Evernote is my favorite productivity tool. Recently, Emily Esposito shared a post on the Evernote Blog titled, “4 Ways to Stay Focused and Get Stuff Done.” It is a wonderful post with content new to me. Hope you find it helpful too. Which of her tips are you going to try?
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Evernote Templates
Having trouble getting started with Evernote, check out Evernote Templates! They are a great way to integrate Evernote into your productive life. You can use them for everything from budgeting and brainstorming to writing and project management. Any kind of planning you want to do, Evernote Templates can help. Check them out at Evernote.com/templates. Side note, once you save a template from the link above, the way you access it is by clicking on “Template” inside the body of any new note you create. You’re welcome. Enjoy!
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Undistracted: Techniques for the Undisciplined Mind
One of the biggest roadblocks in my personal and professional life is that I am easily distracted. Whether it be a task, a person or a new opportunity, I find it difficult to remain focused. Because of this, I sometimes stray and my otherwise disciplined self ends up lost for a day, a week or sometimes longer. I have 3 techniques I use to help with this problem. 1) Rule Your Email. If you let it, your email will dominate your life. It will be a leash around your neck rather than a tool for your life and business. Turn off email notifications on your phone. No, you do not…
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Best Evernote Post Ever: 57 Ways To Use Evernote
If you don’t know by now, I love Evernote. After all, it is my most useful productivity tool. I use it for ideas, task management, and, of course, to remember everything. From time to time, I run across people who have tried it but are struggling to figure out how to really use Evernote. They realize how valuable it could be for them, but they just can’t quite integrate it into their life. I ran across a post from Craig Jarrow titled 57 Things to Keep in Evernote. What a great list! I use many of these myself and never even realized it. I got some new ideas as well. Check it…
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Powerbot: My Secret for Integrating Evernote and Gmail
One of the challenges of Inbox Zero, that is clearing your email inbox daily, are 1) emails that require additional work (anything over 2 minutes) and/or 2) emails requiring you to come back to them at a future date. I absolutely love seeing an empty email inbox. However these are two barriers I run into regularly. My answer to this problem is Powerbot. This productivity tool allows me to quickly move emails out of my inbox to Evernote. Of course, Evernote gives every user a unique email to send emails to, however, Powerbot allows me to quickly select what notebook I want the email to go to, tag it, leave…
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My Evernote ScanSnap
As I mentioned previously, I recently got an Evernote ScanSnap. I am looking forward to setting it up and using it. It is going to be a great addition to my productivity toolkit. Still brainstorming, but here are some of the things I am considering it for: 1) Old Pics – We have hundreds of pictures that are not digitized. Although I do not plan to keep them in Evernote longterm, it will be a great way to get them quickly digitized. Then I can put them wherever I want. There is even a feature to have the scans also downloaded to your hard drive. 2) Random Documents – Do you…
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2015 Birthday List Update: Time with Friends & Family, Crescent City Cafe and Evernote ScanSnap
I was already having an amazing birthday. I had been able to check off many of the highlights from my birthday list. #19 A walk with the family. Check. #18 Chinese food for dinner…with my family! Check. #7 Cup of tea at the end of the day, on the couch, watching TV with my wife. Check. #2 Coffee with a close friend. Check, check, check. The three close friends who were in my wedding either took me out for coffee or called and talked to me. In addition to this, I got loose leaf tea and a mug from my wife. It’s been an awesome week! But wait. There’s more.…
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My 2015 Birthday Wishlist
It’s my birthday, so I can ask for whatever I want, right? Well, I thought I would come up with a list of 10 things, but I got carried away. Some of the things on my list, I am actually going to get. Others are not as likely. See if you can guess which are which. My Birthday Wish List (in no particular order) 20) Date with my wife. 19) A walk with my family. 18) Chinese food for dinner. Just ask my wife. I get the same thing at every Chinese restaurant. 17) A visit from my brother. 16) New Orleans Saints polo shirt. Who Dat!! 15) $100 to a…
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Getting Started: How To Structure Your Evernote
When I first started considering Evernote, I did some research. I looked at other products and also considered how I might structure Evernote. My fear was getting going and then later wanting to change the structure, but already having too much in place and thus being stuck. In my search for the best way to structure my Evernote, I ran across three blog posts by David M. Ward, a Lawyer who writes on marketing and productivity. Although he has a niche, in the law community, you will find his information very helpful. The posts that helped me with my structure are a bit dated now. Evernote has added much since…
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How To Stop Forgetting Where You Put Stuff
Recently I have developed a problem with forgetting where I have put stuff. Okay, my wife, Michelle, may beg to differ as to how recent this issue is, but since I’m writing the post, I’m saying it is recent. There are benefits to having the microphone…keyboard. Last week, I bought some gifts for a couple of my friends. I put them in a safe place until I would be ready to wrap them. The next day, she asked where I put these gifts I was going to give to my friends. I told here and she said, “Okay, just wanted to know in case you forgot.” As funny as this may sound, Michelle…
