Being Productive

Doom piles and doom boxes are terms from the world of ADHD and in this episode, I delve into how they are part of my world from a digital perspective. What are they, how can they be managed, and what are some techniques I use to control the digital assets in my world are included. Are you looking for an inspiring podcast to keep you motivated and help you stay productive? Look no further than the Being Productive podcast! Join host Art Gelwicks as he interviews successful entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and authors to help you create meaningful work and live a more productive life. Be inspired by their stories and learn valuable tips to help you manage your time, stay focused, and achieve your goals. Tune in today and make the most of every moment! Art Gelwicks is a productivity and technology expert, helping small businesses and professionals to work smarter, not harder. He is the founder of GelwicksTech, a technology-based consultancy specializing in time management, task automation, and productivity techniques. Art helps his clients maximize their time and energy to become more efficient and successful in their everyday lives, providing customized plans and the best possible support. Listen to this episode and others on Anchor.fm, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting platform. If you really want to become productive, come join us in the Personal Productivity Club at personalproductivity.club to explore this topic and others, meet other professionals, and take your productivity to new heights. Follow us on: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts This podcast is produced and sponsored by GelwicksTech, specializing in digital transformation services for small businesses, professionals, and entrepreneurs. If you want to work less and accomplish more, contact GelwicksTech today to start your productivity transformation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beingproductive/support

Are you looking for an inspiring podcast to keep you motivated and help you stay productive? Look no further than the Being Productive podcast! Join host Art Gelwicks as he interviews successful entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and authors to help you create meaningful work and live a more productive life. Be inspired by their stories and learn valuable tips to help you manage your time, stay focused, and achieve your goals. Tune in today and make the most of every moment! Art Gelwicks is a productivity and technology expert, helping small businesses and professionals to work smarter, not harder. He is the founder of GelwicksTech, a technology-based consultancy specializing in time management, task automation, and productivity techniques. Art helps his clients maximize their time and energy to become more efficient and successful in their everyday lives, providing customized plans and the best possible support. Episode 73 deals with the current state of the OneNote application from Microsoft. What are it's challenges, limitations, and what does it's future hold? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beingproductive/support

Are you looking for an inspiring podcast to keep you motivated and help you stay productive? Look no further than the Being Productive podcast! Join host Art Gelwicks as he interviews successful entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and authors to help you create meaningful work and live a more productive life. Be inspired by their stories and learn valuable tips to help you manage your time, stay focused, and achieve your goals. Tune in today and make the most of every moment! In this episode of Being Productive we explore some early takes on the impact of AI technologies on personal, professional, and small business productivity. If you want to explore this topic more as it relates to your productivity, contact GelwicksTech.com today to schedule a free initial consultation about your needs. AI technology has become increasingly integrated into small business operations, with businesses of all sizes able to access and implement AI tools to improve their productivity and efficiency. This paper examines the potential impacts of AI on small business productivity, both positive and negative. First, it is critical to appreciate that AI can be leveraged for a wide array of different undertakings and activities, ranging from automating customer service responses to optimizing marketing campaigns. AI can also be employed to assist in decision-making, as it is able to rapidly analyze huge amounts of data and accurately identify trends. Therefore, AI can be a potent instrument that can help small businesses become more efficient and productive. However, there is also the potential for AI to cause a certain level of disturbance in the workforce. AI-powered automation means that certain tasks and processes can be completed more quickly and accurately than with manual labor, and this can lead to job losses. It is likewise significant to keep in mind that AI algorithms may not always be perfect for every task, and businesses need to ensure that they are employing AI tools that are appropriate for their specific needs. Moreover, AI may also bring about unintended consequences, such as a lack of transparency which could lead to discriminatory decisions or an increase in cyber security threats. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beingproductive/support

If you're an avid note taker you've likely run into the issue of connecting your notes to make them more useful. I'm not talking about cloud storage or online connectivity but rather connecting note topics and ideas together. In this episode we're going to talk about how you can leverage connecting your notes to make your information more useful and actionable. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

How do you get your day off to a productive beginning?  Do you take time in the morning to plan your day, or time at the end of the day to prepare for tomorrow?  Do you work a detailed process, or cross your fingers and hope for the best?  In this episode I'll walk you through how I prepare for my day, give you some tips you can implement in your own process, and by the end you'll have some insights on how to get your day off to a productive start. Listen to this episode and others on Anchor.fm, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting platform.  If you really want to become productive, come join us in the Personal Productivity Club at personalproductivity.club to explore this topic and others, meet other professionals, and take your productivity to new heights. Follow us on: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts This podcast is produced and sponsored by GelwicksTech, specializing in digital transformation services for small businesses, professionals, and entrepreneurs.  If you want to work less and accomplish more, contact GelwicksTech today to start your productivity transformation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Getting your week started correctly can make all the difference in how productive you are. This episode I explore some of the ways that I start my own week and give you some ideas as to how you can put your week in motion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

