- **Epistemic status:** #budding > "Even the best tool will not improve your productivity considerably if you don’t change your daily routines the tool is embedded in, just as the fastest car won’t help you much if you don’t have proper roads to drive it on. Thus, there is no point in having great tools if they don’t fit together." (Christian Tietze, 2021) If you pick a tool that is complicated like [[Vim]] that is regarded as one of the tools that speed developers time, but don't take the time to truly understand it, it won't help you. It will just slow you down even more. A tool's purpose is to help you to [[Deliver the most value]] instead of distracting you from the job. If you find yourself spending a lot of time doing “work” to do actual work, then your tool is only a distraction. Worse yet, when you are fighting a lot of tools since they don't fit together. Start doing work the smart way by simplifying your process and using the right tools that help you to get things done. You can build a productivity system that augments your workflow instead of just using you. Cutting the time spent on work that produces no real tangible value is essential to being successful. --- ## References - Ahrens, Sönke. _How to take smart notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers_. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017.