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I’ve just spent a month living in a beautiful little cabana hut on a deserted beach in Sri Lanka. I’ve been writing, re-writing, editing and generally getting immersed in the subject matter of productivity for my book, “How To Be A Productivity Ninja”. I could have written the book at home, but then I know…

Guest blogger, Claire Bradford, shares her experience with us following her recent attendance at one of our “How to Get Things Done” Workshops. When I attended the Think Productive UK day course, I came away heady with excitement about being ninja-like in my productivity and thirsty for the Zen-like state that would come from knowing…

If you’re reading this then I imagine you have at least a minimal interest in getting things done a little better – who knows maybe a whole lot. I consider myself as someone with more than a passing interest in personal productivity. I use both digital tools and paper for inputting to/maintaining my system of…

1. Organise your files/papers into a filing cabinet 2. Organise all files on your computer into relevant folders 3. Have only one piece of paper on your desk 4. Get a another monitor 5. Get adequate sleep 6. Plan everything 7. Plan all meetings/events in a diary 8. Have a notice board to remind you…

Multiple studies of our email addiction agree – we’re spending far too much time just managing our inboxes, and not enough getting on with our “real work”. For some of us that’s hundreds of incoming messages a day, and as much as 40% of our working hours spent just dealing with them (source). Just this…

If you have dyslexia, or a related learning disability, life can sometimes be very difficult, especially at University. It is estimated dyslexia affects 10% of the population and is the most common of the specific learning difficulties family. Contrary to popular misconception, dyslexia is not only about literacy, although weaknesses in literacy are often the…

I was recently asked for advice about time management when working from home, the person in question wanted to know how to build breaks into their day as they found they were working hours on hours without a break for even a drink. Attention spans tend to diminish at around 45 minutes, so unless you…

A statement I come across many a times is – “I do all the things I should be doing for effective time management like thinking about my next actions such as :- • What is my next task? • Who do I need to get in touch with? • Where do I need to be…

Every working person, no matter what industry or career you have can benefit by implementing some simple steps into our daily routine, below are my personal tips which I use on a daily basis to get the most out of the hours I’m in the office.if you have any tips which work for you feel…

I recently came across an article stating internets biggest distraction is Facebook. To many this won’t come as a surprise and a lot will add Twitter, Myspace, Youtube, Iphone apps and more to this list. Time management courses are simple they analyse where your time is going and make sure the things your doing are…

We all know what to do with email Spam – our anti-spam filters catch it and put it in the Bin where it belongs. If they’re working well we don’t even see it, never mind read it. But there’s that big pile of other low-priority mail that’s still waiting for us every time we open…

We’ve all been there. 4.30pm. You can’t remember how long you’ve been staring at the computer screen but it’s a while and a lack of energy to get productive. Energy management is one of the key things that every productivity ninja should focus on. I noticed recently I’d been feeling sluggish in the afternoons more…