Increase Your Productivity with Todoist and Google Calendar

Name: Increase Your Productivity with Todoist and Google Calendar
Rating: 4.3 (144 reviews)

An introductory course on basic principles to manage your time for better focus, more ease of getting work done.

Last updated 7/2020

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What you'll learn

5 sections • 19 lectures • 51m total length

Introduction0:51
Boost productivity with Todoist and Google Calendar, sharing a personal experience of doubling weekly tasks by using these two simple apps to manage time and focus on priorities.
What You Can Expect In This Course0:55
Discover a simple system that doubles productivity with Todoist and Google Calendar, demonstrated by about 3,600 tasks completed over 35 weeks.
What Productivity Is Not2:51
What Does True Productivity Means?2:19
True productivity means completing tasks quickly, prioritizing the most important work first, and acting with intention toward meaningful goals. Apply these three practices to turn the definition into daily work.
Problems This Course Will Help You Solve1:23
Increase your productivity with Todoist and Google Calendar by mastering time management, meeting deadlines, and building projects with weekly views to sustain long-term commitments.
Topics We'll Cover In This Course0:37
Explore five modules to boost productivity: time management principles, practical tools, applying Todoist for ongoing time control, using Google Calendar, and actionable next steps.
How To Make The Best Use of This Course2:16
Approach this course with a beginner's mindset, apply suggested actions to trigger behavior change, and translate concepts into habitual productivity using Todoist and Google Calendar.

Why is Todoist and Google Calendar a Good Combination?1:14
Combine Todoist and Google Calendar to capture tasks, filter and organize projects, and set reminders and deadlines, syncing across days, weeks, and months to manage what and when to do.
Tools I've Used and The Results3:57
Discover time and task management using Todoist and Google Calendar, tracing a tool progression from notebook to Google Sheets to calendar blocks and sharing practical implementation tips.

Introduction0:42
Register for a Todoist account in minutes using your Google or Facebook login, then learn practical methods to manage tasks with Todoist and Google Calendar.
Capturing Tasks on Todoist3:16
Capture tasks in Todoist by dumping everything into the inbox, centralize items by grouping them into projects, and attach all relevant files and links to ready-to-do tasks for quick progress.
Completing Tasks in Todoist5:01
Boost productivity in Todoist by checking off tasks to build momentum. Limit projects to three to five, set time limits, and structure your day for focused work.
Reviewing Tasks in Todoist2:34
Review all Todoist lists daily and weekly to confirm completed tasks, acknowledge incomplete ones, capture new tasks, and gain realistic workload estimates with better control for tomorrow and upcoming weeks.

Introduction0:31
Learn to capture and execute tasks with Todoist, and set up a Google Calendar account in two minutes to manage your tasks and check them off efficiently.
Events, Tasks, Reminders5:53
Plan your week in Google Calendar using a week view, include routines, and separate events from tasks with actionable titles, time-bound meetings, and flexible tasks, setting 15-minute task duration.
Calendar Pro Tips4:30
Block the most important task in 50-minute blocks twice daily during peak hours to maintain momentum, reschedule items, then end day with calendar adjustments and plan play and learning time.
Super Pro Calendar Tips4:47
Sync your Google Calendar with Todoist to tighten your workflow, commit to fewer tasks, schedule three 50-minute blocks weekly, and practice a weekly review to sustain momentum.
Conclusions & Next Steps1:45
Develop habits of capturing, completing, reviewing, and scheduling; use Google Calendar to fit tasks into available time, account for time lost, anticipate events, and stay engaged daily.

Writing skills and basic literacy digital tools such as Google Calendar and mobile applications.

Content

The main topic of this course and a few bullet points showing what students will learn

Key outcomes for students would be:

Outcomes

What students can achieve after this course: behavior changed, skills acquired, the knowledge gained, projects completed...

Focus on the immediate, tangible outcomes rather than long-term, unquantifiable outcomes.

What students will acquire:

A method on how to write goals and a written list of their personal goals to motivate and guide their action every day
Three suggestion of types of to-do lists to use and key methods to use these tools
An in-depth guide to set their calendar and a checklist to fully schedule their calendar for the coming week

High school and university students, entry-level employees would be ideal to implement this information. The course would be beneficial to anyone who does know the basics of managing their time.