When we launched the magazine less than a week ago I wasn’t sure how the reception would be - after all most of the productive people are on vacations right now re-charging batteries before September and Christmas season… apparently not - our magazine has been already downloaded 6 thousand times and the counter is ticking….

If you haven’t grabbed your issue of this great free PDF packed with fantastic articles by top productivity bloggers on the net, get your copy now and let others know by twitter and email!

Did you like the magazine? What do you think about it? Let me know in the comments below!

This time we kept our word and thanks to the common work of the entire Productive Magazine Team we’ve manage to release this new issue of the magazine this Saturday!

Without further ado I’d like to recommend you this summer read of the magazine with a very insightful interview I happened to have a pleasure doing with - Michael Bungay Stanier - Canadian coach of the Year 2006 and one of the most respected coaches worldwide, a “Creative questioner” how David Allen calls him.

Apart from the interview we’ve got great articles by many fantastic bloggers, so I recommend you just dive in and download this magazine right now and send it to your friends:

Free PDF (3.7 MB)

You can also print the magazine yourself or order a printed copy at Magcloud (only $7 bucks a copy!):

Watch the introduction video to the newest issue of the Productive Magazine

Please let me know what you think about the magazine! I’m looking forward to your feedback!

Also I’d appreciate tweeting about the magazine and spreading the word! Thanks!

Our “Productive!” family keeps on growing. As we’re preparing the launch of the all-new issue of the Productive Magazine (I’ll announce the launch date this week!) I decided to compile my series of “2-minute productivity” shows into a separate blog called “Productive Show”.

My goal is to publish a new 2-minute video about productivity every week. At this moment I just put all the archive videos I had on the topic and we’ll go from there.

We’ll see how it goes, but I’ll definitely give it a try. In the meantime I encourage you to check out our sister-site and let me know how you like the 2-minute videos with some really cool Productivity Tips and Tricks.

How to manage flood of email messages? How to quickly read magazines? How to process inbox? It’s all in there, have a look and let me know in the comments:

It’s been long in the making, but today we’re officially giving you the opportunity to read the second issue of our Productive Magazine and we’ve got great things in this one:

• Exclusive interview with Guy Kawasaki - bestselling author, serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and ex-Apple fellow

Download your PDF version of Productive Magazine!

In the magazine you’ll also find 10 Great articles from top productivity bloggers about:

• New Year’s Resolutions
• The art of s aying No
• How to optimize your life and claim a couple of hours a week back
• Setting SMART goals
• Mind- mapping
• Working in groups
• … and more!

We’ve got great authors like Leo Babauta, Dustin Wax, Michael Hyatt, James Mallinson, Kris Rowlands, Andrew Mason, Michael Deutch, Andrew Yang and yours truly…

Here’s the scoop on the Table of Contents:

So what’s your next action?

Download your issue of the Productive! Magazine at no cost (only 2.5 MB)

The magazine is a total of 24 pages, 1 exclusive interview, 10 articles and most of all, it’s completely free! Feel free to share with your friends and family!

What do you think about this issue? Love it? Hate it? Let me know in the comments!

Your Editor,

- Michael Sliwinski
Follow me on Twitter: MichaelNozbe

P.S. The last issue of Productive Magazine hit more than 30K downloads - this time we’re aiming at 60K! Help us spread the word!

As promised, tomorrow we’re launching the long-awaited second issue of your favorite magazine, and here’s the screenshot of the table of contents:

Get ready for 24 pages packed with great articles that’ll help you boost your productivity and motivate yourself to get going, hope you’ll enjoy this issue as much as we have preparing it!

Please make sure to follow me on twitter or sign up for our newsletter or just subscribe to our blog. Thanks for spreading the word!

P.S. Of course as before, Productive Magazine is a completely free PDF download

I came back from the GTD Summit in San Francisco and the Productive Magazine #2 is not ready yet due to some technical problems we’ve been experiencing… and I’m really sorry for that.

As I hate being late or overdue with things and we’re long overdue with #2, I decided to do some cleaning and design the Productive Magazine Editorial Processes over again and make sure we can deliver each issue of the magazine on a regular basis.

Shorter but regular (monthly as the ultimate goal)

I’ve heard voices over at the Summit that they’d rather read a shorter magazine but on a regular basis than a longer one every few months. I definitely share this opinion and let me tell you, I think we’ll be on the right track with PM #3. The next issue will be due sometime in May and hopefully #4 and next ones will be as regular as ever and issued every month.

Productive Magazine Team is growing!

One the side note - our Productive Magazine Team is growing - apart from Me and my assistant Delfina, Lori Anderson and Dustin Wax (of Lifehack.org fame) have volunteered to participate and let me prepare each issue for you. If you also would like to volunteer and help me out, make sure to contact me.

How did I design the processes for the Productive Magazine #3 and beyond?

While I can’t reveal all the details yet (I’ll have to test them and really see what works and what doesn’t) I’ll be happy to let you know in the future posts about the process, for now just have a look at the Mind Map I did in the Freemind app on my Mac:

Please let me know in the comments, what you liked, didn’t like and would love to see in the future issues of the Productive Magazine and which format would be the best for you?

