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  • Learning How to Relax

    Learn How to Relax Relaxing seems like an easy enough task to do without even thinking about it. But you may need to learn how to relax. In today’s always connected world, even a Productivity Ninja might not always be able to relax. We are often occupied with thoughts about what we have to do…


  • Thriving on the Go with Work Fuel

    Thrive on the Go with Work Fuel Whether you’re on the road a lot, like our Productivity Ninjas, or you’re often running from one meeting to the next – skipping meals and grabbing food on the go becomes the norm. Having said that, making poor choices on the road, is also often the main source…


  • Deskercise: Five Exercises You Can Do From Your Desk

    Five Exercises You Can Do at Your Desk Are you still trying to shake off some of that holiday weight? But your schedule doesn’t seem to have room for the gym? Or you’re looking for a new way to hit the afternoon slump – deskercise is the way to go! As a Productivity Ninja, you…


  • The Perfect Worker Doesn’t Focus on Perfection

    Don’t Be Too Perfect This blog title might seem unorthodox, because we’ve all often been told otherwise. But perfection is your enemy – not your friend. Perfection can seriously stifle positive momentum and is frequently a pointless waste of time. That’s why Productivity Ninjas avoid perfection at all costs. We say don’t be too perfect.…


  • Bringing Human Back to Work

    Bring Humanity Back to Your Workplace Deadlines. Targets. Meetings. Emails. Objectives. Performance measures. Waste reduction. Cost efficiency. Response Times. Getting stuff done. Sometimes our quest for productivity has us so focused on the work, we forget about humanity at work. How do we humans do our best work? Can we bring more of that into…


  • 5 Steps to Productivity Ninja Preparedness

    Be Better Prepared Productivity Ninja Preparedness underpins and strengthens so many of our other Ninja skills and characteristics. It’s all about practical preparedness, through using the right tools, planning and getting organized; as well as mental preparedness. If you can be better prepared it will mean you’re always ready to tackle whatever comes your way.…


  • Making New Year’s Resolutions Stick

    Make New Year’s Resolutions Stick! The beginning of the new year is filled with enthusiasm and excitement for what the year ahead might bring. You might already be thinking about the new email techniques or meeting skills you’re eager to implement in the coming weeks, but will you make new year resolutions stick? As we…


  • Top 10 Productivity Ninja Email Tips

    Productivity Ninja Email Tips Based on what we hear in our email training, knowledge workers spend, on average, around 3 hours in their inbox each day. Checking and composing emails is, without a question, a big portion of how we spend our days in the office.  But the more time we spend in our inbox,…


  • Productivity Ninja Morning Routines

    How Good is your Morning Routine? Something we hear a lot of in our Time Management Workshops is how you dread your morning routine. You are daunted and dismayed by all the things you have to do. What with the emails, the daily commute, getting themselves, and often others, organized, it is a stressful start…