Laura Mae Martin has been a natural task optimizer since childhood. Making cookies with her sister, she would insist on an assembly line system. Efficiency is her idea of fun. Now Martin is Google’s in-house, self-taught productivity trainer, leading a team of 15 others and working as an advisor to executives in a role that she invented for herself using the 20 percent of paid time that “Googlers” can dedicate to
Time-Management Tips From the Productivity Expert Who Trains Google Executives – Quartz – Pocket
7 Morning Habits That Can Affect Your Entire Day
Your morning routine is like setting up a string of dominoes: You line everything up for success, but one false move can cause it all to come tumbling down. In order to set the right tone for the rest of your day, experts say you should adjust the following seven habits. 1. HITTING THE SNOOZE BUTTON It’s tempting to steal a few more minutes of sleep, but hitting snooze has
Things That May Help When It Comes to Making Peak-State Decisions and Investing in Yourself
It doesn’t need more people following the norms of society. Average is over. To be average in today’s world is to be addicted to technology, stimulants, unhealthy eating, and distraction. To be average today is to spend more than half of your work day in a semi-conscious state, in-and-out of focus. You ride caffeine buzzes for shorter and shorter amounts. Day-by-day, you lower your personal standards for what you can