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DECEMBER 29, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Resolve Posted on 12/29/2012 // 1 Comment I don’t do new year’s resolutions. I resolve on an ongoing basis. I like being nimble. Nearly all of them get broken. It’s the nature of humankind.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Introducing…The Ready Retreat Series Posted on 11/07/2012 // 4 Comments Before I make some of the big changes here at the weblog, I’ve decided to make one of my first big announcements since leaving Lifehack and forging out on my own once more.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact How to Get Unstuck: The Big Paper Exercise Posted on 09/12/2012 // 4 Comments If you ever find yourself stuck and unclear of where you are and where you’re going, do the following to get unstuck and get moving again — in your right direction: Find some paper.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact 2013: My Year in Preview Posted on 12/31/2012 // Leave a Comment As this piece goes live, some of you around the world will have already finished ringing in the new year while others will be still waiting for it to arrive. It is a bookmark for the year. A touchstone.

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JULY 1, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Happy Canada Day! Photo credit: Alex Indigo (CC BY 2.0)

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JULY 13, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact How Stillness Works Posted on 07/13/2012 // 1 Comment I’ve only been in The Yukon for a little over two days, and I’m already noticing a difference. The main difference is that I’m noticing more. This is how stillness works.

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JULY 6, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact On Turning Pro Posted on 07/06/2012 // Leave a Comment I was going to write a post here today, but after spending the better part of my train ride to Portland reding Steven Pressfield’s Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life’s Work 1 , I decided to get back to my book (..)

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AUGUST 3, 2012

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JULY 20, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Letting the Sparks Fly Posted on 07/20/2012 // Leave a Comment Today is a travel day. 1 I don’t have a lot to say as a result, mainly because I don’t have the time to say it.

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JUNE 29, 2012

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JULY 29, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Dead While Alive Posted on 07/29/2012 // Leave a Comment “Now it’s over, I’m dead, and I haven’t done anything that I want. Or, I’m still alive and there’s nothing I want to do.” Photo credit: Jo Christian Oterhals (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Trying Posted on 10/04/2012 // 2 Comments I spend a lot of time trying. Heck, we all do. By spending time trying I discover whether or not I am able to improve on something. Whether that’s a system, an app, or a workflow by using a system or app. Trying as a verb is great.

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JULY 3, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Too Busy Posted on 07/03/2012 // 2 Comments I rarely post twice per day anymore, let alone post something that is simply there to lead to another story elsewhere. Photo credit: id iom (CC BY-NC 2.0) This is a fabulous piece, Mike! Thanks for pointing me in this direction.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact The Pen is Mighty Posted on 09/03/2012 // Leave a Comment I stumbled upon a post by C.C. Chapman that was written entirely in pen , I was curious. Not only was it a great piece, but it was part of Pilot Pen’s initiative called The Power to the Pen!

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Leaving Lifehack Posted on 10/06/2012 // 8 Comments The title says it all, really. How I Face Scary Stuff: The IDEA Criteria says: 10/31/2012 at 4:15 pm [.] Non-Friction says: 11/01/2012 at 2:23 pm [.] This wasn’t a decision I came to lightly…by any means.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Totally Covered Posted on 12/17/2012 // 3 Comments Monday was a crazy day. I took part in the upcoming Golden Headphones Awards episode of CMD+SPACE. I did some writing — but not for today. I hope it does well for you and congrats on the release.

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JULY 23, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Goodbye Google: The Epilogue Posted on 07/23/2012 // 3 Comments It’s been a few months since I gave a shot at eliminating much of Google from my life. Sometimes You Just Have to Go Home says: 07/25/2012 at 10:15 pm [.] Photo credit: Aray Chen (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

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AUGUST 25, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact The One-Handed Writing Experiment: Using Paper by 53 Posted on 08/25/2012 // 1 Comment This is my first attempt at writing an entry since the fire. It is complicated to me now, but in typical, the efficiency and significance is annoying.

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JULY 17, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Gone Fishing Again Posted on 07/17/2012 // Leave a Comment Spending time offline for much of the past week or so has allowed me some time to reconnect with a lot of things, and perhaps the most fitting of these things is the essay within an app known as Fish by Robin Sloan.

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JULY 16, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Spot Picking Posted on 07/16/2012 // 1 Comment Have you ever played the game Twister ? It starts out easy, because you only need to pick one spot to place a hand or foot on. But as you are given more and more spots to pick, it gets progressively difficult.

