Productivity and personal development glossary

Productivity and personal development use many terms. Here you can find explanations, examples and ways to consider them in your own planning. These concepts do not establish that an app provides treatment or uses every method automatically.

The Pulse Orbit approach

Habits

Productivity

Setting goals

Mental wellbeing

ADHD

Systems

All terms

• Pulse Orbit — a product approach to everyday planning
• Life OS — a metaphor for organising life
• Habit Stacking — habit stacking
• Keystone Habit — keystone habit
• Deep Work — deep work
• Flow State — flow
• Dopamine Detox — dopamine “detox”
• Wheel of Life — wheel of life
• Morning Pages — morning pages
• Time Blocking — time blocking
• Attention difficulties
• Distractibility
• Hyperactivity and impulsivity
• Impulse control
• Cognitive flexibility
• Spaced Repetition — spaced repetition
• Micro Thrust — micro-thrust
• Data Gravity — data gravity
• Pulse Score — pulse score
• Orbital Map — orbital map
• Tiny Habits — tiny habits
• Pomodoro — Pomodoro technique
• Eisenhower Matrix — priority matrix
• SMART Goals — SMART goals
• OKR — Objectives and Key Results
• GTD — Getting Things Done
• Kaizen — continuous improvement
• Accountability Partner — accountability partner
• Hyperfocus — intense absorption and its limits
• Executive dysfunction
• Analysis paralysis — deliberation and decision-making
• Body Doubling — working in another person’s presence
• Dopamine system — reward-related brain processes
• Emotional dysregulation — emotion regulation and ADHD
• Executive function — cognitive skills for organising activity
• Neuroplasticity — the nervous system’s capacity for change
• Perfectionism — understanding and practical support
• Working memory — holding and using information temporarily
• Rejection Sensitivity — rejection sensitivity
• Time Blindness — informal term for time-related difficulties