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Every Thursday I publish a new episode of my weekly newsletter where I share 3 Things that have helped me to be productive during the past week.

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Issue	Theme	Thing 1	Thing 2	Thing 3
01	3 Things for Productivity	Manage Your Day-to-Day	Create an Ideal Day	Year Goal Planner in Notion
02	3 Things for Productivity	Atomic Habits	Notion: Habits Page	Notion Productivity Planner
03	3 Things for Productivity	Procrastinate on Purpose	Notion: Birding Life List	Working from Home
04	3 Things for Productivity	The Productivity Project	Book Resource Library	10 Secrets to Manage Time
05	3 Things for Productivity	T8 Self-Help Books	Project & Task Management	Quotes Page in Notion
06	3 Things for Productivity	Deep Work	Summary of Deep Work	My Notion Templates
07	3 Things for Productivity	Razors	2 Water Bottles	Week View for tasks
08	3 Things for Productivity	The Coaching Habit	Calendly Invite Tool	SOPs
09	3 Things for Productivity	Powerful Ideas in Life	Threadreader App	People Database in Notion
10	3 Things for Productivity	Watch a Documentary	Buy an Inverter	Track a Disease
11	3 Things for Productivity	Essentialism	Hack my Home	Extend my Brain
12	Managing Illness Productively	Managing Illness Productively
13	3 Things for Productivity	Effortless	Tracking My Ideas	Habits for My Roles
14	Planning Ahead Productively	Quote from Key 4 in my book	Plan Month Week Day	Productive Life Planner
15	Managing Your Mind Productively	Peak Mind Book	Peak Mind Interview	Peak Mind Practises
16	Managing Meetings Productively	Death by Meeting	Limiting Meetings	Habits for Meetings
17	Managing Planning Productively	Four Thousand Weeks	Flexible and Rigid	Budgeting & Planning
18	Managing Rest Productively	Four Thousand Weeks	Planning Rest	Protecting Rest
19	Creating Productive Mindsets	10 Dangerous Mental Models	The Kayaking Story	Suffering Happens To You
20	Managing Perfectionism	Perfectionism Podcast	Understand Perfectionism	Limit Perfectionism
21	Managing Time Productively	13 Secrets to Control Time
22	3 Things for Productivity	The Gifts of Imperfection	The Camping Checklist	The Notion Guide
23	The Productivity App: Notion	My Second Brain (Explored)	My Notion System (Tweaked)	My Notion Guide (Revised)
24	Managing Death Productively	A Fitting Movie	A Relevant Response	A Suitable Project
25	Selling Online Productively	Building a Second Brain	Creating a Gumroad Account	Starting a Sales Page
26	Managing Projects Productively	Podcast on Projects	Revamp of Projects	Development of Areas
27	Building a Second Brain	Building a Second Brain	Commitment to Capture	Created a CODE System
28	ManagingProcrastination	Permission to Procrastinate	Temptation to Procrastinate	Antidotes to Procrastination
29	Key 1: Live Your Mission	The Seven Habits	Mission Statement Process	Mission Management System
30	Key 2: Manage Your Actions	Getting Things Done	Master Task List	Master Project List
31	Key 3: Build Your Habits	Atomic Habits	Habit Tracker	Habit Stacks
32	Key 4: Plan Your Time	High Performance Habits	Productivity Day Planner	Productive Life Planner
33	Key 5: Focus Your Mind	The One Thing	The Distraction Challenge	The Passion Indicator
34	Key 6: Know Your Self	The Four Tendencies	The Personality Tests	The Personal Profile
35	Key 7: Renew Your Energy	The Energy Secret	The Energy Types	The Energy Review
36	Managing Workspace Productively	My Ten Practises	My Extended Desktop	My Notebook System
37	Managing Transport Productively	Write Everything Down	Manage Vehicle Project	Track Fuel Consumption
38	Managing Email Productively	Getting Things Done	Daily Inbox Zero	Email Action Folders
39	Managing Power Productively	Anti-Time Management	Invest in an Inverter	Invest in a PowerBank
40	Managing Knowledge Productively	Building a Second Brain	Becoming a Resourcer	Maintaining a Library
41	Resources for Productivity	10 Talks on Productivity	7 Books on Productivity	2 Articles on Productivity
42	Managing Computing Productively	Keep it Current & Clean	Keep it Copied & Cool	Bonus: 7 Computer Hacks
43	Managing Planning Productively	Plan Next Month	Plan Next Year	Planning Worksheet
44	Life Improvements	Shadow Magic	House Rules	Project Progress
45	Three 100 Things Articles	100 Productivity Tips	100 Productivity Resources	100 Tips for a Better Life
46	Managing Sleep Productively	Insights About Sleep	Myths About Sleep	Types About Sleep
47	Relaunch After a Break	Secrets to Achieving Goals	Flow to Increase Productivity	Keys to Running a Business
48	Getting Things Done	Manage Your Day To Day	Make Systems Leak Proof	Master Tasks & Projects
49	Personality Tests	Sparked by Jonathan Fields	Personality Max Insights	Profile Template
50	Doing the Basics	How To Do Great Work	7 Basics to Keep Doing	A Dashboard To Manage Life
51	Manage the Past Productively	Know: Past is Helpful	Avoid: Ruminating	Do: Savour the Past
52	Manage the Present Productively	Know: Present is Fleeting	Avoid: Wandering	Do: Seize the Present
53	Manage the Future Productively	Know: Future is Near	Avoid: Catastrophizing	Do: Shape the Future
54	Coaching and Productivity	Coaching is Powerful	Coach for Productivity	Productive Life Coaching