An open discussion of the tools I use and a guest pops in to share the tools she uses to run her business. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Have you ever ridden a bicycle? If so, then you already understand many of the basic concepts you need to be productive. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

When was the last time you looked around your workplace to see if you had more than one tool that did the same job? I'm fairly sure that at some point in time you've made the realization you have multiple tools capable of doing the same thing and you're paying for all of them. How do you go through the exercise of identifying which tools to use, which tools to get rid of, and how best to make them fit the work that you need to do? That's what we're going to explore in this episode. I'm going to give you some insights based on recommendations I give to my clients and a five step process where you can start the groundwork before going through a digital transformation of your technology and your work processes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

This episode we're going to discover a new feature leveraging the outlook extension for Chrome and talk a little bit about using PDF files with Microsoft OneNote. Also we'll talk a little bit about where we're headed and future topics for the podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

The common thought process around multitasking really comes down to can you do more than one thing at a time and be effective and have the same level of quality as if you were doing things individually. The answer is normally no. But is that true? Is that the case? Can you multitask tasks and get more work done? In this episode I give you some ideas as to how you may emulate multitasking to get more work accomplished. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

In this episode I'm going to take some time to respond to Carl Pullein's latest video on the some of the worst productivity tips that are out there. There's not a lot of argument but there's definitely some insight and some differences on how I approach these recommend recommendations as compared to the way he approaches them so give it a listen. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Lots of people talk about implementing new technology to be more productive, but few take the steps necessary to truly transform their operations to leverage the tech they invested in. This episode is about the process of digital transformation, what it takes to be successful, and how so many organizations and individuals fail to do so. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Time for an update to catch up on all the things going on. In this episode: Update on my task management experiment with OneNote Thoughts on an article from slate.com about employers being ghosted during the hiring process Some background on the wearable tech I use every day The problems with the term "productivity" and finding a better way to think about work As always, if you want to follow this show or other shows, as our written content, stop by the Follow Me page at The Idea Pump for links to all our channels. https://theideapump.com/followme --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Being Productive is back from hiatus and ready to get started exploring what productivity means in this new, changed world we're operating in. This episode I start exploring my challenges with task management solutions and some of the approaches I'm taking to try fresh solutions. Come give a listen as we get back into the swing of things and press forward towards the new year. For other shows, articles, and content come visit https://www.theideapump.com/followme --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

If you've thought about using OneNote to manage the information on a project there are some steps you need to take to increase your chance of success. This episode I'm covering seven steps you can take to help your team take advantage of OneNote to share and manage your project knowledge. The text version of this episode is available at The Idea Pump - Seven tips for success using OneNote as a project knowledge repository. If you'd like to discuss the topic in more detail, come visit either OneNote for Professionals on Facebook, The Idea Pump on Facebook, or join the Personal Productivity Club. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Has your organization raised the idea of Hoteling? Not giving you a dedicated location to work but rather having people work at whatever spots are available? This episode I dig into many of the weaknesses and some of the strengths of this idea and give you some tips as to how to survive in this type of environment. Remember to like, follow, subscribe, and whatever else you can do to make sure you don't miss out on future episodes. You can learn more about this topic and others like it over at theideapump.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

This episode I explain a little about the experiment I'm doing when it comes to personal productivity and mobile devices. Also, I share some thoughts on an application feature done right in the task management application Any.Do. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

In this episode, I share some follow-up thoughts about an upcoming episode of ProductivityCast delving into the book, The Myth of Multitasking by Ben Crenshaw. Also, I climb back up on my soapbox to talk about the challenge of replacing meetings with collaboration tools. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

In this episode I dig into the challenges around personal productivity metrics, attention management over time management, and why aren't people taking PTO? Articles referenced in this episode: Mastering Attention Management for Increased Productivity - FastCompany.com American Workers Are Increasingly Burned Out But Won’t Take PTO - Forbes.com As always, if you have any thoughts you want to share please drop me a line. You can reach me on: Twitter - @theideapump, @artgelwicks LinkedIn Facebook You can leave me a message on the Being Productive site and it might get used in a future episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

From around the Internet today I take a look at three articles focused on working remotely, motivation, and time management. Have a listen and if the articles sound interesting, you can read them below. Remote Work - What We've Lost and What We've Gained - reworked.co - Craig McQueen Why I Didn't Want to Do the Dishes - pickthebrain.com - Diondra Fillacetti A Productivity Junkie's Guide to Overcoming Lack of Time - lifehack.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

In part three of our special series on task management, we tackle the ups and downs of task lists vs. task boards. A number of different task management tools get called out in this episode, such as: Todoist Any.do Remember the milk Notion Trello Workflowy If you have thoughts about task lists vs task boards, please share them with us over at theideapump.com or on Twitter at @theideapump. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

