I am very happy with the direction this blog is taking; it is now attracting some serious attention, and many post quickly become quite popular.

Knowing that I am becoming a better writer is a terrific feeling.

Enjoy this summary!

Productivity, goals, procrastination posts:

• One Minute To-Do List – The simple and awesome alternative to GTD
• How to Overcome Resistance to Work – 4 Techniques – another very popular post with extremely valuable information
• Centralize Your Lists with Swift To-Do List – Even if you are not using Swift To-Do List, learning the concepts in this post can dramatically improve your productivity and eliminate stress in your work life.
• 5 Counter-Intuitive Productivity Tips
• How to murder your productivity – This hilarious post went viral and became extremely popular. It is actually useful, too.
• Seriously, Stop Sabotaging Your 2012 Goals – was republished on Lifehacker
• Hidden Procrastination
• Outsmarting Yourself for Success
• What are you not going to do? – Time management upside down
• Why change is so hard and how to make it happen – on changing ourselves for good
• Be Successful First Thing in the Morning – another quite popular post with a valuable tip

Swift To-Do List related:

• Overcome procrastination with new Swift To-Do List – learn how the new Time Tracking feature can transform you from procrastinator to super-achiever
• New Swift To-Do List 7.60: Calendar Panel, add tasks from any application, more!
• What’s New in Swift To-Do List 7.46
• New Swift To-Do List 7 Ultimate edition released
• Swift To-Do List Review by Darryl Benjamin
• Swift To-Do List Review by Chuck Gallozzi – Chuck is a personal development expert
• Blind Man and Swift To-Do List

What else?

We’ve also released brand new FastPaste 3 for Windows, and published a post on it: Declaring war on stupid typing with FastPaste 3.

Check out the previous “Best Of This Blog (Part 2)” and “Best Of This Blog (Part 1)“

Related Posts:

• Best Of This Blog (Part 2)
• Best Of This Blog (Part 1)
• Introducing Swift To-Do List subscription plans
• 3 easy techniques to instantly stop procrastinating
• 30-second check: Do you get the maximum from Swift To-Do List?
• So, do you want to build 100 tiny houses, or 1 skyscraper?

Best Of This Blog (Part 3) is a post from: Swift To-Do List Blog

The posts published since the last summary can be divided into three main categories:

• Productivity posts: How to do more in less time and be happier
• Swift To-Do List related posts: Tips, tricks, news, highlights.
• Getting Things Done posts – GTD tutorial by our guest writer Brian

So, without further ado, here goes. Enjoy!

Productivity posts:

• 10 best tricks of fooling myself to work – this post went viral: over 100.000 readers!
• Creating Lasting Happiness In 5 Minutes a Day – super-powerful yet simple journaling technique
• The Now Habit Summary – detailed summary of the best book on procrastination
• Accidental Genius Summary – detailed summary of the best book on creative thinking and writing
• The next actions and prioritizing – how to keep track of what to do next
• Achieving Goals Like a Mad Klingon – do you want to attain your goal badly?
• 10 quick fixes of motivation – feeling down and unproductive? This should get you going again.
• Why plants on workdesks boost creativity by 15%

Swift To-Do List related:

• Turn emails into tasks – just drag & drop them into Swift To-Do List! – the greatest new feature?
• Synchronize Swift To-Do List with Dropbox
• What’s New in 7.33 – learn about recurrence after completion, recurrence preview, and how to permanently delete to-do lists
• What’s New in 7.307 – learn about tree export to HTML
• What’s New in 7.30 – learn about in-place editing.
• What’s New in 7.26 – learn about time-tracking
• What’s New in 7.25 – learn about the Import Wizard and the improved Batch Edit
• We’ve just sent the first $50 donation to WWF! – you help us to help charities!

GTD posts:

• Getting Things Done (GTD) Tutorial: Basics – what’s GTD all about?
• Getting Things Done (GTD) Tutorial: Do I Need to GTD?
• Getting Things Done (GTD) Tutorial: Perspective
• Getting In The Ready State (To Get Things Done)
• Getting Things Done (GTD) Tutorial: Commitment Management – manage what’s on your plate
• Managing Actions Horizontally and Vertically

What I think

I’m really happy about the direction this blog is taking. While I am usually fully focused on development, you bet I will keep bringing you new intriguing posts in the future.

The exceptional success of the “10 best tricks of fooling myself to work” post has really humbled me as a writer (and marketer). It was the most successful piece I’ve ever written – just the thousands of shares on social media are truly mind-blowing to me. That being said, I am still better software designer than blogger and writer. But I will keep working at it ;-)

And hey, check out also the previous “Best Of This Blog (Part 1)“

Related Posts:

• Best Of This Blog (Part 1)
• Best Of This Blog (Part 3)
• Achieving Goals Like a Mad Klingon
• 30-second check: Do you get the maximum from Swift To-Do List?
• Always get stuff out of your head
• Swift Mind Freedom released!

Best Of This Blog (Part 2) is a post from: Swift To-Do List Blog

Posts related to Swift To-Do List contain useful tips for more effective usage of the software, while the productivity posts contain often ageless information for greater personal achievement.

Swift To-Do List related:

• Notes hotkeys overview – did you know you can create numbered lists?
• How to attach emails from Outlook to tasks (Video) – also works for some other email programs
• Recurring Tasks Explained – a complete guide
• How to join two different task types – works also for priorities, statuses, contexts, assignees
• Embedded Attachments Explained – a complete guide
• How to print a single task – or export it
• How to change the default reminder time
• How to paste plain text in notes
• Using portable Swift To-Do List on a USB thumb-drive

Productivity and personal development tips:

• Reactive vs. Proactive Tasks Explained – do you know the difference?
• 5 Ways How To Deal With Low Priority Tasks – low priority tasks can drain your energy
• Raise your awareness of your life – the starting point for better life
• 10 Tips To Create more productive environment at your desk
• Deal with procrastination with 100% success
• 10 Benefits Of Being Organized: From Chaos To Freedom
• How to upgrade your brain
• How to achieve your goals in 5 steps
• How to fully focus on the task at hand – just print it and put it in front of you :-)

Related Posts:

• Best Of This Blog (Part 2)
• Best Of This Blog (Part 3)
• Achieving Goals Like a Mad Klingon
• 3 easy techniques to instantly stop procrastinating
• Introducing Swift To-Do List subscription plans
• Double your productivity, stop procrastinating and master your habits with new video training

Best Of This Blog (Part 1) is a post from: Swift To-Do List Blog