anita, who homeschools our four kids (check out her resources on how to become a learning family), works as a project manager for the Frohlich Lab, and contributes to the field of international law with her widely-read online encyclopedia of comparative and foreign law CompareLex. I have watched her be productive at an insane level and learned, in fact learned a lot. With some tweaks to my specific circumstances, I have converged on the following three basic principles:
These are the three pillars of my productivity system (together with getting enough sleep!). I will expand some more over the next few posts to give you full behind-the-scenes access of how I get stuff done. I hope this finds you well and please do share in the comments below if these strategies work for you and whatever productivity systems you have developed for yourself. Let's share. Let's learn, grow, transform together!
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Anant Shinde
9/1/2020 05:56:50 pm
This is interesting. Have you used any other project management tools? I am struggling with the sense of accomplishment especially during the COVID period.
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Flavio
9/2/2020 05:29:55 pm
Thank yo for your question, Anant! Yes, I have tried Monday and I have also used Trello for that purpose. They are all more or less the same and work well for smaller projects. Wrike has some enterprise level features that are helpful to organize our lab.
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Flavio
9/2/2020 05:33:04 pm
You may also find this episode helpful: http://www.futurewithflavio.com/e/episode-6-how-to-deal-with-procrastination/ 9/5/2020 12:15:18 pm
If you have a system like this to get stuff done, then you are a legend. In my opinion, having a system to just be productive and more organized is amazing. I was never able to do it back when I was at college, but not that I have one, it has been a smooth sail. I enjoy working because of this efficient system that I have right now. I do hope that it all works out just fine in the future.
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Flavio
9/5/2020 12:27:46 pm
Thank you for your comment! It also took me some time to develop a system. As we travel through life, things change and we need to update our system to make sure they still are a good fit. Take care! Leave a Reply. |
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