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4 Ways to Leave Work On Time Without Feeling Guilty
Working long hours is bad for your health and bad for your work. Here's how to break the habit...
“Your life is what you pay attention to.”
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[Workflow Guide] Accomplish Your Big Goals With Don’t Break the Chain
Build a productivity streak one day at a time (with monthly and annual calendar templates to help)
Kickstart Your Next Project with Todoist Templates
Pick from 50 templates to launch your next project right.
Improve Your Focus and Find Your Calling by Working in Seasons
The rest of your life is a long time – start working in seasons instead.
Learn How to Learn: 4 Repeatable Steps to Master Any New Skill
A real-world guide to mastering any new skill
Work-Life Balance vs. Work-Life Integration
When the flexibility to work anywhere anytime means working everywhere all the time
The Ultimate Guide to Personal Productivity Methods
You don't need a to-do list, you need a system you can trust.
How a General Contractor Uses Todoist + GTD to Run His Small Business
Task management isn't only for people who spend their workday on a computer
Beyond Time Management: Why We Really Procrastinate and How to Finally Stop
Understand the "why" behind your inability to start
Hedonic Adaptation
Why we're never satisfied with what we've already accomplished
To Inbox Zero or Not to Inbox Zero?
We ask 7 tech leaders whether they think inbox zero is worth it
3 Proven Strategies to Help You Overcome Fear of Failure
Is a fear of failure keeping you from getting started?
Here’s Why Everyone Should Have a Work Shutdown Ritual
How you end your day is just as important as how you start it
The Remote Working Parent’s Survival Guide
Lessons in work-life balance for remote working parents *and* their companies.
10 Productive Things You Can Do in Under 10 Minutes
Who says there's no such thing as a quick fix?
Todoist Sections: 18 Ways to Divide and Conquer Your Projects
With pre-populated templates to get you started
How to Stay Focused in an Age of Distraction: A Beginner’s Guide to Meaningful Productivity
Cut distractions and start doing your best work.
How to Organize Your Family’s Tasks and Projects With Todoist
Families who to-do list together, stay together
Why It’s So Hard to Focus at Work (Hint: It’s not you, it’s your workplace)
Few companies invest in protecting their most valuable asset — their team’s attention.
The Art and Science of Loving Your Job
Paralyzed by Perfectionism? Try Rethinking Your To-Do List
Strategies for dealing with perfection paralysis and achieving your biggest goals — despite your best efforts to get in your own way
