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The eighth character of the Productivity Ninja: preparedness. Being prepared doesn’t necessarily mean reading over your notes for the millionth time before that important meeting, or packing your bag for the next day before you go to bed. Preparedness involves ensuring that your body and mind are in the best possible shape they can be,…

If you have a long commute to work, it’s almost guaranteed to be your least favorite part of the day. It’s just no fun to be stuck in traffic, feeling helpless as you waste time sitting still. Even worse, your stress level rises if you think you’re going to be late, and that can set…

This regular feature shares the secrets of the most highly efficient Productivity Ninjas. In this post, Corporate Trainer, Speaker and Author, Allison Clarke, gives the secrets behind her productivity. About Allison Occupation: Corporate Trainer, Speaker and Author Company: Allison Clarke Consulting Location: Portland, OR What’s important about your workspace? That it keeps me inspired and organized. Which five apps could…

For a very long time I underestimated how important a good morning routine was for my productivity and general wellbeing. I was well known as being the girl that always sleeps late, never has time for breakfast and was usually running out the door 5 minutes later than intended. Trying to rid these bad habits…

This regular feature shares the secrets of the most highly efficient Productivity Ninjas. In this post, Founder and Editor-in-chief of DocumentSnap, Brooks Duncan, shares the secrets behind his productivity. About Brooks Occupation: Founder and Editor-in-chief Company: DocumentSnap Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada What’s important about your workspace? It can be wherever I need to be Which five apps could you…

I recently started reading Gretchen Rubin’s latest book, ‘Better Than Before’. Her last book, ‘The Happiness Project’ was all about achieving happiness, and this one is no different. Better Than Before explains how happiness can be achieved through maintaining good habits, i.e. things we do without thinking and which don’t require much self-control. ‘I need…

This month at Think Productive we’re taking a closer look at habits – setting them, tracking them, and yes, even breaking them. After trialing and testing lots of apps designed to help you set, maintain, or break habits, we’re here to share with you some of our favorites. Irunurun Operating under the taglines ‘actions speak…

This regular feature shares the secrets of the most highly efficient Productivity Ninjas. In this post, Strengths and Culture Coach from Inspire My Business, explains how having a positive attitude and proactive attention helps him to stay productive. About Murray Occupation: Strengths and Culture Coach Company: Inspire My Business Location: Newcastle, NSW Other job titles in…

Digital technologies can educate, energize, elevate, and inspire us—and they can distract, exhaust, and according to the BBC, addict us. The digital age is a double-edged sword. While these tools can be wonderful servants, they can be terrible masters. An avalanche of emails, texts, and social media alerts are constant distractions, which we need to fend off…

There are 9 different characteristics to being a Productivity Ninja, ranging from agility to ruthlessness. Being productive – and staying sane – requires you to find balance within these characteristics. One of our London-based Productivity Ninjas, Hayley Watts, has written a post on her favourite characteristic, Stealth and Camouflage, to give you some ideas on…

We’re starting a new series of posts around the idea of ‘Productivity Hotspots’ – key locations in different cities that are perfect if you need to take a break from your office, but still keep the productive energy flowing. With the help of our South West Ninja Lee Cottier, we’re kicking off this series with a…

Where productivity and professionalism meet In August 2015, a hapless employee at Reuters sent an email that accidentally reached 33,000 inboxes. Before he knew it, poor Vince had set off a chain reaction with everyone “replying all” to stop “replying all”. Everyone finally got the message to back away from their keyboards; “Keep very still”…