Category: Other
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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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Time to Switch Off – Technology and Mental Health
Time to Switch Off – Technology and Mental Health In our Time Management Training, we discuss the concept “Psychology before Technology”. We appreciate that in today’s world, technology has affected most aspects of our lives and due to the nature of most jobs, it has also added lots of benefits to our lives. However, it’s…
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5 Things You Can Do When You’re Offline
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…
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Leading In Uncertain Times
Leading In Uncertain Times In ‘How to be a Productivity Ninja’, Think Productive Australia’s answer to time management training, we find that most stress at work comes from uncertainty: unanswered questions, unclear direction, changing expectations and conflicting priorities. In our workshop, we give people the tools to increase clarity and reduce uncertainty – but not…
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Building Your Team’s Resilience
Building Your Team’s Resilience When you’re knocked off a horse, you’re traditionally 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,…
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How to Have a Productive Off-Site Meeting
How to Have a Productive Off-Site Meeting Effective off-site meetings spur attendees into action, providing an ideal setting to come together on a plan, goal or general strategy. Getting out of the office for a meeting, which is something we always encourage in our facilitation training, is a nice change of pace and scenery, offering…
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Creating a Productivity Ninja Culture in the Workplace
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…
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Getting Back on Track After a Bad Month
Getting Back on Track After a Bad Month This month at Think Productive Australia we’re talking about being Human, not Superhero. This is a concept from “How to Be a Productivity Ninja” by Graham Allcott. It’s also one of the topics in our Time Management Training workshops. We all have bad days, bad weeks, even…
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Prioritize Taking Care of Yourself
Prioritize Taking Care of Yourself You’re “busy” — that’s a given. Between the extra-long work hours, to the time spent keeping your household afloat, you don’t have many hours, or even minutes, to spare. You run full throttle from the moment you wake up until you finally close your eyes at night. The only problem…