55	3 Things for Year End	Organise Your Stuff	Review This Year	Plan Next Year
56	Approaches to Productivity	Slow Productivity	Feel-Good Productivity	Wholistic Productivity
57	Unhealthy Productivity	Anti-Sustainable Productivity	Pseudo-Slow Productivity	Shallow-Deep Productivity
58	3 Resources for Productivity	The Productivity Cheatsheet	The Perfection Trap	The Time Themes
59	Get Clean, Clear and Current	Get Clean	Get Clear	Get Current
60	Managing Stuff Productively	Adopt a Safety Mentality	Use a Password Manager	Create a Backup System
61	Managing Content Productively	Seeking Content	Storing Content	Sharing Content
62	Challenge 1: Uncertainty	Know: Clarity is Available	Feel: Hopeless	Do: Craft Your Mission
63	Challenge 2: Overwhelm	Know: Overwhelm is Natural	Feel: Stressed	Do: Create an Action System
64	Challenge 3: Inconsistency	Know: Inconsistency is critical	Feel: Erratic	Do: Create a Habit System
65	Challenge 4: Busyness	Know: Busy is not Productive	Feel: Overwhelmed	Do: Create Planning Systems
66	Challenge 5: Distraction	Know: Distraction is Costly	Feel: Distracted	Do: Create Focus System
67	Challenge 6: Frustration	Know: Partner with Yourself	Feel: Ineffective	Do: Create a Personal Profile
68	Challenge 7: Depletion	Know: Depletion is Real	Feel: Inefficient	Do: Create Renewal Systems
69	Increasing Productivity	Length, Breadth, Depth	Using 2 Monitors	My YouTube Channel
70	3 Things for Productivity	Touch Typing	Planning Ahead	Master Class
71	3 Tests to Take	Get Your Eyes Tested	Get Your Self Tested	Get Your Energy Tested
72	3 Habits to Save Time	Take Time to Give Time	Schedule Tasks	Document Things
73	3 System for Efficient Organisation	Budgeting: Tracking Finances	SOPs: Documenting Procedures	Filing: Managing Information
74	3 Secrets to Get Things Done	The 1 Next Action	The 2 Minute Rule	The 3 Prioritisation Keys
75	3 Steps to Managing Change	Review the Past	Design the Future	Change the Present
76	3 Things for Productivity	Put First Things First	Design Your Life Spaces	Refine Your Action Management
77	Healthy Productivity	The Reitoff Principle	Reclaiming Life’s Luxuries	GTD and Science
78	3 Sets of 2s for Productivity	The Two Worlds	The Two Tests	The Two Lines
79	3 Things for Managing Email	Inbox to Zero	Action Folders	My System
80	Stop, Start, Continue	Stop: Progress Marking	Start: Information Hoarding	Continue: Commitment Keeping
81	3 Things to Achieve Goals	Build Habits	Complete Projects	Do Tasks
82	3 Things to Develop Habits	Building Habits	Stacking Habits	Tracking Habits
83	3 Things to Complete Tasks	Do Tasks in Time Constraints	Do Tasks You Intend to Do	Do Tasks in Three Categories
84	3 Kinds of Work We Do	Defining the Work	Doing Defined Work	Doing Work That Shows Up
85	3 Things to Manage Anxiety	Manage Anxiety With Action	Manage Anxiety w/Strategies	Manage Anxiety With RAIN
86	3 Things to Thrive in 2025	Review 2024	Preview 2025	Plan 2025
87	3 Secrets to a Good Break	Plan Proactively	Prepare Practically	Rest Productively
88	3 Ways to be Productive	Giving Productively	Resting Productively	Acting Productively
89	3 Hacks to Get Things Done	Get All Things Captured	Get Quick Things Done	Get Key Things Done
90	3 Resources from 3 Gurus	12 Foundations for Life	7 Hacks for a Good List	7 Steps For a Good Leader
91	3 Tips to Manage Calendar	Schedule More Than Events	Create Buffers Around Events	Add Colours to Events
92	Activation Energy	Take Small Steps to Break Big Barriers	Use Ritual Behaviours to Automate	Optimise Your Environment
93	Rituals, Routines & Habits	Rituals for Mindfulness	Routines for Structure	Habits for Efficiency
94	Using Values to Live Productively	Identify Your Values	Link Your Values	Track Your Values
95	Living Your Mission Through KRAs	Write Your Mission Statement	Identify Your Key Result Areas	Create Your Goals for KRAS
96	3 Steps to Defeat Overwhelm	Get Everything Out of Your Mind	Choose One Area to Focus On	Find the Next Action and Do it.
97	Prioritise for Excellence	Identify Your Rocks	Address Your Pebbles	Manage Your Sand
98	Optimise for Effectiveness	Identify High-Impact Tasks	Remove Low-Impact Tasks	Regularly Reassess Priorities
99	Minimise for Efficiency	Set Clear Deadlines	Break Projects Down	Set Time Limits
100	Celebration Edition Lessons	Holistic is Healthy	Structure is Freedom	Reflection is Helpful
101	Time Block to Focus Time	What is Time Blocking?	How Do We Do Time Blocking?	The Use of Time Blocking?
102	Time Box to Maximise Time	What is Time Boxing	How Do We Do Time Boxing?	The Use of Time Boxing?
103	Time Theme to Schedule Time	What is Time Theming?	How Do We Do Time Theming?	The Use of Time Theming?
104	3 Things to Master Time	The Biological Prime Time	The Time Frame Series	The Time Frame Assessment
105	3 Things to Master Space	One Space One Use	Everything in its Place	Clean Space, Clean Mind
106	7 System to Rule Your World	Productivity Systems Are Key	Seven Systems are Needed	Coaching Helps Build Systems
107	3 Things to Handle Time Anxiety	Time Anxiety Reduces Productivity	Three Areas Handle Time Anxiety	Coaching Tackles Time Anxiety

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