In this cast, we tackle the questions: What is rejuvenating, re-charging, and rebooting your personal productivity system? And, what reasons might lead you to need a reboot of your personal productivity system? What are existing methods you know of or have tried for rejuvenating your productivity? What are some hurdles to be mindful of when doing a rejuvenation/recharge/reboot of your system(s)? The ProductivityCast team discusses how they view and approach productivity rejuvenation and overcome obstacles to having a well-maintained personal productivity system. Enjoy! Give us feedback! And, thanks for listening! If you'd like to discuss this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post). In this Cast | Rejuvenating Your Personal Productivity System Ray Sidney-Smith Augusto Pinaud Francis Wade Show Notes | Rejuvenating Your Personal Productivity System Resources we mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context. Dunning–Kruger effect Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie Daily Questions - Marshall Goldsmith https://medium.com/@fwade/the-evergreen-guide-to-choosing-your-next-task-management-app-5e4ad21212af https://medium.com/@fwade/3-superpowers-to-survive-improvement-overload-53a343e695e3 https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/how-one-couple-saved-their-marriage-asking-each-other-simple-ncna833266 http://scheduleu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Slide1.jpg - graphic of time management system development from childhood http://scheduleu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/errors-in-execution.jpg - graphic of symptoms 2nd edition of Perfect Time-Based Productivity - http://perfect.mytimedesign.com Raw Text Transcript | Rejuvenating Your Personal Productivity System Raw, unedited and machine-produced text transcript so there may be substantial errors. Read More Voiceover Artist 0:00 Are you ready to manage your work and personal world better to live a fulfilling, productive life? Then you've come to the right place productivity cast, the weekly show about all things productivity, here are your hosts, Tracy Smith, and a goose open out with Francis Wade and our gal wicks. Raymond Sidney-Smith 0:17 Hello, and welcome back everybody to Episode and of productivity cast, the weekly show about all things personal productivity, I'm recently Smith and I'm joined here with my co host Augusta burnout. And Francis weight is joining us today we are going to be talking about the concept of rejuvenating, recharging. rebooting the productivity system. And so what we're going to do today is really talk about it in three parts. One is what and how do we define the concept of rejuvenating, recharging. rebooting what have you and what might lead a person to go ahead and do that, why you might want to refresh your productivity system. And there's a good reason why you might decide that you know, your system, something about it isn't quite right. And this is an opportunity to kick the tires and make the rest of your year really be on solid infrastructure. So we're going to talk about that, then we're going to segue into what are some existing methodologies that we either know of, or have tried in rejuvenating a system. And then finally, talking about some of the hurdles, one might come into contact with and experience as you try to rejuvenate your system. And therefore, hopefully, we'll be able to guide you around some of those things circumnavigate them, so that you don't experience them as you try to rejuvenate if you do attempt such process. So let's start off with what is the concept of recharging. rebooting? How do you define that idea, and I'm going to throw this out to you a Cousteau. Thank you. Augusto Pinaud 2:00 Well, you know, the interesting thing was printed, juvenile eating is we tend to think that because we found a solution or on a certain instant,

In our last cast, we discussed the power of active tracking for greater productivity. If not, it’s highly recommended you go back and listen to that cast first. You will learn about empowered choice and for that alone, the previous cast is worthwhile. Today on this cast, we discuss the importance of taking charge of the passive data being collected about you already and learning to track data that you can use productively without having to do all the work. In contrast to our active tracking discussion, we delve into the world of ambient data ripe for the picking, if you know the right ways to do so. Also, the pitfalls, perils, and opportunities that abound with passive productivity/wellness data tracking. Pull up a seat and join us for this important and timely discussion on passive tracking for productivity. Enjoy! Give us feedback! And, thanks for listening! If you'd like to discuss this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post). In this Cast Ray Sidney-Smith Augusto Pinaud Francis Wade Art Gelwicks Show Notes Resources we mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context. Some recommended readings, even though we didn’t discuss these in the recording itself: The Perils of Time Tracking Productivity and Continuous Improvement - Measurement (and RescueTime) makes it happen, both Personally and at Work If You’re Not Collecting Productivity Data, You’ll Never Succeed at Work Items we discussed in the recording: ManicTime Statistics Khan Academy - Statistics and Probabilities Freshbooks Google Fit Getting Things Done by David Allen Quantified Self Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler Exist Instant Gyroscope (mobile) Time Doctor WorkPuls Worksnaps RescueTime ProcrastiTracker (OSS for Windows) Workrave (RSI prevention but helps passively track your mouse/keyboard activity, free, Windows) Upwork Other notables we didn’t mention in this