Slogging Insights: A Discussion About the Best Productivity Tools

The best productivity tools that make your life a lot easier; as recommended by its everyday users.

We've all been there: with lots of things to do and the feeling that 24 hours a day is too little a time to finish our tasks. What hack? Productivity.

Productivity simply means efficiently getting work done. If you're like me, a sucker for getting things done, almost crossing things off your to-do list, or seeing a long satisfying list of check-marks? You'll enjoy this.

I got other productive people to let me in on their best produtivity tools/stack.

Mine are; Asana, Notion, Google Spreadsheet, Grammarly and my handwritten list on a sheet of paper that I get the pleasure of tearing up each night, lol 😂

Gideon OnyewuenyiNov 16, 2021, 10:55 AM

Slack, Microsoft Office 365, Grammarly.
Those are perfect productivity tools for me

Favour AmadiNov 16, 2021, 11:08 AM

I don't know what I'd have done without Grammarly if I'm being honest. Slack is a great tool also.

Limarc AmbalinaNov 16, 2021, 11:19 AM

At HackerNoon we use: Notion, Google Suite, Grammarly!! We used to also use Trello but we've moved most boards to Notion

Favour AmadiNov 16, 2021, 11:50 AM

I think the world is gradually waking up to the machine that is notion and Google suite/workspace. And I see my OG Grammarly here also. 👍

Arthur TkachenkoNov 16, 2021, 12:27 PM

my main tools are a pen, paper and a big wooden desk. Trying to keep everything else online and easy to navigate and share. The easiest way to illustrate it; 'can I go to my friend house and be able to access everything from his laptop?' if yes, then it's good.

I love Notion, but I'm going back to roots with GitHub and Asana at the same time. Grammarly is always enabled. Canva for creative stuff like slides.  I decided against notion, perhaps because of an advantage GitHub and Asana have over it. My point is simple; any tool is a great tool if you use it properly. Usually, our work is a teamwork. and the easiest way is to store as much information and make it open and easy to share with anyone. For me, github can be used for a lot of tasks, that is focused on collaboration. And it's free - anything can happen in life - you might not be able to pay - but your work will be available.

Favour AmadiNov 16, 2021, 12:35 PM

Canva is unmatched when it comes to creativity.

Mónica FreitasNov 16, 2021, 2:35 PM

Hi Favour Amadi, mines are Grammarly, Word (MS Office in general but word helps me focus when writing), Canva, a notebook and colourful pen and Spotify (got have music 😂). Oh and Google, an all-time bestie

Favour AmadiNov 16, 2021, 2:39 PM

Colourful pens do add a lil something even if it's the beauty of watching it move against your hands or just sitting pretty in a pen holder, lol.
Music, Yes!!! I don't know how I forgot about that. Good music can boost productivity in unimaginable ways. Thanks Mónica Freitas

AbeerNov 16, 2021, 3:30 PM

Hey Favour Amadi. My stack is Notion, Obsidian, Todoist, Fantastical, and my Field Notes notebook. I also use almost all the mainline Google services (Docs, Spreadsheets, Slides, etc).

Favour AmadiNov 16, 2021, 3:46 PM

Thanks for sharing Abeer, I'm off to go check out Obsidian and Todoist. Google Workspace tools are undefeated.

I hope you've found new and better ways to stay productive.