But first, here’s another hint about where we’re going with all this … The changes are much more radical than you may imagine (as will be the new improvements to your productivity).

Can you relate?  I imagine you can, or you wouldn’t be using Simpleology.  But we can do even better … A lot better.

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The solution:  the mystery icon represents a feature that, while very cool, is actually the least interesting of the new features coming soon:  ”The shortcut canvas.”  In the new system, you’ll have a fully customizable canvas of shortcuts to the lists you use most often and any web links you’d like to include.  When you click the icon, it opens up and lets you edit/add your shortcuts.  Many users let us know that there are lists they use all the time and would like to navigate to them quickly.  As always … we’re listening.

The winners:  Free elite access for life – speekpeep8 | Esmart (no one got it, but these two were closest – we picked two instead of one), elite for a year for funniest answer – Simon Thomas (hillarious – and also an inspired, yet creepy, send up of personal development companies), elite free for a year at random draw – michellgower | DanniB1990 | heffernank | AndrewMason | HopefulOne (we promised three – we picked five – including the first poster … hint, hint).

We thought we addressed this with the Wimiki, because it allows you to establish Reminders and Routines, but that wasn’t really enough.

So, we’ve just added a new Recurring Tasks module to Start My Day, and a few other enhancements to make Lists even more useful.  Here’s a quick screen capture video to show you how to use both features …

(total viewing time: 6 minutes 44 seconds)

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Alas, such a task is outside the reach of our engineers (for now!), but Engines are still very cool …

This short video explains the concept.  If you don’t have the patience for video, read on …

(total viewing time: 9 minutes 10 seconds)

The big idea:  create an unlimited number of automation tasks based on an increasing number of possible conditions.

In English …

1.  You can now create Engines based on the following three parameters:

When this happens …

Do this …

To this …

For example, maybe you’d like to create a little robot servant engine that will do this for you automatically:

“When I add an item to the Dream Catcher that starts with “BTR” move the entry to my Mental Lock Box under the category books to read.”

Engines can do that, and a lot more.

2.  Over time we’ll add new “conditions” for you to program, making it increasingly powerful as the weeks pass.

3.  To start, we’ve included the ability to “do things” when you enter stuff into your Dream Catcher.  For example, sometimes you may want to add stuff to a list quickly (like a “books I want to read” list).  Or maybe you want something to go straight to your Mental Lock Box.  Or, maybe … (let your imagination run wild)

Example of an engine in action …

Because I programmed the shortcut phrase “BTR” in Engines to mean “move the entry to the Mental Lock Box under category books to read,” any time I enter something into the Dream Catcher that starts with BTR it bypasses the Dream Catcher so I don’t have to process it when I do Start My Day.

Here’s how I programmed it …

Does that make sense?

Probably not … So scroll up and watch the video!

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The first in a long line of new releases we plan to deliver over the next few months was built in response to our most popular request:  mobile support for iPhone, Android, and iPad.

Today we bring you the Wimiki Mobile.  (Available for Pro and Elite accounts.)

It is essentially precisely the same as Wimiki for Mac and Windows, but you get to carry it around with you on your phone.

• Unlimited “reminders” to help you keep up on your healthy habits.
• Unlimited customizable ”routines” to maximize your potential productivity.
• Your Daily Targets list on your phone.
• Your Dream Catcher on your phone.

Here’s one of the things it doesn’t bring to your phone:  Start My Day.  Unless of course you want to access it through your phone’s browser which you always can. Because Start My Day is evolving so quickly, it was not wise for us to include it in the context of a mobile app.  In the future we’ll be making all of our features easier and quicker to access on your phone’s browser.

What else is next?

• A massive collection of “little” convenience and power enhancements.
• A much better interface.
• New features you request.  (those with the highest votes are most likely to get attention)
• Something really really big.
• Much more …

As always, we’re looking forward to your feedback.

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New Feature:  Total Control

The whole “simple vs. advanced” thing was confusing.  Now you get to see all of the modules up front (even the former “simple” module) and customize them as you see fit.

Don’t have people to delegate to today?  No problem.  Just leave that module out.  Don’t have items to schedule?  Same deal … Much faster now.

New Feature:  Buckets

In the old Start My Day, you’d classify items and then wonder “where did they go?”

Wonder no more.  Now at the bottom of the SMD page you can see several “buckets” that include all of the items you’ve classified in their proper places.

New Feature:  Tip of the Day

We’re improving Simpleology so fast that it’s a challenge keeping up …

Now, at the end of each Start My Day session, we’ll highlight a new feature so you can gradually master the system more and more each day.

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B.S. fantasy math for my fellow science geeks:  (1,000)(length in seconds)(frames per second).  Since this video is 02:01 in length and published in 30 frames per second it is therefor worth precisely (1,000)(121)(30) 3,630,000 words.   Booya!

Anyway, enjoy this 2 minute video showing the new features …

(viewing time:  2 minutes 1 second)

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More than a prioritization method, it’s almost a way of life.  It’s all about choosing “thing to do” that are the best combination of high impact and minimal effort.  Of course that’s the most obvious best choice, but very few of us act on this dictum.

The HIME method forces you to make intelligent decisions about “what’s next.”

You simply rate your list of “stuff to do” by impact and ease.  Then, you multiply the two numbers together and there’s your HIME score.

Then, to decide what to work on first, simply pick the item with the highest score.

Simple.  Elegant.  Crazy effective.

Months ago we gave everyone a spreadsheet to automate this process, but you weren’t satisfied with that and neither were we.  Now you can use HIME, and two other prioritization methods, right inside Start My Day.

The new “Prioritize” module inside Start My Day (available for Simpleology Elite account holders) allows you to end Start My Day with your choice of one of the following three prioritization tactics.

Free Form

As the name suggests, this method allows you to drag and right-click-sort your targets in whatever order you see fit.

HIME

This is my personal favorite and the favorite of everyone here …

Use our convenient slider to select the impact score and the ease score.  Then click “sort” and your list will be sorted by HIME score instantly.

Can it get any easier?

Big Rock / Little Rock

Some productivity gurus say “start your day with the hard stuff” (like Brian Tracy’s Eat That Frog method).  Some say “do the easy stuff first.”

Who’s right?

Personally, I think neither – that’s why I invented HIME.  But some folks swear by these two methods and we want to make life easy for them, too.  You simply rank each Target by difficulty and then choose whether you want to sort the hard stuff (“big rocks”) or easy stuff (“little rocks”) first.

Easy.

Remember, if you don’t have a Simpleology Elite account, don’t worry.  That’s why we have a 30 Day Free Trial.   If you are not getting at least 10 times your monthly investment back (or if you’re not happy for any reason), just contact our Customer Care team and cancel.    Easy.  (Are you seeing a theme here?)

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