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
Habits
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Time-Management Tips From the Productivity Expert Who Trains Google Executives – Quartz – Pocket
April 17, 2024
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
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A Beginner's Guide To Smiling In Public
Frequently, when I’ve presented in public, I’ve been told that I need to smile more, or that I look too serious. This is a challenge for me because I feel like I’m already smiling. I’m smiling on the inside, but apparently my muscles aren’t cooperating, or the signals my brain is receiving lead my brain to believe I’m smiling when I’m not. I was recently on a panel at an event