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Productivity Habits: Examining Ourselves and Taking Steps Toward Better Effectiveness with Author & Consultant Ben Elijah - The Busy Creator Podcast 66

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Productivity Habits w/Ben Elijah

Ben Elijah (@inkandben) is a consultant in the productivity sector and author of the book The Productivity Habits. In this conversation, we dig into the productivity sector as a whole, and discuss his origins as an author and as a not-very-productive person.

The Productivity Habits, by Ben Elijah

The Productivity Habits, by Ben Elijah

This episode is oddly self-referential, as we, two productivity nerds, talk about how bad we are with our own habits, and about how we continually struggle to stay productive — at least in our own eyes. Ben writes and speaks about the topic, which is an ongoing struggle for all of us. You’ll learn some of Ben’s tested habits and techniques you can use to get started down the road toward better effectiveness.

Catch up with Ben via his site, InkAndBen.com

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Friday Links, vol. 7

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Friday Links

The week in Internet. Useful resources for creative professionals.

Tools

  • Product Hunt Books, a newsletter introducing you to great books for business and internet people.

Techniques

  • How to use El Capitan’s system font in Yosemite via OS X Daily
  • Copywriting is Not Just Smoke and Mirrors by past guest Susan Gunelius

Habits

Everything Else

  • Copyright-related info. The Return of Orphan Works, Part 1: “The Next Great Copyright Act”
  • 10 Archetypes of Entrepreneurs, according Chase Reeves of Fizzle.co
  • iTunes Needs to Break Up … With Itself
  • Californians are painting their dead lawns
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Friday Links, vol. 6

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Friday Links

The week in Internet. Useful resources for creative professionals.

Tools

  • Lucid Chart is a tool for flowcharts and diagrams
  • Cushion is out of beta. Freelancers, check it out (especially if you get “too much work”)
  • Micro Snitch detects whether your mic/camera are secretly being used
  • Check out what [Industrial] Design Students had to use in centuries past

Techniques

  • Amy Porterfield drops some serious calendar-fu in her latest podcast episode.

Habits

  • The Pope’s 10 Tips for a Happier Life

Everything Else

  • Neuroscientist John Kounious argues deadlines encourage productivity, but destroy creativity
  • Are you a “Full Stack Designer“?
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Software Tools For Designers to Stay Organised and Focused

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Software Apps I use to stay organised

A version of this article first appeared as a guest post on Just Creative Design. The original post and its comments can be found here.

Over the years, friends and colleagues in the design industry have come to know me as a rather organised person, one who enjoyed being a systems geek. I test a lot of software and methodologies, and have become somewhat of a go-to resource. I am often asked about the tools and techniques I use to run my own design practice, Starship Design, and my podcast, The Busy Creator. […] Full post →

The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 39 with Online Video Producer Steve Dotto

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The Busy Creator 39 w/guest Steve Dotto

Steve Dotto (@DottoTech) publishes a variety of videos on YouTube, mainly on the subject of personal productivity and software. Following a career in traditional broadcasting, he’s strategically moved into self-publishing and has since built a business with video, coaching, & speaking under his brand DottoTech.

In this conversation, Steve shares his strategies for online community-building, his preferred sites and software, and his personal productivity habits.


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11 Productivity Tips You Can Use Today

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Habits

From Fast Company comes a snappy little article about productivity — creative or otherwise. Some of these you’re probably already doing, but otherwise, take a quick look and get busy. My favorite is perhaps the toughest one to implement, and one that I am rather trying to adopt myself.

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“The promises we make to ourselves are easy to break,” says Laura Vanderkam, frequent contributor and author What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast. “It’s much harder to call a friend on Friday and inform her that ‘I failed.’” She set up weekly check-ins and which kept her motivated to complete the first draft of a novel in 2013.

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