Becoming More Productive

Micah Mador @micahmador

micah@micahmador.com bit.ly/micahproductivity

Agenda• Ideal Setup

• Calendar

• Communication

• Email

• Organization

• Chrome extensions

• Tips & Tricks

–Thomas Edison

Vision without execution is hallucination

GSD* &

Doerocracy*GSD - Gettin' Shit Done. Usually referring to some sort of work.

–Johnny Appleseed

–This turtle and many successful people

Ideal Setup• Dual Monitor, External

Keyboard + Mouse

• Mouse Speed (increase)

• Shortcuts Mac/Windows (minimize mouse use + maximize search)

• Flux (save your eyes)

• Magnet or spectacle for window management

Calendar

• Live by it!

• Automate meeting scheduling (mixmax, assistant.to, calendly, youcanbook.me, clara, x.ai, etc.)

• Work blocks vs. events (different colors or calendars)

• Sync across all devices

General Communication • Team projects: Slack

• Create an understood communication hierarchy

1. Call/Text

2. Voxer

3. Slack

4. Email

• Develop a sustainable and consistent frequency and notifications for each

Email

• Inbox, Gmail, Mail, Outlook

• NEVER leave something in your inbox

• Answer, snooze, archive or send to a to-do list

• Learn to BCC

• Grammarly

Organization• Wunderlist, Trello, Asana,

Evernote

• Don’t spend all your time creating them

• Keep it simple

• Write everything down and keep it searchable

• Sync on all devices + keyboard shortcuts

Chrome extensions

• Password Manager

• Dashlane

• LastPass

• 1Password ($$)

• Save articles/links to Pocket

Other Tips & Tricks

• Text expander (don’t type the same thing twice!)

• IFTTT & Zapier

• Starred pocket items to Evernote through IFTTT Recipe

• Profiles on Google Chrome

DEMO!

• Ideal Setup - Mouse speed, Keyboard Shortcuts, F.lux

• Organization - Wunderlist, Trello, Asana, Evernote

• Email hacks - Textexpander, Steak, Assistant.to, Mixmax, Calendly

• Chrome extensions - Adblock, Pocket, FullContact, MatterMark, LastPass or Dashlane, Grammarly, Search Current site,

• Other cool things - Accompany or Charlie, IFTTT & Zapier, Toggl, Magnet

• Apps (Share iOS screen with quicktime via USB cable)

DEMO

Questions Additions

Suggestions

micah@micahmador.com

bit.ly/micahonproductivity