by Gabriel Stein | Jul 24, 2018 | Productivity, Software
If you use Chrome, Trello, or a huge assortment of other technology products, this an excellent method for quickly capturing a single value of information. This is accomplished by setting up a “custom search engine” through Chrome, and then using the...
by Gabriel Stein | Jan 30, 2018 | Personal, Personal Development, Productivity
Multitasking – a fancy word for trying to cook 5 courses at the same time; something is going to get burned. Everyone’s brain is proven to have a deceleration and acceleration time when switching between tasks. This is known as “switching”. The...
by Gabriel Stein | Nov 30, 2017 | Personal, Productivity, Software
I spend the vast majority of my time in Chrome, and it’s one of my key pieces of software that I don’t notice much except when it’s not working. So after getting more questions and having been almost 3 years since I updated this, here’s my current Chrome setup: Pinned...
by Gabriel Stein | Jun 12, 2017 | Personal, Personal Development, Personal Finance
Most people use the wrong signals to stop and start behaviors, and therefore get the wrong results. Imagine you’re eating some great cake, and you’ve eaten a single slice and it was excellent. That signal of “this is good” should actually be an...
by Gabriel Stein | Apr 21, 2017 | Personal, Productivity
Imagine every task you had on your to do list, cost $5 per month. This would fundamentally change how you viewed them. Working on 10 tasks 10% each month would still mean you’re paying $5 per month for all of them for the whole time for 10 months until...