Ethan Banks

@ecbanks

Productivity

The Mythical Eight Hour Workday

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With more days than I want falling into a pattern of working more hours than I’d like, I’ve gotten serious about determining what the problem is. Do I need to turn away projects? Should I hire someone to handle some of the load? Am I not embracing the life of a stereotypical small business owner? Or is this just a matter of being inefficient?

Improve Productivity. Shut Off Notifications. (YouTube)

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Here’s a short car video where I recommend shutting off notifications as a way to increase productivity. Spoiler alert. That’s pretty much the summary of the entire video, so you can save yourself the four minutes. Or…watch it to get the nuance.

Don’t Reply To Everything

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I like to meet other’s expectations, and have them think cuddly, happy thoughts about what a swell person I am. I know that when I send an email, I hope to get a response. Therefore, when I receive an e-mail, my natural inclination is to respond.

StayFocusd Extension For Chrome

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Stayfocusd is a useful Chrome extension for filtering time-wasting websites. It’s a progressive step towards deleting social media accounts entirely.

Space To Think My Own Thoughts

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How I can create deep content if my mind is usually in a broken mirror state, challenged by outside thoughts and ideas all of the time?

The Pros & Cons Of Task Managers

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Task managers are tools that allow you to maintain organized lists of the things you need to do. Over the last couple of months, I have shifted my workflow to revolve around a task manager. That means that what I do each day is driven by the tasks that are on my list. If the […]