Episode 323: Best Focus Apps for Efficiency (Pt.1 of 3 part series)

In this episode, Lee and Ellen begin a three-part series on the best apps you can use for efficiency. First up: Focus Apps! Together they look at apps for your phone and other devices to help you focus in on doing the things that are important to you (and not the distractions.) • Ellen's favorite app? Self-Control. (https://selfcontrolapp.com/) Block distracting sites for 15 minutes all the way up to 24 hours.  • Lee's favorite app? Forest. (https://www.forestapp.cc/) The longer you don't pick us your phone, the more digital trees you grow.    - Great app for studying. It gamifies focus time. • Putting your money where your mouth is so you focus on what's important. Backing up your goals with money. Lee did it with a friend. You can do it on an app:    -  https://help.beeminder.com/   -  https://www.stickk.com/   Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com