The Ultimate List of the Best Productivity Resources
Where the most productive people go to get the latest tips
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3 min readNov 15, 2017
What’s your go-to resource for all things productivity?
And the best tips and tricks are now rounded up here, in one handy list. With blogs and podcasts to check out, people to follow, and apps to try, we’ve got the ultimate list of where to look when you’re in need of some solid productivity advice.
Blogs + News
- Evernote Blog — The latest news, stories, and tips for staying productive
- Lifehacker — Collection of tips, news, and how-tos
- Medium productivity category — Tap into the brains of the world’s most insightful writers and thinkers
- Product Hunt — Their website surfaces the best new products, every day.
- Praxis—A members-only Medium publication on the future of productivity
- Bullet Journal Blog — Inspiration, organization, and general musings on mindfulness
- Cal Newport Blog — How to perform productive, valuable, & meaningful work
- Thrive Global — Their blog covers solutions to enhance well-being, performance, and purpose
- Entrepreneur Magazine— Their website is full of articles with advice, insights, and guides for entrepreneurs
- Grammarly — Their blog helps you correct all grammar errors and enhance your writing
- What’s Best Next? — Helps you to do work that matters, and do it better
- Binfire Blog — Tools for innovative and affordable online collaboration
- 99u — Actionable insights on productivity, organization, and leadership
- Signal vs. Noise — Medium publication with strong opinions and shared thoughts on design, business, and tech, with contributions from Basecamp founder & CEO Jason Fried
- Buffer — Their blog covers the latest social media tools, analytics, and strategies
- My Morning Routine — Publishes a new, inspiring morning routine every Wednesday
- Ambition & Balance — Productivity tips from Todoist, an online task manager
- Intelligent Change Blog — Learn to focus on the good and live with intention
- James Clear Blog — Articles on health, happiness, creativity, productivity, and more from author, photographer, and weightlifter James Clear
- Asian Efficiency — Tips, tricks and techniques for getting things done
Podcasts
- Evernote Podcast — iTunes, SoundCloud, Overcast — Dive into the realms of achievement, entrepreneurship, and creative thinking
- Cortex Podcast — Each episode, they get together to discuss their working lives
People
- Francesco D'Alessio— His YouTube channel is full of productivity app tutorials and reviews
- Francesca Geens — Productivity techniques and tools
- Michael Hyatt — Leadership mentor that helps overwhelmed high achievers win at work
- Tim Ferriss — Early-stage tech investor/advisor, author of The 4 Hour Work Week
- Shane Parrish — Uses his blog and social media to share tips for mastering the best of what other people have already figured out
- Tiago Forte — Founder of productivity consultancy/training firm Forte Labs
Apps + Tools + Approaches
- Evernote — Organize your work and declutter your life
- Web Clipper — Evernote’s tool for quickly capturing web pages, saving them as notes so you can easily find them later
- Getting Things Done — A work-life management system
- Trello— Collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards
- Pocket — This tool helps you save interesting articles, videos and more from the web for later
- Systems Matter — Helps small business owners find systematic clarity
- Mvelopes — Budgeting and spending management
- Workflowy — An organizational tool that makes life easier
- Swipes — Automatically collect all your tasks in one place
- Grammarly — Makes sure everything you type is clear, effective, and mistake-free
- Todoist — To-do list and task manager
- RescueTime — Helps you understand your daily habits so you can be more productive
- KanbanFlow — Lean project management, simplified
Something missing from this list? Let us know in the comments below and we’ll make an update!