Productivity System #5:

Seinfeld Calendar System

Yeah. THAT Jerry Seinfeld, of Seinfeld fame.

Jerry Seinfeld’s ultra-simple calendar challenge is the ultimate productivity

hack … err … system.

Way back in 2007, software developer Brad Isaac shared a story with

Lifehacker about an encounter with Jerry Seinfeld where he asked the
comedian for some “tips for a young comic.”

Seinfeld told him to “write every day.” In order to maintain motivation (and
accountability), he shared his “unique calendar system he used to pressure
himself to write.”

In Isaac’s words, “He told me to get a big wall calendar that has a whole year
on one page and hang it on a prominent wall. The next step was to get a big
red magic marker. He said for each day that I do my task of writing, I get to
put a big red X over that day. After a few days, you’ll have a chain. Just keep
at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You’ll like seeing that chain,
especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job next is to
not break the chain.”

Don’t break the chain.

Productivity System #6:
Eat That Frog
From wall calendars and chains to frogs.

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you
the rest of the day.” – Mark Twain

The Eat That Frog productivity system is all about knocking out your

biggest, most daunting task first thing in the morning so it’s done and
out of the way.

Again, we tried Eat That Frog. Here is what we learned.

If your ambition, focus, and energy lags later in the day, this approach will
help you capitalize on your morning momentum. Use it to get the big, scary
stuff done and off your list first thing.

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How monday.com serves

as a productivity system
Choosing the right productivity system can be a matter of trial and error.

Like we did with The Pomodoro Technique and Eat that Frog, you won’t know
if it works for you until you’ve given it a real shot.
monday.com is all about removing barriers and helping you and your
team work without limits. Our Work OS empowers teams to create any
workflow to manage anything they need. And we mean everything:

 One of our latest features—monday workdocs—allows you to instantly

collaborate, share, and jot down project ideas, plans, notes, and more.
 Integrations allow you to connect the tools you already know and love with
monday.com so all of your work is in one place.
 Dashboards help you make smarter decisions with real-time data insights.
 And much more!

Discover a new productivity approach that will help you stay on track.