Productivity Tools

December 15, 2020
Time Saving Apps for the Gent

We’ve reviewed apps before and shared some productivity techniques (like the Pomodoro), so in this article we thought we would combine the two and look at some time saving and…

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May 22, 2017
Productivity boosts: Pareto’s Principle, Parkinson’s Law, and the Pomodoro technique

Have you ever had a concept explained to you that instantly helped you perform better due to the insights you received?  We know how valuable that can be, which is…

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November 28, 2016
Small Habits, Big Payoff

Today’s article is a guest post from the founder of The Orderly Gent.  I meet a lot of men who have genuine and healthy concerns about how they present themselves and conduct their affairs.  Men…

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November 17, 2016
Read like a Gent: Essentialism by Greg McKeown

“Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done. It doesn’t mean just doing less for the sake of less…

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November 8, 2016
Morning Pages: Worth adding to your daily routine

Oh no, not a journal.  No, I’m not a writer, you might be thinking to yourself.  That’s fine.  This isn’t an article for writers.  They already do something like this….

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August 16, 2016
Apps for the Gent

In a recent post about the Iphone 7 we alluded to the fact that “A gent regards his smartphone the way he might any useful tool: it should be reliable, simple (and…

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November 17, 2014
How to Internet Like a Gent

The Internet these days can be a collection of malware, spyware, identity theft, intrusive ads, privacy concerns, and a lack of anonymity. Everyone from hackers and advertisers to the U.S. government wants…

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April 1, 2014
Fighting Traffic With Audiobooks

Of all the statistics I come across, those expressing the vast amount of time we waste year to year are probably my least favorite. Just twenty minutes of weekday commute…

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