Tim Stringer on Managing Personal Tasks & Team Projects, Communication, and Holistic Productivity (TPS312)

The Productivity Show

August 10, 2020

68 minutes

Tim Stringer on The Productivity Show

In this episode, I am super excited to introduce Tim Stringer to the Productivity Show. Tim is a professionally-trained coach, productivity expert, and an accomplished yoga and meditation teacher. He’s the founder of Technically Simple and LearnOmniFocus.

As you can imagine, we cover a wide range of topics like how to best use a task manager for personal tasks, professional tasks, and team projects, what type of tasks to put where, and how a serious health issue led him to develop an approach he calls Holistic Productivity.

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Cheat Sheet:

How Tim got into the productivity space [2:12]
The top 3 productivity resources for this week [5:24]
How Tim sells the concept of a task manager to somebody who believes they don’t need one [11:21]
Which task managers and systems Tim uses and why [17:31]
How Tim manages both his work and the collaborations he has with others with tools like Asana [21:27]
Why Tim advises people to break down projects and larger tasks in their main task manager and not in team management apps [29:40]
How integrating Zapier with your task and team management tools can streamline your workflow [32:29]
How Tim segregates his work and personal actions in Omnifocus [36:53]
Tim’s favorite new features in Omnifocus [39:18]
The biggest challenges people face when starting with Omnifocus [45:06]
What Tim wants to see in future development of Omnifocus features [47:50]
Tim’s favorite tech tools to make his work life better and more efficient [51:59]
How yoga and mindfulness fit into Tim’s daily productivity [1:00:38]
Action steps you can take to integrate today’s topic into your life [1:04:04]

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