cast: http://www.chronosmonitor.com/ https://motivateclock.org/en/features/ https://galapag.us/ Raw Text Transcript Raw, unedited and machine-produced text transcript so there may be substantial errors. Read More Are you ready to manage your work and personal world better to live a fulfilling productive life, then you've come to the right place productivitycast the weekly show about all things productivity here, your host Ray Sidney-Smith and Augusto Pinaud with Francis Wade and Art Gelwicks. Welcome back everybody to productivity cast the weekly show about all things productivity. I'm Ray Sidney-Smith. I'm here with Augusto Pinaud, Francis Wade, and Art Gelwicks. Last cast we discussed the concept and the power of active tracking and looking at that data in order to to increase productivity and and so if you have not listened to the last cast. I highly recommend that you go back and you listen to that one before you listen to this one, but generally we talked about the idea of empowered choice and that means taking the information that you have and then making in that informed choice going forward. So today I'd like us to discuss the importance of taking charge of passive data that is data that's being collected about you already. It's just being picked up from ambient the ambient environment in which you operate and the importance of actively tracking data passively that is being able to get data tracked around you and going forward and doing that. So today we're going to we're going to talk about the world of ambient data, you know, which I believe is really ripe for picking if you and and really it's all about knowing the right ways to do so some of the pitfalls perils and opportunities that are around you. When it comes to passive data collection and tracking. So let's let's dive into this. I really want to discuss sort of a couple of things here what passive tracking is to you all t...

You can track almost any kind of data and then review and reflect on that data to make informed decisions about your productive future. Most people, however, do not. Movements, like that of Quantified Self, whose tagline is “self-knowledge through numbers,” aim to help individuals track data to improve their lives in whatever way they choose. In this cast, the ProductivityCast team looks at the state of the world through the lens of active tracking (versus passive tracking, which we’ll cover in the next cast). We will talk about what active tracking is, how to be a productivity enthusiast with empowered choice, why and what to track, and how to do so with good ol’ pen and paper, or with the latest digital technologies. You don’t want to miss this conversation, so queue us up and listen as we discuss this prime topic of this hyperconnected time and Internet (of Things) Age. Enjoy! Give us feedback! And, thanks for listening! If you'd like to discuss this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post). In this Cast Ray Sidney-Smith Augusto Pinaud Francis Wade Art Gelwicks Show Notes Resources we mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context. Quantified Self (DC Quantified Self) Google Keep Don’t Break the Chain RemindMe LifeSum Goodnotes Evernote / Penultimate Eli Finkel’s Relationship/Marriage talk, in which he discusses a Gratitude Journal GitHub One Way to Overcome a Limit of the Quantified Self - Using Notifications Becoming like the elite 11% who get all their tasks done each day Part 1 Can you be productive in 40 hours? OmniTrack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRIuENNRjEM Toggl Habitica - (Contact Ray if you want to join the GTD Party) GTD Productivity System in Google Sheets / Microsoft Excel template and tutorial LoseIt MyFitnessPal BulletProof Coffee MapMyRun Google Fit Apple Health Raw Text Transcript Raw, unedited and machine-produced text transcript so there may be substantial errors, but you can search for specific points in the episode to jump to, or to reference back to at a later date and time, by keywords or key phrases. The time coding is h:mm:ss.ms to h:mm:ss.ms (e.g., 0:00:00.000,0:00:04.000 starts at 0.00 seconds and ends at 4 seconds in the cast's audio). Read More Are you ready to manage your work and personal world better to live a fulfilling productive life, then you've come to the right place productivity cast the weekly show about all things productivity here, your host Ray Sidney-Smith and Augusto Pinaud with Francis Wade and Art Gelwicks. Welcome everybody to productivity cast the weekly show about all things productivity. I'm particularly excited about our discussion, but this episode and next episode and and there's a very good reason why you see everyone identifies their overall satisfaction and fulfillment with their day differently, but there's no doubt that whether the factor or factors, by which we define our productivity is emotional or logical. It's all based on data, whether that data is correct incorrect positive or negative doesn't really matter. Today, thanks to technology and and greater awareness of this more people than ever are tracking all kinds of data. about themselves and then using that data to make informed decisions about their productive futures. However, I think most people. Sadly, don't purposefully track that data around areas they like to improve and obviously I think they should movements like that of quantified self, which I'll describe in more detail and a bit their tagline is self knowledge through numbers and aims to help individuals track data to improve their lives in whatever way they choose. So we're going to have a conversation today about the state of the world through the lens of active tracking versus passive tracking which will cover in next week's cast, we're going to talk about what active tracking is how t...

