Michael Sliwinski

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About Michael Sliwinski
Michael is a productivity guy. He is the founder and CEO of Nozbe, a project management and collaboration tool used by over half a million busy professionals and teams from all over the world. He served as Editor-in-Chief of one of the top productivity magazines on the internet, Productive! Magazine. Michael is also an author, blogger, and speaker. He co-hosts The Podcast.
He was born in Gdynia, northern Poland, and spent his childhood there. His mom started teaching him English when he was 6 and thus she fostered his interest in languages; his father, who was an "electronics technician," got him interested in computers. Now, apart from Polish and English he also speaks fluent Spanish and German.
He has two university degrees, one in Business Economics and one in Marketing. Right after his graduation in 2003 he set up his own company, apivision.com, to pursue his interest in Internet commerce. He founded two startups (Wyslij.info and HitRSS.com) that eventually failed before he finally started something he was truly passionate about and managed to succeed with: Nozbe.
In his free time he enjoys doing triathlons, running, swimming, playing basketball, skiing, writing, and reading (or listening to) books. He is a geek who likes technology gadgets (he's an Apple fanboy) and cars.
Michael works from home and everyone on his team works remotely. He believes a "job is not a place to go but a thing you do." He lives in a very beautiful place in Europe with his wife, Ewelina, and their three amazing daughters: Milena, Emilia, and Liliana.
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Blog postAfter many many years... actually April 2012... I’m moving my blog to a new domain, new server, new technology and new design. Just check it out - go to: Michael.team
Above you can see the design of the page - it's simple, supports dark mode, loads freakin' fast and much more... to read more about the change: Why? How? When? And much more, just check out my new blog post which explains everything
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Blog postLast week on The Podcast we discussed if the pandemic is gone and if everyone got back to working from their offices... or not really... and should we double down on what we believe - on working the “modern way”, with work-from-home option, with flexible hours, with trust vs control? Here’s our discussion:
Listen to the entire episode (~ 43 min): Subscribe to The Podcast in Apple Podcasts | Get RSS | YouTube
If you liked it, please rate us on Apple Podcasts, thanks!
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Blog postThis week on The Podcast we are gossiping we’re talking about our favorite competition (and inspiration!), Basecamp guys pre-announcing a new version of their product for next year, and launching a new email service HEY - we’re just wondering what it’s all about...
Listen to the entire episode (~ 41 min): Subscribe to The Podcast in Apple Podcasts | Get RSS | YouTube
If you liked it, please rate us on Apple Podcasts, thanks!
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Blog postLast Wednesday, on May 20, 2020 - I turned forty one. Last year I closed out the four decades and this year I'm starting to really embrace the number four in my age. Especially now that the global COVID-19 pandemic is in full swing, I appreciate more than ever that I'm in a good health and I still have a job. Well, two actually as we've finally launched Nozbe Teams - our second productivity app - and we already have first paying customers. Anyway, here's the recap of my "birthday thought2 years ago Read more
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Blog postLast year when I celebrated my 40th birthday, I mentioned that the beard 🧔 that grew on me during the Camino de Santiago I did with my wife, is staying for good. And it has. And it’s been almost a year and I got used to my facial hair and my wife loves it (as do my three daughters) and thanks to it I only need to shave once a week. Here’s my system - how I shave once a week, how I look like before and after shaving... or rather, trimming:
Life before the facial hair... Before I had a2 years ago Read more -
Blog postWhen I bought my first Mac - it was the first generation MacBook Air, it had a backlit keyboard. I wrote about it back in the day (December 2008). I loved it. Even though I touch-type and don’t really look at it much, it was just so a nice to have it there. Now it’s back with the Magic Keyboard and it's glorious. Plus there are other cool things about this new accessory which I didn't mention in my video review and today I'll try to dive deeper into all of them:
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Blog postJust today, ahead of schedule, I received the new Magic Keyboard for my beloved iPad Pro 11” and decided to record a short video about it. All edited with LumaFusion on, you guessed it, the same iPad Pro:
Hope you like it, it's been a blast recording and editing this video. Adding b-roll and just playing with it. I'll have more thoughts on this keyboard once I've typed some more on it, but so far I like it a lot! What do you think?
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Blog postI love documentaries. Just as last week I watched Rams this week I watched the Workplace and boy, I have thoughts on this. I suffered through this film as I watched how a wealthy design firm is creating their new offices with a help of a famous architect firm. Basically they are building a design marvel that will achieve anything but help their team members get stuff done. I cringed throughout the movie, here's why:
It's modern, because... it's open! The movie shows perfectly how obli2 years ago Read more -
Blog postThis week on The Podcast we discussed how my co-host turned from software engineer to “face shields” designer/manufacturer to support hospitals and other front-line workers in this pandemic. Amazing story:
Listen to the entire episode (~ 61 min): Subscribe to The Podcast in Apple Podcasts | Get RSS | YouTube
If you liked it, please rate us on Apple Podcasts, thanks!
The Podcast is a weekly podcast chat with Radek (VP Apple Technologies at Nozbe) and yours truly (CEO at2 years ago Read more -
Blog postBecause of the COVID-19 pandemic a series of documentaries is being offered for free from "Oh You Pretty Things" by Gary Hustwit and recently I watched the movie "Rams" about the famous German designer - Dieter Rams. I finally absorbed his 10 design principles that as both Braun and Apple customer (Jonny Ive is a fan of Mr Rams) really resonate with me:
In the movie he said:
Everything interacts and is dependent on other things. We must think more thoroughl2 years ago Read more
Titles By Michael Sliwinski
Did you know that in an eight-hour workday we spend just four hours on actual work? And that we only work with complete focus for about two to three hours a day... which is actually not bad. That means you have about 10-15 hours per week for intense work. Do you devote that time to the most important tasks that push your projects forward?
It’s very likely that you don’t. It’s time to find out why and what you can do about it!"
The 10 Steps to Ultimate Productivity will help you create a work system that allows you to utilize your potential more effectively and avoid basic mistakes in the way you manage your time.
Thanks to the book, you will learn:
- How to manage your tasks more effectively using the GTD method
- What is a trusted productivity system
- How to distinguish priority tasks from other matters
- How to act effectively anywhere and at any time
- How to collaborate with others
- How to deal with a flood of incoming emails and notifications
Michael Sliwinski has been professionally engaged in productivity and time management since 2006. Today, he wants to pass everything he knows on this subject onto you with this practical guide. 10 Steps to Ultimate Productivity is not a collection of theoretical principles – it’s a record of many years of experience that he has been drawing on to constantly optimize his own productivity system.
It’s also a collection of practical tips – simple enough to start applying immediately. In certain parts, the author encourages you to put the book down and try out his advice right away – no excuses!
Although Michael loves books (he reads several dozen a year), he believes that personal experience is more important than dry, bookish theory. That’s why each step of the book includes an instruction for immediate application in Nozbe – the app that the author uses on a daily basis and created over a decade ago. (Be sure, though, that with Michael's tips you’ll also be able to create your own trusted productivity system with the use of other tools. The principles remain the same!)
All these types of passion are related to each other and actually grow from one to another... but they are all there. All of them are different and unique in their own way and make your life richer and more fulfilling. There are no shortcuts, it takes time to go through all of these phases and after you've uncovered them all, your journey gets even more interesting. And as they say, "the journey is the ultimate destination".
In this book I'm sharing the story of 7 types of passion I discovered over 7 years of running Nozbe. I hope that it encourages you to continue our journey together towards an even more passionate life.
We show how we use our iPads to work, play and everything in between... and how much fun we have in the process.
The best part: you can do the same.