3 apps to get rid of (bad) habits

I love change! I always have! And I always have a lot of things I want to accomplish in the upcoming year. Some are small(er) – improve my tango posture, grow my own herbs -, others are rather big, like preparing three mind-stimulating speeches for different international conferences in 2019 and 2020.

If you have great intentions, but find yourself disillusioned because change is hard, here’s my top 3 techie helpers that boost willpower and implement new behaviours for good:

Momentum

Create your personal dashboard! Choose your routine, goal or ritual for the day, and Momentum reminds you of it each time you open a new tab. It eliminates distraction and provides inspiration, focus and productivity.

Momentum

Spritz

When Bill Gates and Warren Buffet were asked what superpower they would want to have, they both said: “Being able to read faster!” Superpowers don’t exist – but Spritz comes close. It lets you scan the web page you’re on and displays single words in a speed of your choosing. It takes some time to get used to, as our eyes are accustomed to scanning a page from left to right. But with a little bit of patience, you may have just discovered your first superpower! Test it out for yourself!

Spritz

Wunderlist

It seems that our to-do list gets bigger as we speak. Sometimes we don’t have the time to write it down or organize it into different categories. Wunderlist solves this problem. This free app allows you to create multiple to-do lists and categorize your different to-do’s. For example, I have one for my danibu business, my personal goals and my travel bucket list.

Wunderlist

For a good elevator pitch, you have to take the stairs first!

Imagine you were a TED Talk speaker: 18 minutes air time for your “ideas worth spreading” (TED slogan). But what do you do if you have only 1 minute to present your best self? That’s when you need a mental killer résumé. A 60 second (or elevator) pitch that tells others who you are, what you do, and why you do it (better than others).

The idea of an elevator pitch (hence the name) comes from the metaphoric stepping into an elevator and standing next to someone you’ve always wanted to introduce yourself to in those few moments of the elevator ride. The pitch is your 1-minute commercial, including the “wow-factor” that differentiates yourself from others. Here a fun clip to give you an idea.

The danibu Communication and Presentation training lets participants create and battletest their elevator pitch, whilst being filmed. This has proven to be a highly impactful exercise, having participants leave much more confident that their personal presentation will do its job.