The Switcher

Welcome to edition three of our bi-weekly newsletter. Brought to you by the team at Switch.

Hello readers. 👋

If you hadn’t yet noticed: Valentine’s season is upon us. ❤️

Your attention might be focussed on finding or spoiling romantic partners, BUT

*enter tenuous link to productivity * 👇

Why not set your eyes on an accountability partner, too?

This is a relationship where you mutually agree to help the other party hit their goals. Talk through specific wins, challenges and get some outside advice about how to navigate them.

If you’re currently remote working on your own, you can even set a time to work in sync together.

To be honest (like it says on the tin) this is a great way to be more accountable for your own goals. We’ve all been guilty of talking ourselves out of that difficult task. Having someone else to cheer you on might just be the push you need.

Plus, finding your perfect match doesn’t have to be a slog. Check out our community of like-minded productivity lovers.

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📚 Useful reads 📚

Too many tabs open? Follow these 6 tab management tips

‘“Take a moment to look at the top of your browser window. How many tabs do you have open? The answer, more often than not, is probably too many… Discover tips for managing your browser tabs more effectively.”

This is the key to high performing teams

"The incredible value that’s unlocked within the organization when diversity is prioritized is certainly something to write home about, cementing diversity as an important part of the corporate conversation.”

Best no meeting tools for 2022

“Many software and application companies have started to follow the example of the likes of Twist by Doist, implementing new features to encourage asynchronous communication or at least an easier way to collaborate with your team without having to spend your days in meetings.”

Snapchat and Facebook agree that the future of social media looks like TikTok

“Snapchat invented the Stories format of sharing pictures and videos that disappear. Now the company is indicating, along with Facebook, that the future of social media looks more like TikTok.” (ICYMI, Facebook lost daily users for the first time in 18 years.)

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Already living the high life? We’d love to hear your feedback.

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🐦 Useful Tweet 🐦

Doist @doist

Our 7+ simple, science-backed steps to creating a work shutdown ritual: * Clean up your workspace(s) * Review "to-done's" * Confront procrastination * Write tomorrow's to-do list * Define a frog to eat 🙊 * Forgive yourself * Thank someone blog.doist.com/end-work-day/

Malaka Gharib 🇪🇬 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 @MalakaGharib

people who work from home: what is your post-work ritual to signify that the workday is over and personal time has begun?

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🛠 Useful tools 🛠

• DriveStats- Visualize your google drive storage and make decluttering easier

• Socinator- Easy automation across a whole host of platforms, including Reddit, Pinterest & Quora.

• Visionshot - Organize, manage & search your screenshots archive better

• Weje - Online whiteboard designed for brainstorming, mind mapping, Kanban, and more

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🎙Useful convos 🎙

• @Jennifer wanted feedback on whether other community members are using voice notes at work. Check out the response.
  

• @Mathilde was wondering how many times you should be checking your email per day (and how to stop unnecessary distractions) 👉 Discover the community recommendations

Not a member of our Slack community yet? Start your New Year on the right foot and join now.

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🙃 Aaand let’s top it off with a gif 🙃

Granted… This might not be the most productive work setup. But, WHAT A CUTIE.

Have a great weekend, readers. See ya soon.