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Aug 2024
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Productivity for Mortals With Real Lives...

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About this episode

Ever feel like you're thriving one minute, then scrambling the next? Laura Mae Martin, author of Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing, shares a fresh, holistic approach centered on syncing your priorities, patterns and boundaries.


You'll learn counterintuitive strategies to align your intention with your action, optimizing when, where and how you tackle different tasks. You'll discover how small tweaks to your routines and environments can create distraction-free zones for deep, focused work while prioritizing self-care. 


You can find Laura at: WebsiteLinkedIn | Episode Transcript


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