My Simple Productivity System (for normal people)!

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🔩 Grab my free Workspace Toolkit: https://academy.jeffsu.org/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=111 🎯 Download Todoist for free - https://geni.us/jefftodoist 🧑🏻‍💻 I love watching productivity videos and implementing tips from Tiago Forte, Ali Abdaal, and Thomas Frank but I’ll be the first to admit it’s too hard to adhere to their productivity systems 100% 🥲 So, I came up with my own simple productivity system that provides 80% of the benefit with just 20% of the effort: 1️⃣ Step 1 - Capture 2️⃣ Step 2 - Organize The biggest pro tip comes from Tiago Forte: The wrong way is to organize by where you found the information, the right way is to organize by where that information will be used! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The “Best” Productivity Systems 00:47 My Simple Two-Step Productivity System 01:03 Capture and Organize 01:23 Step 1 - Capture 03:12 Step 2 - Organize 05:27 When to Capture and Organize 06:01 Productivity System - Inbox Management 06:37 Summary and Next Steps RESOURCES I MENTION IN THE VIDEO Ali Abdaal’s Second Brain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ssUVyfn5g Tiago Forte’s Second Brain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZr18_aOY6I MY FAVORITE GEAR 🎥 My YouTube Gear - https://www.jeffsu.org/yt-gear/ 💻 What's On My Desk - https://www.jeffsu.org/gear/ *MY TOP 3 FAVORITE SOFTWARE* ❎ CleanShot X - https://geni.us/cleanshotx ✍️ Skillshare - https://geni.us/skillshare-jeff 🎯 Todoist - https://geni.us/jefftodoist BE MY FRIEND: 📧 Subscribe to my Productivity newsletter - https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping/ 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/j.sushie 🤝 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsu05/ 👨🏻‍💻 WHO AM I: I'm Jeff, a tech professional trying to figure life out. What I do end up figuring out, I share! PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links I get a kickback from and my opinions are my own and may not reflect that of my employer 😇 #productivitysystem #secondbrain #effortless

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