My Simple Productivity System (for normal people)!

Normal people can like this comment, abnormal people hit reply 😏 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The “Best” Productivity Systems 00:47 My Simple Two-Step Productivity System 01:03 Capture and Organize 01:23 Step 1 - Capture 03:12 Step 2 - Organize 05:27 When to Capture and Organize 06:01 Productivity System - Inbox Management 06:37 Summary and Next Step

OMG I'm relieved to hear that I wasn't the only one who was overwhelmed by how these productivity experts were organizing their second brains. When Francesco D'Alessio talked in an interview with Tiago about how he uses EIGHT apps to capture his thoughts, I checked out. 🙄 Thank you for introducing a system that fits into an A4 page.

Nothing beats simplicity. Productivity influencers are simply that, it’s their full time job. A normal person does not have the time to set all that up. Time is precious and deadlines are tight.

Out of all productivity gurus, you've done the best one so far. REAL WORLD EXAMPLES PEOPLE! We don't all have YouTube channels to manage

Thank you. It drives me so nuts, when other productivity Youtubers are just like: "It's really quite simple" and then proceed to dump their entire knowledge of theirs, wich was build over several years on your head. I'm just a student, not a budiness owner.

I love simple productivity techniques. It's also to remind everyone that everyone is different and there isn't one solution fit all. My process is very much similar to yours but I have a side art hobby with my full time job so i do keep a physical sketchbook for art ideas and notion for work. I like writing with my hand when it's a random note for myself since it's messy and faster and I prefer typing when it's official work so I have to keep physical notes instead of going full digital.

Omg, this is probably the best task management video I've ever watched!

Glad to know that I'm not the only one who feel the tips and methods from those productivity "gurus" are too complex for everyday people. This system is just what I need.👍

A breath of fresh air with a simpler approach than most - and I totally support the "what app you use doesn't matter". In my head it is more about your strategy for how and actually putting stuff in a pre-defined place to be able to come back to it at some point, what apps you utilize is secondary at best. And the bit with Ali Abdaal cracked me up so hard! Thanks for a great video

That is just the video we really need to watch over and over until we learn all the knowledge contained in it! It's certainly worth a thumbs UP! And save it to be watched again! Thanks, Jeff! Mostly for the helpful, practical examples shown in the video! We need more videos like this on YouTube.

I swear, this video was a breath of fresh air in the organization space. Side note on the 'just use whatever works' mantra: I tried ticktick for a while bc mkbhd and several others recommended it, but it won't leave me alone or dismiss notifications properly that don't have dates attached after the 'organize step'. Meaning I constantly have 30+ notifications waiting for me. Plus subtasks are really wonky. I might try taskcade, but switching back to todoist has smoothed things out for now.

Have to say just one thing. This approach seemed very much familiar to me, and handled the same gripes I had with productivity gurus around YT. Then I clicked on your profile and saw you are a fellow management consultant 😂😂😂 - now things make much more sense, and thank you for this!

Thanks for affirming my recent ‘downgrade’ in productivity systems. I use an app called Drafts to capture everything. The feature I like most is that I can use quick actions to move it to other storage systems (If needed) in one click. Less friction is absolutely key

Within one pomodoro time (25 minutes) I fell in love with your videos. Thanks mate. These are amazing.

This system is very minimal which in my eyes means it’s going to be more useful and easier to stick to. Thank you for this!

Thanks Jeff! That was totally my reaction after watching Ali’s video too! 😂 The way you break it down makes it WAY more easier and practical to follow. I also found Notion hard to use to create quick tasks on the fly. I now use Taskade, which is a Notion-like version of Todoist in terms of visual appeal.

What a great video! A nice mix of clarity, simplicity, and humor. Thanks Jeff!

This is the most helpful productivity video -- precise, short, and accurate. Thank you!

Glad to see that our systems mirror each other but with different tools. It took many false starts of paper, programs, mindmaps and a ton of other stuff to distill to get to the 2 step you've demonstrated here. For capture I use GQueues instead of ToDoList. GQueues also syncs to my Google calendar and like ToDoList has natural capture with date/time and tagging. There are no doubt others as good as GQueues but I've used it without a hitch for 11 years. Instead of Notion, (which is just too much for me) I use Nimbus Notes which is a program that is a nice simple blend between Evernote and Notion. Nimbus also has a nice web capture extension which I use extensively as well as tagging.

Very good, Jeff. Like you always say, a good productivity system must be easy to use and hard to avoid. The more simple it is, the better. Even GTD itself is complicated to follow