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The Greg McKeown Podcast

293. Mastering Personal Productivity: Lessons from an Executive Advisor at Google with Laura Martin (Part 1)

Apr 25, 2024
In this engaging discussion, Laura Martin, Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor and author of 'Uptime', shares her expertise on mastering personal productivity. She emphasizes aligning your current self with your future self to make fulfilling decisions. Laura offers practical tips on defining top priorities and managing time effectively, illustrating her points with insights from her experiences with executives. They also explore the courage to embrace imperfections, prioritizing what truly matters for a more productive life.
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  • Align decisions with future desires for a fulfilling life.
  • Prioritize top three goals and make strategic trade-offs for efficiency.

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Prioritizing Future Self in Productivity

Reflecting on the disconnect between current and future selves, Laura discusses the importance of perceiving similarity to future self for greater life satisfaction. She suggests applying this insight by regularly questioning how present actions align with future desires, enabling adjustments to current decisions for better future outcomes.

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