Imagine this: you’re headed for the supermarket to buy groceries. You plan to spend $25 on a bunch of tomatoes, fresh juice, a bottle of wine, and half a loaf of bread. Somehow nothing goes according to plan. You end up spending $150 (!) on bananas, diapers, champagne, and, indeed, half a loaf of bread. Oh,… Continue reading
Many productivity experts recommend planning your next day the evening before. It allows you to “hit the ground running.” For me this doesn’t work. When I reach the end of my day, my mind is exhausted. Not in a negative way, but more like how your body feels after finishing a run or workout; a… Continue reading
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007 he proclaimed that, “It works like magic.” And he was right. Smartphones are pocket-sized computers that allow us to do things that would have seemed like magic just ten years ago. Stuck somewhere without a ride? You can call a cab with a single click. Need the… Continue reading
It looks like you’re putting on some weight. A snack here, a snack there. It’s starting to show. But, I’m not talking about your physical appearance. There’s a new form of obesity — one caused by digital junk food. We’re online all the time. We fragment our attention between a million things. We work when… Continue reading
Successful people read a lot. Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk: they all read. This is not surprising. Picking up a book allows you to connect directly with a great mind (assuming you’re reading a good book, that is). But most of us don’t read all that many books. Depending on how you… Continue reading
I often get asked, “what is your number one productivity tip?” The answer is consistency. Arriving at this answer did not come easy. I have been interested in productivity for almost a decade. I’ve read countless books and research papers on the topic. I’ve tried tons of apps and other tools. I’ve received some training… Continue reading
Taking breaks at the right time and for the right amount of time is a key to the healthy work rhythm that Saent encourages people to follow. Breaks are important for a number of reasons, and not taking them can lead to stress, burnout, poor productivity, and poor work quality. In this guest post at… Continue reading
In parts I and II of this series on “The 30 Minutes of Focus Challenge” we covered the why and the how. But now that you have that half hour of uninterrupted time per day, what can you do with it? You might already have some ideas about what to use this time for, but… Continue reading
Now that you understand the why of our 30 Minutes of Focus Challenge (see part I), it’s time to look at the how: how can you carve out half an hour of completely uninterrupted time when you’re under constant attack from notifications, social media, and email? The Saent desktop app can help. Start with Saent’s… Continue reading
Can you focus for half an hour on one thing? If research by Gloria Mark is correct, there’s a good chance the answer is “no.” Office workers get interrupted every 11 minutes, while teenagers send over a 100 chat messages per day (and this was in 2010!). Focus is the fuel for getting things done… Continue reading