Life — Work | Mitch Schwartz

Welcome! If you're anything like me, you're looking for a system that helps you feel focused and on top of things.  Many productivity systems create resistance and get in our way. Our habits break, we feel shitty. There's a stress loop that forms and we stop enjoying what we're doing.   If you're feeling anxious about your productivity, your organization, your focus, or your habits, Leo Babauta's modified version of GTD — Zen-to-Done , is a great place to start.  I recommend starting with the minimal ZTD and building from there.   Though his ebook isn't long (77 pages) I've done my best to condense them into actional steps and tips. To read those notes, click here

An arrangement of notes I took during the Art of Accomplishment Course: Artistry requires self awareness; Your consciousness comes through in every product you create. When we use a product, we are consuming also the consciousness of it's creators;  Consciousness is part of creation, this is what makes it an art form. If a product is made in scarcity and fear, we'll feel that when we use it. Software developed by a team with poor communication, running around trying to complete a huge backlog, will bring this level of consciousness into the product. Trust your full expression. Trust what's coming through you. When we see this full expression in others, we want to follow it. If we're judging and questioning ourselves, we can't be in a flow state. The only way we will see that we're inherently good is by knowing who we are; Artistry comes from this place. I know what I am and I'm committed to fully expressing it Is the state which drives the purest creation. T...

For the better part of the past 2 years, I was the Flow Manager at a company that guided clients through digital transformation, helping each of them move into the future of work. Many people have asked me: "Mitch, what the F*** is a Flow Manager?" Good news: while there, I wrote a post: What my goals were What I learned while fulfilling them The good people there were kind enough to let me use that post for my post-employment posting, and now I'll be sharing it with you. Below is my short manifesto: what I learned about teams, people, systems, and overall management, while working as, essentially, the internal productivity manager for a team of productivity consultants.