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Productivity

Stop copying someone’s routine blindly

When we read about someone successful, we tend to think what worked for them will work for us. What we forget is, that the circumstance and the situation they were in were different than the one we are in. Their routine may not work for our situation. Take for example this tweet from Dickie Bush. […]

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Personal Growth Productivity

Energy from New Beginning

We are always in search of ways to rejuvenate our life. We seek fresh energy to fix the broken relationships, kick start the abandoned projects, and rewire the forgotten habits. A new beginning brings a lot of energy like nothing else. A new tool is no different. Lately, my life has been a hustle. I […]

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Personal Growth Productivity

Getting back on Track

For more than a year, I have been running my days on routines.  I have a morning routine focused on my health. I do my exercise and meditation  I have a breakfast routine to read to my kids.  I have a bedtime routine to read books.   I have a weekly writing routine to write and […]

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Productivity Systems

Native Templates in Roam Research

Finally, there is an easy way to automate some of the static workflows using native templates in Roam Research. When I first learned that we can use templates in Roam Research, I was like a kid in a candy store. Now we can avoid doing the boring stuff of typing the same content again and again or copying and […]

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Productivity Summaries

The Science of Overcoming Procrastination

We all go through periods where we prefer to satisfy out short term need with a shot of dopamine when we know we should be working on something that will benefit us in the long term. Procrastination is the act or habit of putting off something to a future time. It involves delaying what needs […]

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Personal Knowledge Management Productivity

My Information Capture Workflows and Tools

This post is part of a series I am writing about building a second brain course and how I am building my second brain in RoamResearch. Check out the other posts  Part 1 – Introduction to Building A Second Brain(BASB) Part 2 – My 12 Favorite Problems Part 3 – Project List Part 4 – My PARA setup in Roam Research Part […]

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Personal Knowledge Management Productivity

My PARA setup in Roam Research

This post is part of a series I am writing about building a second brain course and how I am building my second brain in RoamResearch. Check out the other posts 👇 Part 1 – Introduction to Building A Second Brain(BASB) Part 2 – My 12 Favorite Problems Part 3 – Project List Part 4 – My PARA […]

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Personal Knowledge Management Productivity

Project List

This post is part of a series I am writing about building a second brain course and how I am building my second brain in RoamResearch. Check out the other posts 👇 Part 1 – Introduction to Building A Second Brain(BASB) Part 2 – My 12 Favorite Problems Part 3 – Project List Part 4 – My PARA […]

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Productivity

My Time Management System

How do some people find time to do many things in a day while most of us complain about lack of time to even exercise? What differentiates one who gets things done from people who struggle to get anything done? I was in the latter camp of people who struggle with time management. I was […]

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Productivity

Measuring Productivity

Lately, I have been assessing myself on not being productive. I am measuring my productivity based on the completion of the tasks for the day. Productivity, like many things in life, cannot be measured by a single number. My bike buddy asked me the other day what’s my best time. After giving him the answer, […]