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Ditch Digital Clutter And Stay Organized: 3 Simple Rules That Work (TPS319)


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Is your downloads folder a huge mess? Do you find it hard to find email attachments you downloaded a few weeks ago? Do you easily get frustrated trying to find files and documents?

Then you want to listen carefully to today’s episode! We’re going to share with you 3 tips to help you organize your files, folders and documents so you can easily find anything within a few seconds. Even if you have thousands of files and notes laying around, by the end of this episode you’ll know how to organize everything quickly and efficiently.

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Cheat Sheet:
  • The top 3 productivity resources for this week [3:08]
  • How this episode can help everybody and why it’s such an important topic [5:15]
  • Thanh’s and Brook’s personal digital organization systems [14:30]
  • Why you need to take as much care naming the item as you do naming the folder you put it in [17:02]
  • Why naming your files appropriately is only advantages with pretty much no disadvantages [28:06]
  • Why a simple but very intentional system will usually beat out a “complete” but extremely complicated system [29:57]
  • The case for not fiddling with new systems and staying deliberate and intentional [35:17]
  • Why using the right tools for the job will save you a lot of time and a lot of headache [37:31]
  • Why you need to fall in love with the search functions in your system [44:47]
  • Action steps you can take to integrate today’s topic into your life [50:16]
  • Links:
    • Indeed
    • Azlo
    • Blinkist
    • File Juggler
    • Hazel
    • Beetelite
    • TPS+
    • Mac Power Users
    • Dropbox
    • Ulysses
    • Evernote
    • The Virgin Way: If It’s Not Fun, It’s Not Worth Doing
    • Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind
    • The PARA Method: A Universal System for Organizing Digital Information
    • How To Build a Second Brain and Be More Organized w/ Tiago Forte (TPS310)
    • Notion
    • The Most Effective Way of Organizing Your Files, Folders and Documents
    • JIRA
    • Confluence
    • DTDT – How To Organize Your Files, Folders and Documents (October 6th)
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