The Zeigarnik Effect
Why it's so hard to stop thinking about everything we have to get done (and so easy to forget what we've already accomplished)
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A Student’s Guide to Todoist
Your comprehensive guide to avoiding all-nighters and staying (relatively) sane this semester
Why teaching is the key to understanding
How to Learn Anything with the Feynman Technique
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4 Ways to Leave Work On Time Without Feeling Guilty
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Learn how to overcome distractions and hone your focus.
13 Home Office Upgrades You Need If You Work Remotely
These upgrades pay for themselves in health, happiness, and productivity.
7 Cognitive Biases That Make Us Suck at Time Management
Our brains are hardwired to sabotage our productivity. Can we do anything about it?
Plan Ahead with Upcoming View for Todoist
Stay on top of all your tasks due today, this week — or any week
Deep Work for Social Media Managers
Finding time for focus when your job is staying plugged in
How Lifehacker’s Founder Gets Things Done (and Stays Sane)
Serial entrepreneur Gina Trapani talks about how she structures her workday for maximum focus.
A Masterclass in Getting Stuff Done, Straight from the Experts
Productivity essentials from Adam Grant, Laura Vanderkam, Chris Bailey, and Jill E Duffy!
How Entrepreneur and Tech Diversity Advocate Tracy Chou Gets Things Done
The founder of Block Party on how she stays productive, whether she’s working from the West Coast or Europe
Using Steve Jobs’ Strategy to Assign Tasks in Todoist
What we can learn from the creator of Apple about project management.
How to Complete Your Own Annual Review
Reflect on work, health, finances, and more with a personal year in review
Thank You for 1 Billion Todoist Tasks
Countless accomplishments by the remarkable Todoist community
The Science of Analysis Paralysis
How overthinking kills your productivity and what you can do about it
10 Insights That Will Change the Way You Set (and Achieve) Your New Year’s Resolutions
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing year after year and expecting different results.
Introducing the Todoist Status Dashboard
We've created a feature that keeps our users informed in the rare event an outage occurs.
How to Disagree With Your Coworkers Productively
A short, yet effective mental checklist for disagreeing in a way that’s guaranteed to win coworkers’ respect
10 Lessons We Learned Designing Todoist for Apple Watch
We completely rethought the Todoist for Apple Watch app after actually using the device.
The 15-Minute Habit Worth Making Time For
The benefits of journaling on productivity, and what happens in your brain when you commit words to paper
Work-Life Balance vs. Work-Life Integration
When the flexibility to work anywhere anytime means working everywhere all the time
Building a Fitness Empire One Time Block at a Time
Meg “Squats” Gallagher rarely has a Todoist task that takes longer than 45 minutes
The Complexity Bias
Why we prefer complex solutions over simple ones
