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Next up in our Productivity Apps in Test series, we’ve tested an app which will make every weapon-savvy Productivity Ninja‘s heart beat faster. Streaks 3 helps you form and track new habits and break habits you want to get rid of. Who could be a better person to test it than our very own Productivity Ninja Lee? Let’s…

Productivity Ninja tactics and Time Management Training will help you reduce the amount of time spent procrastinating in the dark corners of the internet, but fact is: Some of us are more prone to procrastination than others, and we should acknowledge that this is just part of what makes us human.  However much we’d like them…

Why Do Knowledge Professionals Obsessively Check Their Inboxes? If I have to make a rudimentary estimate of the number of times the average knowledge professional checks/refreshes their email inbox, I would say it’s more than 30 times during a workday. Research actually shows that it can be anywhere between 70 and 350 times a day.  By…

It’s another Monday. You boot up your computer, sip your coffee, and mentally prepare to dive head first into the day’s work. But first, the most dreaded task of all: emails. You may feel a sense of urgency to do it, but you know it’ll throw off your flow in the morning. Plus, the internet is…

Best and Worst Ways to End an Email Knowing when and how to respond to emails can be a real challenge at times. On top of that, people can’t see your expression or hear your tone of voice, so you have to be especially careful with what you write. The last thing you want to…

Customization Tips for Productivity Ninja Outlook Users Among the classic Microsoft Office products, Outlook stands out as being the most customizable one. Many websites will explain to you “how to create a rule” or a “search folder” or “quick step”, but knowing how to set one up isn’t going to make you a Productivity Ninja. The…

5 Tips to Minimize Mistakes and Reduce Stress It’s a never-ending cycle: You’re stressed out, so you make mistakes. Then, the mistake causes you more stress, which leads you to make another careless error. Try as you might to break out of the rut, you can’t — and you’re not alone. In 2015, the American Psychological…

Burnout Uncovered: What You Should Know Dealing with stress at work is something everyone has to learn to live with, no matter what kind of job you have and no matter how many time management workshops you’ve attended. It also comes in waves — just when you think life is getting easier and your stress…

Mindfulness in 5 Minutes   In a world full of distractions competing for our attention and the feeling of constantly running out of time, it is crucial to take the time to de-stress and bring more positive thoughts into our lives. This is exactly what mindfulness can help us achieve. We’ve put together some easy…