In fact, it's probably one of the more simple things that we do each day.
We open up our smartphone or a tablet, we visit the app store or the play store, and we download something new, hoping that this might solve our existing problem.
Now, when it comes to productivity tools, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of great tools that are available.
But there's a problem.
By buying into one of these productivity tools and starting to use them to manage your tasks and your to-do's, you have now added an additional application to your base of productivity.
You see, your calendar is your core.
Your calendar shows where you need to be, when you need to be there, and what's coming up in the future.
And by using a productivity tool or a productivity app, you need to toggle between that app and your calendar back and forth or open up a new tab on your desktop to see, can I do that task tomorrow?
What else do I have going on?
Well, I would argue there's a much better way, and you're already using it—it's your calendar.
No matter what you use, whether it's Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook, you can use all-day events for your tasks, and they'll always appear at the top of your calendar and they'll always appear upfront and very, very visible.
So you don't have to switch to something else.
You don't have to open up something separately on your smartphone to see what you should be doing today.
No, it could be right there, visible in your calendar.
And if you need to defer a task, you can see how far you can defer that in relation to other meetings, other activities, or events that you have scheduled that week.
So, nothing against productivity tools.
It's not that they're buggy.
It's not that they're poorly designed or poorly developed.
However, I think that there's a more simple, more efficient solution for staying on top of your tasks, and it's your existing calendar.
It's very simple.
