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Daily Productivity Ninja Ruthlessness
Ruthlessness, not something that comes naturally to me. Ruthlessness is the characteristic that I struggle with the most. And I work as a Productivity Ninja! I’ve not nailed it, but I’ve had a go. It’s always been a struggle, and I know from talking to delegates in our time management workshops that I’m not the…
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5 Ways to Be Ruthless With Your Attention
There are only so many hours in the day to accomplish tasks, and both offline and online distractions tend to bombard you at every turn. You try to work around these distractions, but stress and annoyance get the best of you. Time management training can help you bring out your inner Productivity Ninja and teach…
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Packed Schedule? 6 Ways to Fit Exercise Around Your Work Life
Those who have a full-time job understand the trouble of fitting everything into a busy schedule. As we often discuss in our time management training, 24-hours doesn’t always seem long enough to fit everything into. After a long day at work, all we want to do is slip into our favorite pajamas and relax. Many of…
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Use Your Office to Work Out
One thing that almost every desk job has in common, is the lack of motion: you show up to your desk in the morning, you plug in your six to ten hours of work, and eventually you leave. If you’re lucky, you might have a standing desk. Day in and day out, you’re sitting there,…
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How I Stay Productive: Richard Green
This time, in our ‘How I Stay Productive’ interview series, we chatted to the Chief Financial Officer of our Think Productive North America office, Richard Green. Richard talks to us about the Productivity Ninja skills he’s developed and how his productivity and time management skills have helped him settle into his new role with Think…
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Conquering Triple Overload – Whitepaper
We’ve seen massive changes in the way we work over the past two decades. When we discuss daily challenges in the workplace with our time management training participants, we often hear the constant distraction of one thing or another is making work quite challenging. We all know the feeling of getting started on a task,…
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How We Unplugged and Rediscovered a 1970s Family Weekend – Part 2
Last week, in Part 1, we shared how more and more people in our time management training express how technology is affecting their lives and their wellbeing. We looked at how much we rely on our technology and specifically how much our children rely on technology for entertainment. We have decided to chance our family’s…
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How We Unplugged and Rediscovered a 1970s Family Weekend – Part 1
As Productivity Ninjas we often talk with people about how technology is impacting their productivity and wellbeing. Email’s overwhelming and distracting us; our mobiles have demolished previous precious boundaries between ‘on’ and ‘off duty’. People are looking for help, and in our time management workshops we share weapon-savvy and human-not-superhero inspired tactics to redress that balance.…
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How I Stay Productive: Barbara Green
Next up in our ‘How I Stay Productive’ series, we had the pleasure of interviewing the new President of Think Productive North America, Barbara Green. Barbara talked to us about embracing the 9 Productivity Ninja Characteristics, reducing stress, staying focused and much more. Occupation: President, Think Productive North America Company: Think Productive North America Location:…
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Nutrition & Hydration Week: A Guide for Remote Workers
Feeling your best as a remote worker isn’t always an easy task, even for a Productivity Ninja . Let’s face it — working at home puts a lot of temptations just steps away that you might not have in a workplace setting. It’s also tempting to sit at your desk for hours on end as you…
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Productivity & Technology – 5 Ways Technology Can Boost Your Productivity
According to recent research, 53% of employees are prepared to use technology to boost their own productivity at work. We often discuss the role of technology in the workplace in our time management training and although various platforms and apps can certainly help us be more productive, they also open up opportunities for more distraction.…
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Is it Time to Introduce Shorter Work Days?
Work days are very typical: show up in the office sometime between 7 and 9, and leave about eight hours later. Monday through Friday, day in and day out, with the weekends giving you a chance to recharge your mental batteries. Working overtime seems to be encouraged by many companies. Dedicated employees might put in 20,…
