Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing
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Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor offers insights on how to make the “new way of work” work for you, providing actionable steps to optimize your productivity, accomplish more, prevent burnout, and cultivate a harmonious work-life balance.
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Every day, tens of thousands of Google employees, from executives to interns, rely on Laura Mae Martin’s tips and best practices for how to make the most of their time. Now, with Uptime, Laura brings her unique approach to productivity and well-being to anyone who wants to be more effective and experience “calm accomplishment,” whether at work, at school, or in their own personal lives.
Laura began her Google career in sales but quickly carved out a niche for herself as a productivity expert. For more than a decade, she’s been coaching Google executives and employees on how to achieve a state of “productivity Zen”—a holistic approach to conquering everything from the avalanche of emails in their inboxes to becoming the master of their own calendars and running excellent meetings. Her strategies have been widely adopted by many, including entry-level employees looking to amplify their individual impact, middle managers, and top executives working across global teams.
As many of us have moved to a hybrid environment blending work and home, managing our time efficiently and remaining productive is more important than ever. In Uptime, Laura shows how to thrive no matter where you’re working, giving concrete steps that help you focus on your priorities and keep good systems, routines, and tactics in place.
Uptime explains how to make technology work for you and make “feeling on top of it” your new normal. It’s a blueprint for operating at the highest levels of productivity while enhancing your own personal well-being.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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Customers find the book helpful, actionable, and insightful. They say it has tons of great productivity strategies and practical guidance for overall wellbeing. Readers also describe the book as an easy, concise, and digestible read.
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Jorge O. –
Great book to learn some time management
This book is very good at making you think about how you run your everyday life. It made me really think about the time I spend in my day to day working life. The quality is a also great, very sturdy hard cover.
Sarah H. –
Insightful yet practical guidance for overall wellbeing
I absolutely loved Laura’s book. I find that many books in the productivity space focus solely on optimization and producing more and more. Laura’s book is a refreshing new look at productivity in which productivity really means balance: getting things done in a sustainable way while taking good care of yourself. I love how Laura shares high-level insight into what it means to live a full and healthy life paired with many actionable tips, tricks, and tools, all delivered in a concise and digestible format. A very worthwhile read!
Kirsten Petersen –
Transformational read
Laura’s productivity guidance and tools have transformed my approach to time and task management. I use her list system to plan my work days and have integrated her meeting template, email management approach, and calendaring practices. I found the book to be so helpful, I purchased a hard copy (after buying it on Kindle) so I could share it with colleagues and friends.Four stars mostly because it took me a few months to read. I would be interested in a workbook or a visual flow chart to reinforce the recommended steps to unlocking Uptime.
Rivka –
Tactical and brilliant
I’ve been using tips from Laura Mae Martin for years and having it all together in this one book is both tactical and brilliant. I love the way she explains her theory and thought process – making it so easy to adopt the productive practices she preaches. I also deeply appreciate the way she gives readers room to try things out at their own pace and pick up things here and there to try them out. I’ve already implemented numerous ideas she covers here and I can’t wait to take full advantage of the extra time I’m saving and the mental uplift I get from being more effective and efficient!
Connor B –
Best productive book Iâve ever read
This book was an easy read that has tons of great productivity strategies. Even applying just a few of these will leave you feeling more intentional and capable. You will gain back more time than you spend reading this book.
Summer Burglass –
Best productivity book in years
I can’t recommend this book enough! This is a refreshing new take on productivity that recognizes the importance of overall wellbeing in the era of hybrid/remote work. It is filled with practical tips and actionable strategies (for both work and home life) and that are also used by senior level employees at Google. As a working mom with what’s felt like never-ending to-do lists, I know I’ll be referencing this multiple times in the future as there is so much useful information.For audiobook listeners, I recommend downloading the attached PDF as it is a very helpful reference paired with the book.
Michele –
Informative and Interesting Read!
Great book. It was well written, thoughtful, and to-the-point. The strategies are easy to implement across many lifestyles, careers, and schedules. I particularly love the boundary setting section!
Molly –
Game-changing book
I read a ton of books in this genre, and I found Laura’ practical tips and straightforward advice to be unique, tangible, AND helpful. I especially thought her energy optimization tips were great. The book is well-organized, making it a quick and engaging read – highly recommend. Would be a great gift for someone who just got promoted into a new role!
Ranjan Kelkar –
The book is primarily for people who work, in an office or from home. I found it useful for senior citizens as well. They have lot of time at their disposal and the book is full of ideas about how they can utilize it productively. The writing is clear and crisp, and the suggestiions are implementable.