Asian Efficiency team members Zack, Thanh, and Mike sit down to chat about one of their favorite subjects: systems. In this episode you’ll learn some simple systems to help you do more with less effort, and you’ll learn how to recognize the systemic problems in your life that can be solved with small tweaks to your personal systems.

Cheat Sheet

How and why to set up personal systems

Why relying less on your memory can boost your productivity

The three different types of simple systems

The inherent benefits of rituals over habits

What a personal system is and how to get rituals working for you

How you can automate your rituals to save time and energy

How having systems can free you up to do other things

What highly successful CEOs do to create systems in their lives

One trick to help you keep up a practice of journaling if you’ve been having trouble staying with it

An easy ritual you can implement for keeping in touch with your friends and network

A simple technology-based system for tracking package deliveries

Why thinking like a geek can help you change your mindset and make time for the things you prioritize

Links

Systems Webinar w/ Mike

Thanh's blog post on 3 different types of simple systems

Getting Things Done (GTD)

TextExpander

Drafts for iOS

Quotebook app

Launch Center Pro

Launch Center Pro journaling action video

Mike's LCP journaling action

Day One for Mac

Day One for iOS

Deliveries app by Junecloud

Tripit app

Evernote

NeuYear calendar

Omnifocus

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