1: One of Google Productivity Expert Laura Mae Martin‘s most popular trainings centers around what she calls “The List Funnel.”

We “can think of to-do lists like a funnel,” Laura writes in her book Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing.  “Start with the highest level of everything we could possibly do, or want to do, and narrow it down into what we actually will do … continue reading

1: How do we maximize our productivity?

That’s the question Laura Mae Martin is tasked with at Google.  Her job title?  Google productivity expert.

At the core of Laura teaching is the idea of the List Funnel, “something I’ve taught successfully at Google for years,” she writes in her book Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing.

We “can think of to-do lists like a funnel,” Laura … continue reading

1: The goal? To be more productive and less stressed.

Google productivity expert  Laura Mae Martin believes there is one simple thing we must do.

Make a list of every open loop we currently have in our brains.  

Personal. Professional. Projects. Deadlines. Ideas. To-Dos of all types and flavors.

“If we do only one thing from this entire chapter, it should be this,” Laura writes in her book Uptime: A … continue reading