Women have a blur of busy days, from meetings to important phone calls, to taking our kids to soccer practice, sometimes it feels like the day goes by in a blink of an eye. That leaves many of us feeling drained at the end of the day, pushing off our most important tasks to the next day or week, or forgetting about them completely. 
So how can we better juggle busy work days, raising a family, and all of the other tasks in between while still making time for exercise, vacation, and a little reality TV on the side? Laura Mae Martin has cracked the code. She’s Google’s Executive Productivity Officer, coaching Google’s top executives on time management and efficiency, and she’s the author of the new book UpTime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing. 
Listen in to hear her take on how to cut out time-suck meetings once and for all from our calendars and why discovering our “power hours” does wonders for our creativity and productiveness. 

Takeaways:

Manage your email inbox like doing laundry - sort, prioritize, and focus on one task at a time.

Use the list funnel method to organize tasks and prioritize based on timeframes.

Limit and optimize meetings by setting agendas, evaluating their necessity, and providing feedback.

Identify your power hours and schedule important tasks during those times for maximum productivity. 

Minimize multitasking and manage email effectively to improve productivity.


Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
05:24 Optimizing Time for Emails
07:10 The List Funnel
13:58 Working with Executives on Productivity
15:06 Limiting Meetings
19.32 Power Hours and Structuring Productive Days
24:33 The Importance of Flexibility in Work Hours
26:01 Productivity Mistakes: Multitasking and Email Overload
28:06 New Research on Productivity
29:12 Lightning Round: Quick Questions
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