Laura Mae Martin has coached some of the world’s brightest engineers and executives through burnout and productivity slumps — yet even she isn’t immune to procrastination.
As Google’s executive productivity advisor, Martin specializes in helping employees — from new hires to C-suite leaders — get more done without burning out.
One of her go-to strategies for beating procrastination is surprisingly simple: “Act like your own assistant.”
“Getting started is the hardest part of tackling a bigger task,” Martin tells CNBC Make It. “Big, lofty goals, creative projects and self-care can easily slip into those ‘meaning to do’ categories and fall to the wayside.”
Acting as your own assistant, Martin says, can help you break this procrastination barrier — and the strategy can take as little as five minutes.
When putting off a project, Martin suggests asking yourself, “If I were someone’s assistant, and I wanted my boss to get this done tomorrow, what would I …