473: How to Increase Your Productivity by Crafting your Time with Mike Vardy

<p>Mike Vardy discusses how to fine-tune your routine and make the most of your time through mode-based work.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>— YOU'LL LEARN —&nbsp;</strong></p><p>1) Why you shouldn’t obsess over productivity apps.</p><p>2) How to craft your time with the 5 categories of mode-based work.</p><p>3) How to keep yourself motivated and on-track through journaling.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe or visit</strong> <a href="https://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep473" target="_blank">AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep473</a> for clickable versions of the links below.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>— ABOUT MIKE —&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Mike Vardy is an author, speaker, and productivity and time management strategist (or ‘productivityist’) based in Victoria, BC, Canada. His company Productivityist helps people stop ‘doing’ productive and start ‘being’ productive through a variety of online and offline resources. He is the author of&nbsp;<em>The Front Nine: How to Start the Year You Want Anytime You Want</em>, published by Diversion Books, and has self-published several eBooks, the most recent of which is ”The Productivityist Playbook.” He currently hosts&nbsp;<em>The Productivityist Podcast</em>, a podcast that features insights and conversations surrounding productivity and workflow.</p><p>• Mike’s Podcast:&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/productivityist-podcast-time-management-personal-productivity/id913414044" target="_blank">The Productivityist Podcast</a></p><p>• Mike’s TEDx Talk:&nbsp;<a href="https://productivityist.com/how-to-stop-time-my-tedx-victoria-talk/" target="_blank">How to Stop Time: My Talk at TEDx Victoria</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —&nbsp;</strong></p><p>• Tool:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus" target="_blank">OmniFocus</a></p><p>• Tool:&nbsp;<a href="https://culturedcode.com/things/whats-new/" target="_blank">Things</a></p><p>• Tool:&nbsp;<a href="https://todoist.com/?lang=en" target="_blank">Todoist</a></p><p>• Tool:&nbsp;<a hr