Do you remember something you forgot to do as soon as you lay down? Or maybe you remember the next day when you had to tell someone you forgot.  And you’re like, Oh Crap!

“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them (source: David Allen).”  Human brains weren’t designed to remember short-term things.

There’s a better way

I’ll turn you on to a tool to clear yourself of these nagging memory hogs.

When you use this tool, your brains new free space will allow you to:

• Be 45% more efficient
• Be 74% more likely to hit your deadlines
• Increase your clarity by 82%
• If others are using this with you, be 87% more informed on what they’re doing and when
• No stats for this one, but I feel 50% more creative just because the RAM in my head is freed up

So, the winner of this tool category is… <drum roll please>, Asana.

In the past few years, this space has exploded. I recently looked around to determine if it was worth it to leave my current choice of Asana.  I found some potentials, but most were either costly or too hard to re-learn.  All of them have a bit of a learning curve.  But it’s well worth it for the productivity boost you’ll get after.

In general, this type of tool will help you stay on top of things whether you use it by yourself, as a family or even for small to mid-size companies.

You can set up tasks, to-do lists and reminders. If someone else besides you uses it, you’re able to also communicate directly within the app by sharing comments, images or any other attachment.

Asana was created by a Facebook co-founder. Other options are Wrike, Todoist, Wunderlist and a slew of others.  In my opinion, it’s important to pick one and stick with it.

Asana is free forever for up to 15 people. If you want advanced, premium features, it’s $375/year.  After a few years, I haven’t had the need to upgrade.

I don’t use Asana exactly the way they recommend. But, I tend to tweak or hack things for my own needs.

Asana

Platforms: PC, Mac, Android, iOS

Price: $0 (free and paid version – I do free)

It doesn’t have to be Asana to realize the benefits I spoke of earlier.  But doing nothing, is a recipe for more chaos.

Want to see it in action to see if it makes sense for you? Then watch my walk-through demo below.

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