Be More Productive, in English

🔤 PRODUCTIVITY VOCAB

How do you organise your time? Are you a list-maker? Time blocker?

Learn to discuss productivity in English with these resources.

Watch: How to Maximise Productivity
A youtube video to learn common noun phrases for productivity methods like time blocking, to-do lists and deep work.

Listen: Lists!!! - This American Life
A podcast of interesting stories to build words and phrases for grouping, categorising, ranking, and making sense of messy information, e.g. digestible, criteria, leaf through.

Read: Vocabulary for Deadlines, Delays and Decisions
A short read on 4 collocations for time management, e.g. push back, hold off, with definitions and example sentences.

Write: Imperative Tense
Try writing your to-do list for this week in English using short imperative forms (e.g. Update code). Copy and paste your list into ChatGPT (or another AI tool) and ask:
“Check my grammar and make my to-do list sound natural.”

🛠️ PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

Checklist Genie. Feeling overwhelmed by tasks? Checklist Genie keeps your to-do lists simple and clear. Inspired by the KISS principle (“Keep It Simple, Stupid”), it gives you just the features you need.

ZoraInsights. Not sure if your startup idea is worth building? Scan Reddit conversations to find real user pain points and market gaps so you know exactly what users want before writing a single line of code.

Meetergo. Tired of endless back-and-forth emails to book a meeting? This AI assistant reads your emails, finds times, and books the meeting, handling the entire scheduling process, with no friction. GDPR-compliant and private.

💬 SPEAK TECH INTERVIEWS

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