How technology can increase your productivity

If you haven’t mastered the art of getting things done, it’s no wonder you aren’t more successful. Being productive is one of the biggest struggles we face.

It’s all too easy to let the most important things go undone. Days turn into months and months into decades. If you’re not careful, you can live your entire life and never do more than just survive.

So what can you do?

Here are a few tools to help you take control of your busy schedule:

1. SpringPad (www.springpadit.com)

More than just a task-tracking application, it’s the smartest platform ever for keeping track of everything you want to remember. Take notes. The platform will automatically create reminders for you.

2. Ta-Da Lists (www.tadalist.com)

Easy and free task lists from the 37 Signals team. It’s basic, but that’s why 4 million people use it.

3. TeuxDeux (www.teuxdeux.com)

There isn’t another platform like this one. Simple and super-sexy. It is mind-blowingly powerful. You just drag and drop tasks in between days of the week. Incredible.

4. ToDo (www.appigo.com/todoonline)

A useful set of tools to manage basic projects. Not especially good-looking and lacks the best features of other platforms, but all-around useful.

5. Todo.txt (www.todotxt.com)