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Checklists and Note Taking Your Way to Success!

Scott Priestley
5 min readMar 27, 2023

The surprising power of apps like Apple Notes, Google Keep and EverNote

Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash

List-making is one of the most basic productivity habits. It’s an incredibly effective way to capture ideas and stay organized, focused, and on task. Whether you’re trying to come up with new story ideas, manage your workload, prioritize your tasks, or simply keep track of your to-do list, capturing notes and using lists can be a powerful way to increase your productivity.

If you’ve read David Allen’s Getting Things Done, you may like To-Do List Formula: A Stress-Free Guide To Creating To-Do Lists That Work!

The power of notes

Taking notes allows you to organize your thoughts, prioritize your tasks, and reduce mental clutter. When you write down the tasks you need to complete, you can free up mental space that would otherwise be used to remember them. This reduces stress and improves focus, allowing you to stay on track and accomplish more.

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Scott Priestley

20 year veteran of the Software Wars; Top Writer in Productivity. Also writing about Technology Trends and Small Business success.