10 Best Productivity Sites

Whether you are work­ing as a free­lance at home,  a small busi­ness or work­ing in a large cor­po­ra­tion, the way you han­dle your respon­si­bil­i­ties and your work load has a direct effect on your per­sonal life. Pro­duc­tiv­ity is an impor­tant issue dur­ing our day to day rou­tines, par­tic­u­larly in the ani­ma­tion and enter­tain­ment indus­tries where processes are time-consuming and detail-oriented. Some projects may last up to 3 years and more and the amount of data gen­er­ated may sur­pass tril­lions of bytes. So how can we find a way to enjoy our daily work­load, plan for future projects and col­lab­o­rate effec­tively in a stress-free manner?

The fol­low­ing is a list of some of the best blogs on per­sonal and pro­fes­sional pro­duc­tiv­ity and although each one of them is geared towards a spe­cific nature of the sub­ject, they all man­age to give you a clear roadmap and insights into how to con­duct your life with the best use of your time in order to obtain the best results.

Per­son­ally I am a firm believer in David Allen’s method called “Get­ting Things Done” and his book “Get­ting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Pro­duc­tiv­ity” but it’s just my per­sonal choice. He has a lot of other very use­ful stuff he sells on his site which are all geared towards mak­ing you more productive.

I have to stress one point and that is there is no magic for­mula or exact recipe to becom­ing a pro­duc­tive per­son and don’t expect to find your way by read­ing these blogs or books. These sites will give you a lot of use­ful infor­ma­tion, roadmaps and method­olo­gies but in order to make best use of all this info you will need to find the method­ol­ogy or pro­ce­dure that suits you most and then tweak it to suit your way of life and most impor­tantly, STICK TO IT!!

  1. David Allen’s GTD Times (http://www.gtdtimes.com/)

This blog is mostly geared towards David Allen’s method­ol­ogy called Get­ting Things Done based on his world-famous book “Get­ting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Pro­duc­tiv­ity” and although the arti­cles may not be that enlight­en­ing all the time they pro­vide some great pod­casts that explain their method.

  1. Free­lance Folder (http://freelancefolder.com/)

Great blog for free­lance writ­ers, web devel­op­ers and design­ers but con­tains a wealth of infor­ma­tion on per­sonal productivity

  1. Free­lance Switch (http://freelanceswitch.com/)

Very sim­i­lar to Free­lance Folder and a great resource; part of the Envato group that brings you The­me­For­est and other great sites.

  1. Life Opti­mizer (http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/)

Life Opti­mizer is about how to live life to the fullest through per­sonal growth.

  1. Marc and Angel Hack Life (http://www.marcandangel.com/)

Lots of prac­ti­cal tips to lead a pro­duc­tive life

  1. Pro­duc­tive Flour­ish­ing (http://www.productiveflourishing.com/)

This site has very good arti­cles and pro­vides a set of free monthly plan­ners that are very well thought out and useful.

  1. Illu­mi­nated Mind and Body (http://www.illuminatedmind.net/)
  2. Wake Up Later (http://www.wakeuplater.com/)
  3. Per­sua­sive (http://www.persuasive.net/)
  4. Seth’s Blog (http://sethgodin.typepad.com/)

And last but not least, Seth Godin’s blog which is more geared towards mar­ket­ing but does include some pro­duc­tiv­ity tips from time to time and is always a great read.

Hope you enjoy this post and please include any other sites which you think should have been included in this post.

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Author: Reza Ghobady (69 Articles)

Founder and Manager of Vishka Studio since 2003, I have a passion for CG and creative arts. A multitasking, multithreading machine by necessity, my aim is to create a multimedia and entertainment venture capable of creating compelling animated movies. Artistic value, production quality and having fun are the main ingredients of a successful creation and I strive for perfection every step of the way.

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