The PIES Method: Two Habits for Strong Systems💪🏻

Simple steps for establishing The PIES Method for Digital Organization

Over the past two weeks we’ve covered each of the four systems in The PIES Method in detail — learning what each system is and how to set-up and optimize it for your needs. If you’re catching up, here are the posts so far:

🥧 Introducing The PIES Method for Digital Organization
✅ How to set up your Project Management System
🗃️ How to set up your Information Management System
📝 How to set up your Execution Management System
📆 How to set up your Schedule Management System

To wrap up this series, all we need to do is discuss what actually makes this system work.

Because chances are that you have made numerous attempts in the past to tackle your digital clutter and create a system for staying organized. Within a few weeks or perhaps months, you probably felt the wheels coming off, once again feeling overwhelmed and disorganized.

Of course we wish we could set up digital systems and have them magically run our lives in the background — but the reality is that they need human interaction and regular upkeep to remain effective.

Here’s the secret:

Without habits and routines to support your systems, they are nothing more than tools and technology. It's the habits and routines that make them a system.

By adding just two simple habits to our routine, we can create a consistent output of sustainable productivity.

I love a good visual aid (clearly), so if I were to draw what this looks like for The PIES Method it would go something like this:

We start with our three digital systems (Project, Information, and Schedule). From there, we move into two simple habits that help us utilize that information within our analog system (Execution) so that we can achieve a consistent output of sustainable productivity.

Keep reading to discover what these two habits are and how to implement them into your routine, as well as a FAQ where I answer all the most comment questions I get about The PIES Method.

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✌🏻 Two Habits for Strong Systems

These are the two habits we need to establish to keep our systems up-to-date, reliable, and running smoothly: