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• "We’ve scoured Product Hunt for some of the best time management, calendar, habit change, and goal tracking tools and apps."
• "Check out the full list below — we hope they help you accomplish your big goals in 2016 and beyond."
• "Proud: This app helps you break down tasks down to achieve big goals, use timers based on the popular Pomodoro technique, and decompress in the more stressful moments of your life."
• "Productive for iOS: Organize your life and build great habits with this robust tracking tool."
• "Taco: View all of your tasks on a single screen with this unified task list that allows you to pull in your “to-dos” from over 40 different applications, such as: Evernote, Asana, Todoist, Trello, and more."
• "Plan: This tool lets you sync your tasks, notes, and meetings all in one place — and gives you insight into exactly how you’re spending time so you can boost your productivity as you go."

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• "However, adopting some of the best productivity tools listed below can help you organize, track and measure your work and avoid deadly distractions."
• "IFTTT helps you save time by automating the internet tasks that you always do, such as messaging friends, backing up your media files to your cloud account, or turning your smart light on and off."
• "Any.do keeps your schedule on track with to-do lists, calendars, notes and other collaborative tools that allow you to share lists and tasks with others."
• "Quip is a project management app that brings together features that are similar to Evernote, Google Drive and Dropbox Paper."
• "Wunderlist brings all your to-do lists in one place and makes sure that you never forget any important tasks, meetings and projects."
• "Want to track how often you get distracted from work and the things that take your attention from an important task? Fantastical 2 is a calendar app for iOS devices packed with powerful features for creating and managing schedules and events."

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• "The following productivity tools, some free, some paid, will enable you to excel as a creative in today’s world — whether it’s by remaining organised, focused or healthy."
• "As a freelance writer, an app like Notion enables me to take quick notes when briefing new clients and keep tabs on which pieces of work have been completed."
• "If you’re a freelancer, Bonsai is one of the best tools out there when it comes to managing tasks, clients, sending invoices and tracking your finances."
• "Whether you’re the manager of a large-scale company, smaller team or even just working as a freelancer, Brief streamlines the productivity process, giving back valuable time that would otherwise be wasted on admin."
• "The best part, though, is that Forest actually teams up with organisations in real life that work to plant trees as you continue to use the app."
• "If you’re the type of person that gets distracted by their phone easily but needs to keep it on them throughout the day, Forest prevents quick emailing or social media posting from turning into hours of mindless scrolling."

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• "When it comes to taking all manner of notes and having an app that syncs across devices and is easy to use is indispensable."
• "doesn’t include premium features like team administration, collaboration and PDF functionality."
• "No productivity tool list is complete without a cloud storage service."
• "Google Drive is one place for your team to share and collaborate on files: documents, drawings, design, photos, videos and more."
• "If you are like me, you need a helping hand when it comes to designing presentations, images, brochures."
• "Canva is a user-friendly graphics designing tool that allows businesses, bloggers, geeks like me to create eye-catching images without any designing experience."

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• "However, we can seek out tools and build habits that will help us stay focused and do the best work we can every day."
• "On this list, you’ll find more than a dozen tools that have helped the Product Hunt community stay energized and productive—in spite of the crazy number of distractions we all face day-to-day."
• "Escape is a simple app that tracks how many times you open your email, a social network, or other distracting websites."
• "The promise: Use this app for 10 minutes a day, and your brain will literally change, reshaping itself to become more focused, creative, and generally happier."
• "This is like an ultimate to-do list app, making it easy to track your time, rearrange your tasks throughout the day, and see how you’re spending your most valuable resource over the long-run."
• "This easy-to-use app that will help you stay focused if you find yourself frequently distracted by social media and web browsing."