P.S. The issue #2 is almost finished and should be out any day now. Again, sorry for the delay!

I would like you to join me in San Francisco between March 11-13 (in a week!) for the GTDsummit organized by David Allen, the “father” of Getting Things Done.

Meet me and Nozbe during the first GTD Summit

There have been very few times when the improved productivity of organizations and the people within them has been so critical, or when own personal focus and control been so challenged as today. As we have to think about “doing more with less” and working “smarter not harder,” the use of productivity methods that really work has never been so crucial.

This coming March 11-13, I will be joining best selling author and executive coach David Allen at the GTD Summit in San Francisco. David is the author of “Getting Things Done”, often referred to as “GTD”, which has sold more than one million copies in a hundred countries.

The GTD methodology is in high demand. It is being replicated in more than a hundred software applications, buzzed about in hundreds of blogs, and incorporated into the professional development curricula of dozens of global corporations. I am inviting you to learn and apply what David Allen, other business leaders and I have to say about “Getting Things Done” in challenging times.

I think you’ll find something at the Summit that will inspire, motivate, and advance your ability to stay focused and clear in a potentially overwhelming and uncertain world. You’ll be able to network, explore more options, and get “out of the weeds” with some elevated perspectives.

35% discount admission fee for Productive Magazine readers!

As part of my network of friends I’ve been authorized to extend to you a special discount of 35% (more than $800) off the Summit fee.

To register just contact us and we’ll send you the discount code

I will be joining David as a panelist during the summit and also Nozbe will be joining the David Allen Company as a Sponsor and Exhibitor – make sure to stop by our booth!

Nozbe Booth – meet me in person, watch a presentation of Nozbe 2.0 beta and receive a gift from Nozbe!

I hope that you will join us and I’ll see you there!

Michael Sliwinski

Editor, Productive! Magazine
Founder, Nozbe – Simply Get Things Done!

P.S. One more thing – as a panelist and speaker, David let me invite three friends at a very very hefty discount – if you want one – contact me – only the first three people will be given this opportunity.

OK, it took us a little more time to compile the second issue of the Productive Magazine, but we’ve got the lineup ready and it’s going to be a great issue so here you go:

Interview with Guy Kawasaki
by Michael Sliwinski

How to Set Goals That Lead to Success
Dustin Wax  

The Single Secret to Making 2009 Your Best Year Ever
by Leo Babauta

How to Shave Ten Hours Off Your Work Week
by Michael Hyatt

Why You Shouldn’t Do New Year’s Resolutions
by James Mallinson

Say No to make Yes Sound better
by Kris Rowlands

What’s Wrong With New Years Resolutions?
by Andrew Mason  

Making it all work with Mindmanager
by Michael Deutch

Productivity For Groups – Because You’re Not Really In Control
by Andrew Yang

Simply Get Things Done Course – Introduction
by Michael Sliwinski

My volunteer editors (thanks guys!) are now checking the contents of the articles to make sure we don’t have any “bugs” inside

I’ll post more details on the magazine later next week, but we’re getting ready to rock the productivity world again with the new issue!

And of course - thanks to all the contributors! You make the magazine great, we just do the compilation

After a long New Year’s break the Productive Magazine will be coming back with the issue #2! Thanks to your great feedback we’re hoping to make it the best issue ever and we’ve got some great articles for you to enjoy in this first issue in 2009… and some of them will be exclusive pieces written by bloggers solely for the magazine!

The Cover and the featured Interview… with Guy Kawasaki!

Yes, that’s correct. After David Allen in #1, we’ve got Guy Kawasaki for #2 - an interview I did with Guy back in December about life, entrepreneurship, his new book… and getting things done. I think we both had a great time with the interview, here are some of the quotes to give you an idea what to expect:

…important point about productivity and hiring: sometimes one should look beyond the lack of a perfect background…

…I don’t know of a place on earth where failure is more tolerated than Silicon Valley…

…business is also deceptive because things are never as good or as bad as they seem….

…If you change the world, you’ll probably make money….

…If my advice is “too obvious,” why are many companies doing so many silly things? As your magazine shows, there’s knowing the obvious and doing the obvious. The two are different…

You’ll be able to read the entire interview in the next issue of the magazine…. coming soon as a free download here, so stay tuned!

One more thing, if you’re an entrepreneur and need some good, “never-too-obvious” advice, I highly recommend Guy’s new book: “Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition”

The downloads and great reviews keep on coming and I think it’s safe to say the issue #1 was a great success.

It’s time for the issue #2. While I already know who will be on the cover and I’ve got some great bloggers already in the pipeline… I’d like to know if you would like to participate, too?

Who can write for the Productive Magazine?

If you’re a blogger with an audience, write about life, productivity and/or motivation and would like to send your message to others, make sure to contact us

It can be a blog post your wrote, you’re writing or you’re planning to write. Exclusive articles for the Magazine are more than welcome

What’s the theme for the Productive Magazine #2?

We’ll be talking about our plans for the New Year, motivation, Apple… and much more…

Make sure to join our Productive Magazine mailing list to be notified about the newest issue.