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The Internet’s Top Productivity Tips in One Statement

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Down the Rabbit Hole.

There are a million Productivity Tips on the internet, it can be daunting to sift through them all.
Trying to navigate the internet’s Productivity Tips rabbit hole can be a daunting “todo” (pun intended 😉).

The internet has no shortage of Productivity tips, list, articles, ideas and recommendations for your Googling pleasure. 

I know because I recently fell down the Productivity tips internet rabbit hole … it’s deep … and it’s daunting.  The tips were great, but I was left asking myself: “Which of these are the best tips and where the heck do I start?”

A few weeks and countless Productivity focused Google searches later …

I ended up documenting every single list, theme and Productivity tip I came across, highlighting recurring themes and documenting when the same tips came up in multiple articles.

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Make a Lasting Impact

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Lasting impact lives in the tiniest moments.

I Remember it so Vividly …

Like it was yesterday.  Driving in the car with my dad.  I remember the swervey stretch of road.  I remember that I was in the front seat (I think this was totally legal back then? … my guess is that I was sans seat belt as well).  I remember the smell of the Fall air and that the leaves were in mid color change.  I remember singing along … laughing hysterically … and asking him to play it again.  And again.  And again. 

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Journal Like a BA, Sucka

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First Name: “Mr” Middle Name: “.” Last Name: “T”

Mr. T is an 80’s icon.  He made Mohawks cool when mullets were the raddest do on the hair style block.  He stuck with gold, even when Cubic Zirconia made a run on the Home Shopping Network.  He wrestled with Hulk Hogan, fought Rocky Balboa and defended Ricky Stratton against a bully in a very special episode of Silver Spoons.  It is well known that Mr. T pitied fools.  Man, did he pity some fools.  He even had his own Saturday morning cartoon and matching cereal (dosed with copious amounts of yummy 80’s sugar) that made a cameo in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure.  All that being said, I think it was his transcendent portrayal of BA Baracus on The A-Team that ultimately cemented Mr. T as my 80’s TV spirit father.

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Be a Pebble Snatching, Productivity Fu Master

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When You Can Snatch the Pebble from my Hand.

When Kwai Chang Caine (aka Grasshopper) was finally able to “snatch the pebble” from Master Kan’s hand, the student had become the master.  He had proven that through his training, he’d developed sufficient skills and wisdom and was ready to venture out into the world.  Insert awkward productivity segue here … My hope is for you to become a Pebble Snatching, Productivity Fu Master, effortlessly executing Keyboard Shortcuts at just the right time, whittling your endless list of todos down to the one you need to take action on RIGHT NOW. 

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The Why is Your Shark Repellent!

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Out on a Ladder, Dangling from a Helicopter.

I’m going to utter a phrase that I’m confident has never been uttered in the history of the internet (if it has, I’ll eat my shoe): “The WHY Is Your Shark Repellent!” I’m venturing out on a limb here … or a ladder, dangling from a helicopter … in an attempt to connect Simon Sinek’s brilliant “Start with Why?” Ted Talk …

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