In this article we describe some basic practices to start working with ByCycle.
Potato paradox
My grandparents lived outside our city and owned a tiny plot of land where they grew fruits and vegetables, including potatoes.
As a child I was exploited in an abusive manner on the plantations of my grandparents. So I know quite a bit about planting potatoes, harvesting potatoes and fighting damn Colorado beetles.
Potato technology
Growing potatoes is a piece of work to do.
In springtime, we dig holes in the ground, plant potatoes and cover them with mud. Then we care of growing plants, including hoeing, watering and killing never-ending Colorado beetles.
Colorados love potatoes more than we do
In autumn, we harvest potatoes by digging holes again. Then we collect potatoes and place them in the basement for storage.
If we want to sell potatoes, we clean the potatoes, transport them to a local market and attract buyers in various manner. Then we keep accounts and record our financial results.
This is all a work to do.
And all this work could be avoided, if we had never planted a single potato in the first place!
The essence of potato
That is the essence of the potato paradox:
The more work we do, the more work we create.
Thus, the only way to complete all the work is by completely abandoning it.
Still, we should not be afraid of work. Our diligence will only create more workload, and this is not a big deal if we develop a habit for work planning.
Procrastination should never be an option.
Procrastination is an efficient way to finish any work
Potato business
The very same principle works for any entrepreneurial activity.
We do some work to develop our product, locate our customers and approach them via promotion channels.
Then our customers make some requests. And if they are happy with results they recommend us to their contacts, which request some work on their turn. And so it goes on.
Besides dealing with customer requests, there is always an organising work: improving the product, updating infrastructure, optimising the team, expanding the network, experimenting with promotion channels, exploring the market etc.
We can only deal with customer requests and procrastinate on organising work. In this way our business will never grow and it will always depend on customers mood.
ByCycle work planning tool
Planning a work is work on its own. The more work we create the more effort we put into planning.
Lots of people try to avoid organising type of work, which is a huge mistake.
ByCycle simplifies the process of planning work and transforms it into a joyful user experience.
Try ByCycle for free and see how it works for you.
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Task Management
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1st Challenge – Record your life
Increase value of your attention with this powerful self-organising routine.
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In this video we show how to create a task directly from Calendar and how to add activities to this task.
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Practical time management and breaking free from "I am busy" excuse, by Seyi Tosin.
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We asked ChatGPT what does she think about the design of ByCycle. And here is what she answered.
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Best tools for task management
The better we understand the key cycles of our lives, the more successful and capable we become.
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The better we understand the key cycles of our lives, the more successful and capable we become.
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Smart ways of work organisation
To stay organised, we record our activities, write down our ideas and work upon weekly plans.
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We often get a question: "How ByCycle is different?" Well, just look at these pictures.
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We tend to overuse an aggravating verbal construction “I need to” when we could easily use more natural “I want to”.
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Software design isn't about your inner world. It's about the functionality and convenience for users.
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