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JULY 9, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Be Nimble, Then Quick Posted on 07/09/2012 // Leave a Comment In the nursery rhyme “ Jack Be Nimble ”, have you ever noticed that speed comes up after agility? “Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over The candlestick.”

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Productivity Math Posted on 11/05/2012 // 1 Comment Whenever you subtract something from your plate, your opportunities for the remainder multiply. That is a classic case of addition through subtraction. Subtraction and division are the keys to productivity.

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JULY 25, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Mountain Lion Posted on 07/25/2012 // 2 Comments I’m not going to spend a ton of time talking about Mountain Lion (the latest iteration of the Mac operating system that was released today) because I haven’t spent much time with it yet. But these folks have.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Looking at Best Practices Posted on 11/02/2012 // Leave a Comment On the recommendation of my Mikes on Mics co-host, Michael Schechter , I have started to read The Journal of Best Practices by David Finch. George (CC BY 2.0)

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Sandy Posted on 10/29/2012 // Leave a Comment I tried to write something for the blog today. That’s not to say I didn’t work on other things work-related – I did – but I had an idea for a post that would have been tied into what I usually write about here.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Posted on 11/10/2012 // 1 Comment There will be no posts going up at Vardy.me In fact, as of Thursday November 15, 2012 Vardy.me Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Exit Vardy.me. Enter Productivityist.com! for the next few days, and it’s not because I don’t have the time. won’t exist anymore.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Stop Searching and Start Shipping Posted on 09/10/2012 // Leave a Comment Every day we open up our laptops, turn on our tablets or swipe our smartphones and start searching for something. Photo credit: Steve Gibson (CC BY 2.0) 1 Corollary: I’m finishing the book today.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact The Latest Posted on 08/16/2012 // 1 Comment My friend Patrick Rhone still has his original iPad. That may make me one of the latest to get a new iPad, but that’s fine. Right now, my iPad does everything I need it to do…which is more than fine.

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JULY 27, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact The Apps on My Launch Center Pro Wish List Posted on 07/27/2012 // 3 Comments I’ve been using Launch Center Pro like a madman since it came out. Trackbacks How 30/30 Fits Into My Productivity Workflow says: 07/31/2012 at 11:21 pm [.] I guess I would add WTHR.

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JULY 3, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Too Many Posted on 07/03/2012 // Leave a Comment Whenever you hear the word “many” on its own, it can be seen as generally positive or negative. Having many options is generally good. Having many chores is generally not (more so if you’re not a fan of chores).

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AUGUST 23, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Fire Posted on 08/23/2012 // 8 Comments Fire is pretty dangerous. Trackbacks The One-Handed Writing Experiment: Using Paper by 53 says: 08/25/2012 at 4:00 pm [.] On Not Writing says: 08/28/2012 at 7:01 am [.] Screw that, fire is incredibly dangerous.

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JULY 30, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact How to Stop Time Posted on 07/30/2012 // 3 Comments One of the biggest barriers when it comes to productivity is the notion that we simply “don’t have enough time”. The Latest says: 08/16/2012 at 2:14 pm [.] always better, but it isn’t always worse either.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Super Mac Team Up: David Sparks and Brett Terpstra Deliver 60 Mountain Lion Tips Posted on 10/02/2012 // Leave a Comment Yesterday two of the greatest Mac minds unleashed the latest addition to the series of MacSparky Field Guides — and it’s a doozy.

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JULY 5, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Managing Yourself Posted on 07/05/2012 // 2 Comments Today is, for the most part, a travel day for me as I prepare to head off to this year’s World Domination Summit in Portland. com weblog. Photo credit: Piermario (CC BY-ND 2.0)

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AUGUST 5, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact The Search for My New Email App of Choice Posted on 08/05/2012 // 7 Comments Ever since the news broke that Sparrow was no longer going to be developed , I began a search for my new mail application of choice in earnest. Free Failing says: 08/14/2012 at 8:05 pm [.]

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JULY 31, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact How 30/30 Fits Into My Productivity Workflow Posted on 07/31/2012 // 4 Comments Lately I’ve been using the iOS app 30/30 by Binary Hammer a lot more. The Most Unconventional Book Review I've Ever Written says: 09/24/2012 at 6:13 pm [.]

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

Posted on 12/11/2012 // Leave a Comment I didn’t post earlier today because I was working on something pretty big. Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact It’s Time to Kickstart the Year…Now! It’s called Kickstart the Year – and it’s a bundle sale that just launched now.

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