3 Ways to Pay Attention by Tidying Up this Spring Ever hear you mum or dad say ‘tidy your room!’ I did. Growing up, my little sister and I shared a room and yet we didn’t share the same idea of what ‘tidy’ meant. It may not surprise you that I liked to label things,…
Productivity Expert Neen James: 10 Ways to Create Attentive Meetings Ever sat in a meeting checking your email? Ever attended a meeting and wondered why you were there? Ever been frustrated by a badly run meeting at your company? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are not alone! When did it…
How to Make the Time to Learn Think about this: what would you like to learn or what skill do you wish you had? Maybe you’d like to speak Spanish, use Photoshop, or learn to write code. Often we have the desire to learn, but with a daunting task such as learning a language, it’s…
Mike Vardy: How I Use Evernote as a Spark File Writer Steven Johnson has written an excellent piece over at Medium about what he calls The Spark File. He describes it as follows: “…for the past eight years or so, I’ve been maintaining a single document where I keep all my hunches: ideas for articles, speeches,…
Cal Newport: Why You Should Write an Attention Charter AMBIGUOUS DISTRACTION In the war to reclaim your attention, some battles have clearer fronts than others. It has become clear to me that these differences matter. Social media, for example, is digital nicotine. It’s engineered to hook you so you can be sliced and diced into…
How Freedom Is Making a Difference At Freedom we are lucky to have many of our users write about their experience with Freedom. From tweets to published articles – the Freedom community is buzzing with productivity strategy, advice, and experiments for a more focused, fulfilled life. They certainly keep us inspired and motivated, so we…
Cal Newport: Deep Work and What Matters At Freedom, we want to give our customers the freedom to do what matters most to them. In a world saturated with digital distractions begging for your attention, finding the focus to do what is most important has become increasingly difficult. That’s why we decided to sit down…
What Experts Are Saying About Freedom At Freedom we are lucky enough to have many of our users write about their experience with Freedom. From tweets to published articles – our Freedom community is buzzing with productivity strategy, advice, and experiments for a more focused, fulfilled life. They certainly keep us inspired and motivated, so we…