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I’m over halfway through my year of crazy productivity experiments.  Whenever people ask me how they’re going my usual response is “interesting…. oh, and stressful”.  I’ve learnt loads, had some fascinating experiences and it’s kept me on my toes.  But by the same token, it’s meant overhauling my routine every month, living in a state…

1) Take a nap – Napping gets a bad reputation. People see it as the domain of toddlers and the lazy but a well placed nap can actually act as productivity booster, not sapper. A ninja knows it’s the quality of the time you have and not the quantity, so if a short sleep will…

We’ve got a great guest post from Amir Salihefendic, founder of Todoist and clearly a productivity ninja at heart! Why not try Todoist to organise your weekly checklist Productivity is a decision that you make. Even a productivity tool such as Todoist will not automatically increase your productivity if you don’t use it correctly or keep bad habits…

As I write this, it’s 8pm on Wednesday 10th July.  This could easily be mistaken for just another day, but it’s also the first day that thousands of Muslims in the UK fast for Ramadan.  So given this month’s productivity experiment is all about ‘fuel’, I’m joining them. (For three days, anyway). So how has…

Over the last week, I’ve been adopting a new diet, created for me by Colette Heneghan from Optimum Living.  It’s about eating well and fueling my body and my brain for maximum productivity. The first week has been a bit of a rollercoaster, proving that whilst there might be a science to eating well, it…

Here’s the recipe for my new “Brain Fuel Shake”, which I’ve been taking as part of my ‘fuel’ experiment this month. 1 teaspoon each of… Chia seeds Maca (Energiser and re-mineralizer), Lucuma (Anti-inflammatory and supports the nervous system), Camu-camu (Vitamin C powerhouse for peak mental function), Spirulina (Ultimate superfood) Bee pollen (Energy enhancer + will…

Ooooh, we’re halfway there… July means the middle of the year.  We’re halfway through my 2013 productivity experiments.  Last month’s “Flipping the 9-5” played around with the constraints of time and the hours needed to manage attention and energy.  This month I’m going to focus much more on the idea of brain and body as tool…

So it’s the end of another productivity experiment.  For June, I was “flipping the 9-5”, working 5-9pm and then for the last week and a bit, 5-9am.  This month kind of summed up the whole year of experiments so far: it had bursts of amazing productivity, lulls of distinctly unproductive time and an overall sense…

A productivity ninja has to have his or her ninja tools. Here’s a couple of resources our delegates have found useful in the pursuit of  ninja like productivity. Feel free to check them out, print a copy, go on you could even laminate them. Don’t say we never give you anything. The Cord Productivity Model:…

For this final week of “flipping the 9-5” I’ve gone from working 5-9pm to working 5-9am.  OK, so it’s the end of the second day and on neither day have I managed to start bang on 5am, but I must admit that as a self-confessed early-morning hater, I’m loving the buzz of having got so…

One thing I’ve found very difficult with my 5-9pm work schedule for this month’s experiment is switching between ‘work-mode’ and ‘life-mode’ or ‘leisure-mode’ during the day.  I’ve found that at least once a day there have been exceptions that I’ve needed to account for – doing half an hour on a phonecall during the day…