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Taking Proper Breaks Being prepared is as much about practical preparation, as it is about mental preparation. Many of us have lots of top-notch systems in place. If we don’t allow ourselves periods of rest, however, our bodies, minds and productivity will suffer. At the end of the day you can only be ruthless if…

If you have attended one of our Time Management Workshops or have read ‘How to be a Productivity Ninja’, you will already know how life changing a Weekly Review can be. For those of us that use it regularly, it’s probably the best 1-2 hours of our working weeks and something a Productivity Ninja will…

The Pomodoro Technique is Easy! If you’ve attended our Productivity Training or have read the ‘How to be a Productivity Ninja‘ book, you will have heard of  the Pomodoro technique. Whether you’ve heard of it and could do with a reminder, or you’re a complete newbie –  we’ve summarized some useful information on how the…

Boost Your Morning Productivity Through Creativity As the saying goes “The early bird catches the worm”.  But for some of us, the only thing we catch in the early hours is the snooze button. Whether you’re an earlier riser or a snooze-master, there are a handful of quick exercises you can add to your morning…

8 Alternatives To (Long) Meetings One of the most frequent questions we receive in our productivity training is how teams can improve their meetings. Meetings have increasingly become a source of frustration and annoyance to many knowledge workers across all industries. Luckily, our team of Productivity Ninjas are on a mission to overall reduce the…

Chairing Meetings Like a Productivity Ninja Depending on your role, you are probably spending 35% – 50% of your time in meetings. Without top-notch meeting skills from both the chair and participants, these meetings will be dreaded and feel like a waste of everyone’s time. Here at Think Productive Australia we are big fans of…

The Daily Huddle As you’ll know from our Facilitation Training, we are on a mission to change the way the world thinks about meetings. We want to  help improve meeting skills, reduce the number of meetings being held, and make the ones you do attend ridiculously productive. One of those ridiculously productive and valuable meetings,…

5 Ways to Stay Productive Even if You Don’t Like Your Job Let’s just put it right out there: a lot of people, or as research shows, around 85% of people, don’t like their jobs. For some, just getting motivated enough to get out of bed can be the biggest challenge of the day. Without a…

How I Stay Productive: Nick Aiello In our ‘How I Stay Productive’ interview series, we chat to people who have implemented Productivity Ninja habits and skills in their work and personal life. From time to time we chat to time management training participants, but this time, we’ve had the pleasure to talk to one of Think Productive North America’s…