This is part two of my three part series on task types with the focus on Urgent Tasks and Recurring Tasks. Let's talk about these problematic little things and some ways to get them under control. If you like this podcast and want to hear more, stop over at anchor.fm/beingproductive and drop me a line, leave me a message, or become a sponsor! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

This is the first in a three part series on task management. Understanding what tasks really are, how they impact you and others, and how you can manage them more effectively beyond the traditional to-do list. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

In this bonus episode get to spend time with Augusto Pinaud talking about the challenges of working from home and our home office spaces. Both of us have spent years working from home and look to share our insights and ideas. Michael Sliwinski - Home Office Revamp Augusto Pinaud - ProductivityVoice.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Notion has changed their pricing for the better and we should all be aware of this opportunity. Now's your chance to try out a tool I've been using off and on for a couple of years now. Not the easiest thing in the world, but definitely a powerful addition to anyone's toolbox. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Digging into an article by Forbes.com titled "Why Working from Home is Tougher than We Thought." In this episode I take apart this article which tries to draw what I consider mistaken assumptions about age demographics and struggles with working from home. Agree or disagree? Let me know! Leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message and your thoughts may be added to the podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Digging into an article from Digital Trends about working at home. Some thoughts about making the transition, work/life balance, additional ranting about open-plan offices, and much more. I Loved Working from Home Until COVID-19 Made It Mandatory - Digital Trends Leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message and your thoughts may be added to the podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Some thoughts on two articles about timeblocking and Habits vs. Routines for productivity The key to productivity is distinguishing ‘habits’ from ‘routine’ - TheNextWeb.com Popular Time-Blocking or Time-Management Techniques You Can Use While Working Remotely - Entrepreneur.com Leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message and your thoughts may be added to the podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Some thoughts about life and productivity in this time of Coronavirus.   Leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message and your thoughts may be added to the podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Ever feel like you're at the wrong end of the firehose and have too much work to handle? Let's talk about ways to deal with this problem and the fact that you're not alone. Leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message and your thoughts may be added to the podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

This episode I interview productivity coach Augusto Pinaud and we talk about what it means to be a productivity coach, his books, and why Augusto says you shouldn't check your email on your phone. Learn more about Augusto and his book, The Impact Journal Leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message and your thoughts may be added to the podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

We're dealing with a highly disruptive situation. Whether it impacts you directly or indirectly it is important to talk about being prepared to work in alternative locations and minimizing your disruptions if possible. Leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message and your thoughts may be added to the podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

What do you do when you spend so much time organizing your own life and now you have to help organize the life of someone else? Leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message and your thoughts may be added to the podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Taking some time to talk about dealing with other people's stuff how they organize it and what impact that has on you --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

A few minutes about where the podcast is where it has been and where it is going. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

The holidays can derail our productivity and our peace of mind. Let's talk about taming the chaos. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Have you ever looked into all the different types of analytics that are out there when it comes to personal productivity? Let's take a few minutes to talk about success criteria and making sure you're measuring the right things. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

How I use Google Podcasts and Google Assistant. Also, do we need an app for everything? Tell me your thoughts by using the Voice Message link here in the show notes and your comments may be part of a future episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Digital assistants such as Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa are all the rage. Are you putting them to best use for you? Let's discuss. If you'd like to share your thoughts with me, click on the Voice Message link in the show notes and let me know what you're thinking. Your message might even be used in a future episode of Being Productive! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

We explore the benefits of morning routines and note taking on the iPad in this episode --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

This episode I'd like to explore the idea of implementing bullet journaling for the elderly. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Our tools and systems can become complex and unwieldy quickly resulting in a loss in productivity. Sometimes what we need is to take time to simplify and get back to basics. In this episode I talk about efforts as of late to simplify my own systems and projects to get things under control. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Teachable moments are everywhere when it comes to being productive. In this case it was the loss of a drone that taught an embarrassing but effective lesson in planning ahead. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

If you're a contractor who lives by billable hours, how do you make the time to get better and more productive? Let's discuss some ideas about how you can take "professional batting practice." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

We are all busy. Does that mean we are being productive? Let's break it down. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Often we confuse being efficient with being effective. One doesn't always mean you're doing the other as well. Let's take a listen and talk about it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Dungeons and Dragons role playing skills can make you more successful at work. Don't believe me? Have a listen and find out. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

Let's talk about some ways you can take charge of your career and future. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

There's times when being productive can feel like work in of itself. Isn't it about time we think about how to keep productivity from being just another thing to do? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support

In today's world we're expected to be working 60-80 hours a week or more to be successful. Is it possible to be productive in a 40-hour week? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingproductive/support