What is Your Favorite Productivity Tool

　　Today, the Lifehack Expert team has shared their favorite productivity tools that increased their efficiency and made their life better. Look through their recommendations, try them out and comment with your experience and recommendations below.

　　KIRSTIN ODONOVAN

　　Rescue Time.

　　This amazing tool tracks your activity on the computer and sends you a summary of how you have spent your time with the hours you did the past week. This is an excellent tool to identify your time thieves and improve your productivity because you are able to see where you are spending too much time and where you need to cut down. It also gives you a percentage of how productive you are. When we want to be more productive, the first step is improving the areas you are not so productive and this tool does all the hard work for you. A weekly summary is sent directly to your email.

　　PIOTR NABIELEC

　　FreeMind.

　　At work, it stores all my tasks in graphical and hierarchical form projects with nested tasks, tasks delegated to others and allows prioritizing and summarizing very easily. Drag and drop, multiple colors, links and icons make things visual and quick to navigate through.

　　With just one look I have a great summary of what I am doing, why I am doing it, what is critical and urgent, what is the best thing to do going forward, all delegated tasks and how much I already accomplished this week.

　　Ive been using it for years and it has proven its value!

　　VICTORIA CRAWCOUR

　　Wunderlist.

　　Its an online to do list that comes in both desktop and mobile versions, meaning I can access my lists at work, at home and on the go. As well as being much more efficient than paper lists that I more often than not misplace, you can invite other team members (making it great for collaborative working), assign tasks to them, include due dates on your tasks to stay on target, add subtasks and even important notes. You also receive notifications when each task is ticked off, meaning you never lose track of a projects progress! I dont know how Id cope without it; it could organise even the most scatter-brained among us!

　　KAVETHA SUNDARAMOORTHY

　　10 minute rule.

　　Its super simple. Every morning, I set aside just 10 minutes to start an activity. Lets say I want to write a book, I will set a timer for just 10 minutes and focus intensely on writing until it rings.

　　This technique is especially helpful for things you find hard or overwhelming to start. Like getting in shape. Just run in place for 10 minutes every morning until timer goes off.

　　The two benefits:

　　One, you only have to do it for 10 minutes, so your mind is less likely to make up distractions and excuses.

　　Two, if you do this without a break every day for a few weeks, JUST 10 minutes a day, you have established a new pathway in your brain. Now its a habit, something your brain will help you do without thinking or debating (like brushing teeth)

　　TRENT HAND

　　EMClient.

　　I use it to organize both of my email accounts in one section, keep track of all my calendars, and generally function better at getting back to people. Its like Outlook, but free.

　　ANDY SMALL

　　OneNote.

　　I use OneNote in my professional and personal life to keep myself organised. It comes with the Office suite of tools but its often overshadowed by other productivity apps. While it has no OS X app it does have a web interface you can use in OS X.

　　ROBBIE WILLIFORD

　　Buffer.

　　It is my favorite tool for my social media productivity. I use it to post on my social media outlets in a smart way. I can maximize my reach and really hack into my social media potential in a simple and effective way.

　　MELODY M. AUSTIN

　　HootSuite.

　　It really is the best for social media productivity. I can watch popular topics in the industry and plan post days in advance. Its great when I have projects for managing client profiles and my own profiles as well.

　　JOSH MEDESKI

　　Doit.im.

　　It is a lesser known GTD app. I use it to empty my brain, sort my projects, and set reminders for the furutre. It syncs across all of my devices, and the Doit.im team is constantly making the product better!

　　ANN SMARTY

　　Firefox pinned tabes feature.