1/ By far the most underrated tool that makes remote work happen is Google Calendar. Uncovering overlooked features today.
Pro tips on setting up your Gcal.
A Thread 🧵👇
Pro tips on setting up your Gcal.
A Thread 🧵👇
2/ Plot your entire schedule on calendar including your fun & personal time. Use different color codes & make multiple calendars to make it easy for yourself.
3/ Google tasks is the ⚡️Ultimate todo list⚡️ you'll ever need.
Build your todo → Estimate time for each task → Plot it on your calendar.
Giving fixed time to each task forces you to practice the time-boxing technique & boosts your productivity.
Build your todo → Estimate time for each task → Plot it on your calendar.
Giving fixed time to each task forces you to practice the time-boxing technique & boosts your productivity.
In addition to this, if you're time-boxing everything I'd recommend using Strict workflow:
A chrome plugin that enforces poromodo principle → enforces 25 hours of focused work followed by a 5 min break.
chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…
A chrome plugin that enforces poromodo principle → enforces 25 hours of focused work followed by a 5 min break.
chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…
4/ Setup clock with different timezones for better collaboration with your colleagues who're working across different timezones.
Go to Settings > Timezone to add secondary timezones.
Go to Settings > Timezone to add secondary timezones.
5/ Setup working hours: Across differnet timezones, it becomes hard for everyone to know when you're working.
Go to Settings > Work hours to set up a time when you're working to overcommunicate with your team.
Go to Settings > Work hours to set up a time when you're working to overcommunicate with your team.
6/ Avoid a long email thread & endless discussions to find a meeting slot which works for everyone.
When work hours is activated for your team, just hit "find a time" that suits everyone added to the invite.
When work hours is activated for your team, just hit "find a time" that suits everyone added to the invite.
7/ Set your own appointment slots for certain meetings in case you want to have meetings during a fixed time of the day.
This helps avoid meetings at regular intervals and gives you space to focus & also allows others to know when you're available for a meeting.
This helps avoid meetings at regular intervals and gives you space to focus & also allows others to know when you're available for a meeting.
8/ This is my favorite. When you work with a diverse set of people from different cultures & countries, using the calendar of interest helps you keep track of occasions that matter to them.
HRs might love this who're managing diverse set of people :)
HRs might love this who're managing diverse set of people :)
9/ Setting up notifications looks basic but it can be quite powerful. All my work notifications are 3 minute before the meeting since I'm mostly on my desktop.
I use it as a signal to wrap up the previous one.
I use it as a signal to wrap up the previous one.
10/ Create a custom view that suits your schedule. I like working on Saturdays & I created a custom view for myself.
Go to settings > View options.
Go to settings > View options.
11/ 💥Keyboard Shortcuts💥 have given meaning to my life. Using shortcuts to move around is such an amazing habit.
Just try changing view by pressing w, t, m to get started. Once you're hooked, check out some here: support.google.com/calendar/answe…
Just try changing view by pressing w, t, m to get started. Once you're hooked, check out some here: support.google.com/calendar/answe…
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