As we discussed email in the last episode, email management of multiple accounts has its positives and negatives. All of us, Augusto, Art, Francis and I have multiple email accounts. And, to be honest, I don’t know many people who have only one solitary email account. But, whether you have one inbox, or 10 inboxes, one methodology that’s cropped up and lingered for nearly two decades is the idea of Inbox Zero. In this cast, we discuss the history of Inbox Zero (with the pros and cons), some related concepts that I’ve theorized over the years (namely my Inbox One and Tab Zero methods, the former of which I hinted at in the last cast), and get feedback and permutations from the ProductivityCast team. We close with some thoughts on email message processing. Enjoy! Give us feedback! And, thanks for listening! If you'd like to discuss this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post). In this Cast Ray Sidney-Smith Augusto Pinaud Francis Wade Art Gelwicks Show Notes Resources we mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9UjeTMb3Yk “Inbox Zero” (GoogleTechTalks) by Merlin Mann Getting Things Done by David Allen 43 Folders Series: Inbox Zero (also by Merlin Mann) Forget ‘Inbox Zero’: Your empty email account means nothing Evernote Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 (ScanSnap Cloud) Ray’s Web browser corollary to Inbox Zero, Tab Zero Raw Text Transcript Raw, unedited and machine-produced text transcript so there may be substantial errors, but you can search for specific points in the episode to jump to, or to reference back to at a later date and time, by keywords or key phrases. The time coding is h:mm:ss.ms to h:mm:ss.ms (e.g., 0:00:00.000,0:00:04.000 starts at 0.00 seconds and ends at 4 seconds in the cast's audio). Read More 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,870 are you ready to manage your work and 2 00:00:02,159 --> 00:00:06,120 personal world better to live a 3 00:00:03,870 --> 00:00:07,350 fulfilling productive life then you've 4 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,809 come to the right place 5 00:00:07,350 --> 00:00:12,090 productivity cast the weekly show about 6 00:00:09,809 --> 00:00:14,480 all things productivity here are your 7 00:00:12,090 --> 00:00:18,180 hosts ray Sydney Smith and Augusto 8 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:21,750 pronounces weight and art Galax welcome 9 00:00:18,180 --> 00:00:25,410 everybody to productivity cast episode 0 10 00:00:21,750 --> 00:00:28,560 to 9 episode 29 inbox zero inbox 1 and 11 00:00:25,410 --> 00:00:30,800 processing email messages we are going 12 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:33,600 to be talking about the all-encompassing 13 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:37,559 inbox and how to deal with your inbox 14 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:40,200 and so I wanted to lead off because as 15 00:00:37,559 --> 00:00:43,230 we discussed email in the last episode 16 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:45,719 email management of multiple accounts 17 00:00:43,230 --> 00:00:48,390 has its positives and negatives all of 18 00:00:45,719 --> 00:00:50,640 us Augusto art Francis and I have 19 00:00:48,390 --> 00:00:53,219 multiple email accounts and to be honest 20 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:56,489 I don't know how many people who have 21 00:00:53,219 --> 00:00:59,010 only one single solitary email account 22 00:00:56,489 --> 00:01:01,260 but whether you have one inbox or 10 23 00:00:59,010 --> 00:01:03,180 inboxes one methodology that's cropped 24 00:01:01,260 --> 00:01:08,010 up over the past decade is the idea of 25 00:01:03,180 --> 00:01:12,000 inbox zero it came from Merlin Mann who 26 00:01:08,010 --> 00:01:13,830 did a google Tech Talk back in 2007 and 27 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,360 I will put a link to that in the show 28 00:01:13,830 --> 00:01:17,850