Power Tools: Hacking Your Way to Productivity

Monday, August 1, 20159:00 am – 10:00 amKiKi L’Italien, Amplified GrowthScott Oser, Scott Oser Associates

In 2010, 46 percent of working men and women reported that their job demands interfered with their family life sometimes or often, up from 41 percent in 2002. In contrast, less than 30 percent report that their family interferes with their work life.

(June 2014 - The Council of Economic Advisers for the

White House)

•Half of all American workers no longer take their vacations due to fear of something bad happening while they are gone for more than a day.

(August 2014 - Forbes)

•Workers in the U.S. now log 1,788 hours of work per year, besting the Germans (1,388), the French (1,489 hours), and even the Japanese (1,735).

(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Better Life Index website)

•Nearly 30 percent of us (Americans) work weekends

(Sept 2014 - Hamermesh and Stancanelli)

•More than a quarter of Americans toil away after 10 p.m.

(Sept 2014 - Hamermesh and Stancanelli) 

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Managing Email

FollowUp.cc

Unroll.Me

• Identifies your subscription emails and lists them

for you in one email once a day

• Unsubscribe from junk emails with one click.

• Combine favorite subscriptions into one daily

digest

The Email Game

Managing Workload

Pomodoro Technique• Project based• 25 minutes (Pomodoro) on, 5 minute break• Every 100 minutes take a 15 minute break• Track # of times got distracted during each 25

minute Pomodoro

RescueTime• Detailed reports show which

applications and websites you spent time on

• Weekly email summary• Set weekly goals• Set timers for websites

Delegation

• Keep team better organized/centralized communication

• Assign tasks• Set notifications/reminders• Track workflow/progress• Status always available

Managing Schedule

ScheduleOnce & Doodle• Multiple users• Calendar integration• Offer multiple appointment options

Task Management• Create tasks, subtasks (one time or recurring)• Manage start dates and deadlines• Set alerts/reminders• Prioritize by importance or by date• Sync across devices and apps

(Swipes/Evernote)

Swipes

Stickk• Free goal-setting platform created by

behavioral economists at Yale University

• Empirically proven to increase people’s chances of success by up to 3x

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• Capture• Clarify• Organize• Reflect• Engage

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Contact UsKiKi L’ItalienPresidentAmplified Growthkiki@amplifiedgrowth.net @kikilitalienScott OserPresidentScott Oser Associatesscott@scottoserassociates.com@scottoser