Tag: Productivity
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Productivity Apps in Test: Declutter
A weapon-savvy Productivity Ninja uses tools and apps to boost their productivity. We talk about various tools in our time management training, but we know how overwhelming it can be to put together your toolkit, including choosing the perfect apps. That’s why we like to review various apps out there and this time, we’re looking…
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Differences Between Busy People and Productive People
The idea that being busy equals being productive is very far-fetched. A person who has a busy schedule is not necessarily productive, as we have previously discussed in our ‘A Busy Person’s Lies‘ blog post. In fact, being a productive person, or even a Productivity Ninja, is not at all tantamount to being a busy…
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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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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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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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A Perfect Workday Thanks to Preparation
Roald Amundsen (Norwegian) and Robert Scott (American) both wanted to be the first people who reached the South pole. In 1911 Roald Amundsen was the first person who reached the South pole. His ‘competitor’ Robert Scott got there a couple of months after him, but he didn’t survive the trip. Both explorers approached the race…
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5 Things You Can Do When You’re Offline
I am writing this blog post whilst I am travelling from Amsterdam to Minneapolis. That means that I will be offline for about 8 hours. 8 hours of uninterrupted bliss. As you might know from our Time Management Training – time management doesn’t really exist, we need to talk about attention management instead. And what better…
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Building Your Team’s Resilience
When you’re knocked off a horse, you’re often encouraged to get back up. In the office, if you lose a job or a client, or you fail in any other way, you’re told to keep going. Try again, and never give up. This is the definition of resilience: overcoming and adapting, despite stressful — even traumatic…
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Building Resilience
Life isn’t always a smooth ride. Regardless of circumstance, everybody comes up against problems at some point. Time management training can help if you’re feeling overwhelmed by too much at once, but what if things have just gone wrong, and it’s something beyond your control? Perhaps you’ve been passed over for promotion, or lost your…
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Best Productivity Hacks of 2017
We’ve almost reached the end of the year and as much as we encourage you to plan ahead for 2018, don’t forget that part of the Productivity Ninja skills, is also to look back on our performance throughout the past year. We’ve shared lots of top notch productivity and time management training tips with you…
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Creating a Productivity Ninja Culture in the Workplace
The problem is that everyone is ‘busy’. Emails, meetings, ubiquitous connectivity, rapid response, etc. etc. Often, employees are stretched across so many tech platforms and projects – and operating in an air of permanent change and unclarity – that they feel they are getting nowhere. That’s exactly what we’re tackling with our Time Management Training…
