Stress-free productivity does exist

While project management is a discipline somewhat alien to most people, the truth is that the knowledge, skills, techniques and tools to effectively manage project activities, are increasingly needed in our society. Although this discipline was born as a necessity in the corporate world, we all have some personal projects we want to run the best possible way.

If you work alone, you are self-employed, freelance or a solo entrepreneur, chances are that in your daily activity, you get entangled doing urgent things that do not lead anywhere. It is also very easy that time flies when you are doing things that are pleasing, although totally unproductive. Indeed, your internet connection can be a death trap.

Wanna play a game? Reducing as much as possible what you have in your FacileThings Inbox. I am not asking you to leave aside the projects and actions you have to do, but to apply the principles of GTD and use the resources the application provides to organize your workflow properly. You are going to realize how easy it is to overload your Next Actions list. I suggest you to answer the following questions, so you can reduce the burden of what is at hand:

Given that in this blog we often highlight the benefits of a good personal organization, not only as a vehicle to achieve your professional and personal goals, but to do so in a relaxed and controlled way, the title of this article may seem somewhat contradictory. But there is no cheating. Go easy with your organization.

A few days ago we sent a poll to all our active users in order to figure out how they assess the new features we are developing. The aim was to know which of them are perceived as most important and, thus, set our road map priorities.