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Our articles on productivity, time tracking and everything else related to time management.

Micro-Actions, Fragmentation and Influence

A message from Thanh: this is a special guest post from Peter Roy, a freelance project manager, productivity consultant and fellow AE reader. It takes a lot to impress us when it comes to productivity ideas and systems thinking, and Peter’s post most definitely delivers. It’s a different way of looking at time management and how ...

3 Interesting Brain Facts You Need to Know to Double Your Productivity

Productivity

The brain is a fascinating piece of machinery. I’ve read many books on how the brain works and this has helped me understand the underlying principles behind many productivity concepts. Here, I’ll distill three interesting brain facts you need to know in order to double your productivity. Ready to get your mind blown? Sorry, that ...

How to Handle Unproductive Days

Productivity

Everyone has unproductive days every now and then – not even the most Efficient Asian™ is switched on 100% of the time. These are the days where nothing seems to go right – your Internet is down, you’re just not motivated, or you find yourself busy doing things but look back at the end of ...

7 Reasons Why You Should Listen to Audiobooks

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Over the last 12 months I’ve consumed a lot of audiobooks – an average of 2 a month. I still prefer reading books for learning, but I’ve realized that audiobooks are also great for that purpose and much more. If you aren’t sure if audiobooks are for you, here are seven reasons why you should ...

Marc Andreessen on Personal Productivity

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An Asian Efficiency reader recently sent us a link to an article that Marc Andreessen wrote about personal productivity waaaaay back in 2009.

OmniFocus is too expensive!

Productivity

I hear it all the time, “OmniFocus is too expensive, use X because it’s much cheaper.” People often call me crazy when I tell them that I use OmniFocus to manage my tasks (and my life). But is it really expensive?