Tech Productivity Issue #306 (The Most Powerful Life Hacks)

Issue #306 (The Most Powerful Life Hacks) 12/23/24

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I came across this LinkedIn post by Justin Bateh, who runs a successful startup on building project management skills, where he outlines 5 Surprising Ways You're Lowering Employee Morale. The text post is also available as a simple slideshow.

Naturally, the post is aimed at leaders where he suggests specific habits that are "costing you trust and engagement."

5 Surprising Ways You're Lowering Employee Morale

If you're in a leadership position at the moment, the advice might be relevant to your circumstances. These types of lists can at times sound cliché but they are excellent reminders especially for leaders and teams who have gotten into a rut when it comes to things like communication, feedback, overwork, and so on.

Now on to this week's hand-picked productivity links!

Tools & Apps

AyeSoul — A simple and single gateway to a unified AI-powered search, answer, and tasks engine, to improve how you seek information, acquire knowledge, complete tasks, and interact with technology.

Scramble — Chrome extension that provides an open-source and more customizable alternative to Grammarly that leverages AI to enhance your writing directly in your browser.

CalcGen — A platform that allows you to easily build beautiful, interactive, and customizable charts using your own data, or let an AI agent research it for you.

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Inbox AI — A voice-to-AI Mac app to customize, control, and connect your personal workflows, shortcuts, and commands so you can automate tasks, process your emails, and capture information, all through voice.

AB Download Manager — A Windows or Linux download manager app (with browser extension) to help speed up your downloads and queue or schedule your downloads as needed.

Rocketnotes — A web-based Markdown notetaking app (with Mac version) that features LLM-powered text completion, chat, and semantic search.

Articles & Resources

The Most Powerful Life Hacks I've Found — Sahil Bloom shares hacks on personal growth, career, relationships, wealth, and health. I like the advice to 'only do your grocery shopping on the outer perimeter of the store'.

Your 10-Step Plan for Achieving a Creative Breakthrough — If you often think of "aha!" moments occurring randomly or by luck, this suggests there are evidence-based ways to make it more likely they will occur.

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How Much Does Your Phone’s Blue Light Really Delay Your Sleep? Relax, It’s Just 2.7 Minutes — If accurate, this is good news. The conclusions are based on research gathered by sleep experts from Sweden, Australia and Israel, who compared scientific studies that directly tested this.

5 Ways to Revamp Your Home Office for Maximum Productivity, According to a Professional Organizer — Suggestions include decluttering along with adding natural lighting and an ergonomic setup.

A 4-Day Workweek Isn't Business as Usual — Published earlier this year, this post provides some updates on 4-day workweek laws and regulations that have been initiated in different places around the world, along with some considerations before companies switch.

Lazy Work, Good Work — There's a great quote from John D. Rockefeller and the gist of this post is that what appears 'lazy' today can actually be more productive work than what we normally associate with 'productivity'.

Suggestions?

Have a suggestion for a productivity-related tool, article, or other resource? Send me a direct message via X or chat via Bluesky and I’ll consider including it in a future issue.

Stay productive!

Louis
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