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Episode 61 - Do you keep your tasks on a post-it note? Or are you happy using technology? We look at how "todoist" can help a range of people across a variety of situations. (Warning - episode features multiple references to Findus Crispy Pancakes.) Look at all this stuff we covered: Amir's story - the brains behind todoistHow a 'rootless' upbringing seems to have resulted in a great business ethosIf you're using pen and paper what could an app like todoist do for you?Freeing up your mental spaceKeeping track of what you've got onIntroducing the 3 levels we're going to explore:Wanda - who doesn't like technology and has simple needsEmma - with a more sophisticated life, Emma has a need for something more structured to help her manage lots of varietyTheresa - a full project and team manager who has complex needsWhy I converted to todoistLevel 1 (Wanda)Creating a shopping listUsing Alexa - (if you have one, you might wanna turn it off while you're listening)Sharing lists with people (unless you've bought fungal foot powder)Setting up folders for her other stuff Setting up tasks for future activity - cutting the grassRecurring tasks - recycling and cuddlesUsing todoist's amazing 'Natural Language' to easily set tasks upThe tasks we created looked like this:"Alexa - add Findus Crispy Pancakes to my shopping list""Cut the grass on Saturday""Take the recycling bins out every other Thursday at 7pm""Cuddle my partner every other Wednesday" (perhaps don't do this)How todoist uses this natural language to put everything exactly where you need it, ready for actionUsing your inbox as your master list (this is level 1 don't forget)How all this can give Wanda (and you) clarity of mindLetting you try this all out before we move onto Level 2 in the next episode where we'll meet Emma Here are the links to what you need, and where we did our research for the episode: Todoist featuresIntegrating with AlexaIntegrating with Google AssistUsing SiriThe difference between the inbox and a project (folder)Sharing folders like your shopping list (and other projects)Amir's interview on Founder Chats at Baremetrics As always, we're really grateful for your help in supporting this podcast. To do this you can: Rate or subscribe on apple podcasts by going here - apple podcastsContact us on Twitter - we are @sharppodcast hereConnect with us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sharppodcast/Share with at us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sharppodcast/Post comments on the website. This link will take you to home page, and then you can go onto the episode you'd like to comment on here Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you to BE BETTER at what you do, then it's all been worth it! Attribution for Wanda's voice https://freesound.org/people/bennstir/sounds/81129/