How Trello supercharges my Power Hour

18 March 2021

I’ve long been a fan of the concept of a Power Hour. I group together a bunch of small tasks (like sending emails, making phone calls and mailing promised things) and I power through the list in a short period of time. It feels great.

In the past, I sometimes found it difficult to get myself to do the Power Hour and when I was in the mood it would be difficult to think of all the little things I could do in a Power Hour.

My daily task management Trello board has changed that. Yesterday I had the most productive Power Hour yet, which made me want to share my method with you.

Here’s how I supercharge my Power Hour with Trello. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to read my previous blog post about my task management board, linked above, so this makes sense. (And you might want to also check out my first post on my Trello task management board.)

I label all the small Power Hour tasks with a yellow Power Hour label.
I set a timer for 15 (or 30) minutes
I touch the F key (for filter) and then select the yellow Power Hour label. All tasks without the yellow label vanish, allowing me to focus on the Power Hour tasks.
When I finish a task, I move it to Done Today (and enjoy my confetti reward)
I move on to the next Power Hour task and work until my timer goes off
I take a little break and then reset my timer and start again until the Power Hour is up (or until I’ve run out of Power Hour tasks!)

Here’s a photo of a sample board with the Power Hour filter in place.