Productivity - The DESK Magazine (Page 5)

The anxiety of alone time

As a writer, remote worker and introvert-in-denial, I spend quite a bit of time alone. Most often I relish this time to myself. If I'm not working, I'm reading, riding my bike, cooking. I am rarely bored when left to my own devices.

by Lizzy Spano

Waste your ideas

It happens most often when I’m doing work for a client. An idea comes into my head, or I see the opportunity to use an idea I’ve previously had, and I hold back.

by Tobias van Schneider

10 Things & Learned from “The Tools of Titans”

Over the past two weeks I started and finished reading Tim Ferris' new book "The Tools of Titans"**

by Tobias van Schneider

My 23 Favorite Books on Creativity, Productivity & Life

I read a lot. I didn't used to, but over the last couple years I made an effort to change myself and I'm happy to report that I've succeeded. One of the best decisions I made was ordering a Kindle from Amazon and reading my books on there instead of purchasing physical books.

by Tobias van Schneider

Perfectionism ruined my productivity

The one thing that makes designers great is the same thing that makes them the worst people to work with: perfectionism. It’s part of what drives us to design in the first place. We’re not satisfied with what’s out there now, so we decide to make it ourselves.

by Tobias van Schneider

Do you need an agent?

If you're a designer, illustrator or other creative, this article might help you answer this question.

by Tobias van Schneider

How to email a busy person & get a reply

While I don’t like to consider myself a busy person, I do receive an average of 150 emails a day. And I often have trouble catching up with everyone and getting my work done too.

by Tobias van Schneider

Is the Ringelmann effect holding you back?

In 1913, a guy named Max Ringelmann noticed something strange about humans. Ringelmann, a French agricultural engineer, took a rope and asked individual people to pull on it.

by Tobias van Schneider

Dream big, but stay small

Let’s get one thing straight. If you’re in communication design to make big money, you might as well cash out and jump ship now. The service design industry at its core isn't scalable. Most design agencies run on the billable hour, and while you can hire

by Tobias van Schneider

8 most used tools & apps essential to my work

Below you can find a list of my top 8 essential apps that you might have not heard about. I'm focusing on "lesser" known apps on purpose as there is no need to tell you that I use Spotify, Dropbox, Slack etc. (we all probably do)