Has anyone ever used proficient productivity/time management techniques besides the Pomodo one?

I like Harvest both for time-tracking and for invoicing clients. It's simple, which I love.

You can hire amazing research talent on Upwork. Before that though, you'll have to work out what your hypothesis is, what are you trying to prove? Given what you've shared, I'd guess that you're looking for recurring income. The easiest to start might be the goal setting program if it were truly uhique. The better bet to my mind is creating a series of online courses. The online education market is booming both for traditional sites like Udemy and new entries like invitation-only Zekqr. For a very successful model for building an online course empire check out Phil Ebiner and Sarah Cordiner. Both have built profitable online business and teach about it. When it comes time to implement, you'll want to get my course, Outsourcing Made Easy on Udemy or schedule a call with me. Best, Dina

Very possible, the hardest part is finding the area of interest. What niche market or opportunity do you see yourself enjoying as a hobby. Enjoyment or purpose is key because passive income often requires putting in some time. At least at the beginning and on going. Here is an example: I'm good at marketing, enjoy talking business tactics, sharing my expertise and like to write, although I'm not good at it. :) One option I saw a few years ago was starting a strategy blog, this blog shares random thoughts, stories, tactics, tips, FYIs, etc. regarding business. I run Adsense on the blog to generat income from there. But my bread and butter when it comes to making passive income from the blog is the affiliate links I have on there. I enjoy reading and think I'm really good at finding great stories, bios, and How To books and I share some of those there, I think I have one of my favorite albums listed there and links to courses and services offered by other companies and some for my own companies (I run a web development firm, a business analytic and advertising team, and a hosting platform that is cheaper than GoDaddy) I have links there. All affiliates or ads to my other services. All I do is drive traffic there once in a while and see the commissions add up. I do my homework in driving the right traffic. Also, another example which is connected to the prior is that I have landing pages (see: trainer.unthink.me for example) where i get registrations for single page landing pages done by a contractor that works for me and we split the earnings. I don't do anything, but post them once In a while on Instagram. I also have an affiliate system for online programs im vested in, and help drive traffic to increase the bottom line and get commission. I also don't do anything for this one. did take time and effort in finding the right market to advertise and message to use. Once that was done the rest takes care of itself. Another example, a friend of mine has a blog about a particular lens piece for a camera loved by many professional photographers, they come to his blog (which he doesn't invest much time in anymore) to find information about tips and how tos for the lens... During the time he updated the blog daily and then weekly he would share his own affiliate links to Amazon and collects money that way. Because the niche was so targeted and there are a ton of people looking for that information he gets good return on that. This is what you call a lifestyle business, but what the people that make money off selling lifestyle businesses don't tell you is that is for those who don't require much income. Another passive income is investing, consider investing in family or friend that maybe wants to start selling Mary Kay or something, you invest in them by buying the products for them. The person sells you collect either an interest or perpetuating until you find some agreement of full repayment to you. Buy a soda or vending machine if you have a truck and are handy with fixing stuff. You can always find deals on snacks and sodas and in a good spot a machine can generate average $50 per cycle. May not sound like much, but if you get yourself a couple of them you have a small income stream that can be saved and used to buy a candy machine or another vending machine... And give you weekend spending money. These are just some ideas I hope help you get your brain flowing to see that you might not need money to do something and if you do you might have more choices than you realized before.

That would depend on what you're trying to accomplish and who you are as a manager and individual. Off the top of my head I can tell you that Podio, Asanna and Basecamp are all popular project management tools. Which one you use really depends on you and the features you want. On a personal level I use Trello which I make work for me. It has the features I want and allows me to display information that seems logical to me. I suggest that you play around with all them and find which one works best for you. If I'm off the mark and you're asking about a specific system I suggest scrum. Although scrum is most talked associated with building agile products I've successfully used it on a wide variety of projects technical and non technical. Hope this helps and best of luck!

I help B2B SaaS founders optimise their product experience and delivery by implementing scalable design systems and improving cross-team collaboration—so I spend a lot of time working with enterprise teams that struggle with inefficiencies, bloated processes, and fractured communication. What you’ve described—managers stuck in ineffective meetings or endlessly polishing decks—is a very real and widespread pain. I’ve seen it play out inside product, design, and marketing teams across industries. But here’s the key: just because the problem is widespread doesn’t mean the solution needs to serve everyone. In fact, early traction only comes when you pick a narrow slice and go deep. 🎯 How to Narrow Down Your Market & Spot Early Adopters 1. Don’t Niche by Industry—Niche by Pain Context Instead of looking at departments like "enterprise finance" or "enterprise healthcare," try narrowing by the context in which the pain is most intense. Ask: • Who really suffers from wasted time due to meetings/decks? • Where is that wasted time measurable and costly? • Who is actively trying to solve this problem (hacking Notion, trying AI, etc.)? You’re not looking for everyone with the problem—you’re looking for people actively looking for a fix. 2. Find the “Time Poor + Change Ready” Personas Inside large companies, there are people who: • Know their time is being wasted • Are frustrated with legacy tools and politics • Have the power (or budget) to test new tools or ideas These are usually middle managers in fast-moving teams like: • Innovation or strategy departments • Internal design or product teams • Marketing leads under pressure to ship faster These are your early adopters—they’re more open to new ways of working than someone buried deep in traditional ops. 3. Validate by Framing the Pain, Not the Solution Instead of pitching “a tool that fixes meetings/presentations,” start conversations like: “Have you noticed how much time your team spends refining slides vs refining thinking?” “What have you tried to make meetings feel less performative and more productive?” This lets you spot the most engaged, pain-aware leads. Early adopters will lean in and share their workarounds or frustrations. 4. Start Narrow—You Can Always Expand Later Traction is a byproduct of focus. Once you land 3–5 early adopters with shared traits, then you can look for lateral markets. Think of it as bowling pins: knock down one first, use it to knock down the rest. 🤝 Want Help Finding Your First 5 Ideal Users? If you want help refining your positioning, identifying your “change-ready” personas inside enterprise, or validating your offer with the right language—I’d be happy to walk you through it on a quick 1:1 strategy call. 📅 Book here: https://clarity.fm/varunprasad Let’s turn vague interest into early traction.