These are some of the tools that I use and have found indispensable in my personal productivity. Todoist For a TODO list, I use Todoist. I like this app because it is so easy to add recurring tasks. You can use plain English to schedule your tasks, for example “Take out the trash everyday”. It … Read more
We assign tools a certain level of importance. Tools with high importance get their own dedicated space. Tools with low importance share space with other tools. For example, X-Ray and MRI machines are tools with very high importance, so they get their own space. We devote entire rooms to these tools. On the other hand, … Read more
This is kind of a follow-up to my earlier post Using the Right Tool. This one focuses more on how people tend to migrate towards tools. Do you know any great craftsmen? Anybody really great at carpentry, or art, or even more traditional tradecrafts like electricians or plumbers? What kinds of tools do they use? … Read more
In woodworking, a project will not come along very quickly if you constantly have to pause the current project you are working on in order to clean up the next tool you need to use, ore pick up remnants of the last project from the workbench. If your workspace isn’t clean, it will take you … Read more
One weekend, I had to cut down a tree in our yard. So I got out the chainsaw and went to work. It was very slow going, a little bit of saw-dust and a lot of smoke everywhere. My chainsaw wasn’t cutting well at all. The teeth on the chainsaw blade were not sharp at … Read more