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What Are The Best Productivity Tools?
I’m a tool Zombie on the hunt for the next best productivity software.
My ADD brain craves the distraction.
I’m like a dog who sees his new chew bone. Mine-mine-mine.
The software by itself is garbage.
I experienced this illusion again when I was looking to streamline our sales activities. I reached out to a software provider, as it looked like they had everything we needed.
The sales guy I spoke to was my test. I’d determine how he used the software he was selling to convert me as a client.
He was automated, unorganized, and used scripts that had no impact on what I needed.
I concluded that the software wasn’t the problem; it was our process.
I didn’t try this new tool, and instead, focused on updating our sales process, and it’s had a tremendous impact on our team, thus far.
Tools do not keep you focused on what’s most important.
They can help organize information, but more often than not, over time, the tools get clogged up with garbage.
The best productivity tool you can adopt is implementing a productivity strategy that makes you stay focused on your…
