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For October’s productivity experiment, I asked for ideas from our social media followers and workshop delegates.  We had lots of them.  Some of them were very good, including a few that I am sure I will try at some point, but none of them felt quite right, given that our whole world has been turned…

It’s the end of the month.  Well, actually, it’s the start of the next month.  I’ve been a bit distracted by my lemon amongst other things. I’ve been using this month to explore productivity in the midst of the personal challenge of finding out your unborn child is being diagnosed with chromosome disorders and ‘structural…

For all those times when you bury yourself in research, in the hopes of feeling more confident. When you look to other people to make decisions for you. When you force yourself to do something you feel you ‘should’ and push aside the groan of your heart. I have two words – Trust yourself. Here’s why: 1.…

  We still don’t really know what’s wrong with our baby, which is upsetting, disorientating and challenging.  I’m realising that ‘lemoning’ is full of sharp moments.  Raw moments.  Some bitter, some – surprisingly – sweet. When “life” gets in the way of productivity, you find yourself naturally questioning the bigger picture.  What really matters?  What’s…

I’m trapped in my flat. Not literally, obviously.  I’m trapped in the sense that Chaz needs to be close to the hospital right now in case anything happens, and we live literally 3 minutes from the maternity ward (for which I’m thanking my lucky stars a lot at the moment).  So most of my meetings…

Welcome back Grace Marshall, our favourite Midlands Productivity Ninja… I am not a tidy person, I’m most likely to procrastinate when it comes to housework. So I had to dig deep this summer to finally sort out my living room (we’ve only been there 7 years…). Choosing curtains, buying a rug and getting new paint was nice.…

It’s not been the best of times. My wife Chaz is having our first child in November and we’ve discovered over the last few weeks that the baby has some complications.  Some “structural problems” is what the amazing NHS folks in the lightly coloured shirts and chino trousers seem to call it.  So we ask…

I remember what August used to mean in my school days.  You probably have similar memories: green grass wet from water fights, cycling to friends’ houses, swimming, getting sunburned, barbeque food, live music, carnivals and fun times.  The thing that unites so many of these memories is that underlying sense of possibility, of openness and…

When I introduce myself at networking meetings I often say that I provide support, sanity and success strategies for people juggling business and personal life. And sanity is what most people leap at! The funny thing is, it’s not rocket science actually, when you come to think of it: Sanity comes with that feeling of knowing…

Some great advice from the blog of South East ninja Wendy Smith… We can all agree that our lifestyles are so much busier than ever before and our overall ‘Wellbeing’ is so important to how we feel about ourselves but also how we perform in our jobs. Do you ever get that niggling little voice…

Remember those days when you actually wanted responsibility? Perhaps as a child, wanting your parents to trust you with responsibility, or in those hungry ambitious early-career days, wanting more responsibility at work. Maybe you wanted more autonomy or authority. Maybe you wanted to be in charge, to make things happen, to feel in control, make…

Before head ninja, Graham Allcott went offline he summed up his feelings on his July productivity experiment – ‘Fuel’… July’s productivity experiment was called ‘Fuel’.  The idea was that I would play around with optimum diets for productivity.  I also contrasted that with my Ramadan fasting challenge: 3 days of doing as my friends at…