How much is an hour of your time worth? We're going to answer that question today with

Google's executive productivity advisor Laura May Martin and actually it was through

reading your work that I found out that the Google CEO has a very simple morning routine, an

omelet, tea, and a physical newspaper.

So some of the things that we have previously assumed about productivity that you need an elaborate 87-step

morning routine that involves a cold plunge and infrared light for example or that

you need to get to inbox zero right away and live at inbox zero constantly.

We're going to dispel some of those myths.

We're also going to find out precisely how to determine how much an hour of your time is worth,

not in a way that hues to a strict mathematical formula, which is what many people in the financial space

tend to believe but in a way that is a bit more comprehensive and we are also going to

cover how to focus during deep work chunks.

So maybe you allocate three or four hours for what you intend to be deep work, but you end up staring off into space, building a chain of paper clips.

We're going to talk about how to hone your focus for maximum productivity and overall a better life.

Welcome to the Afford Anything Podcast.

The show that understands you can afford anything but not everything.

Every choice that you make carries a tradeoff and that applies to your money, your time, your focus, your

attention, your energy. It applies to any limited resource that you need to

manage. So how do you better manage those limited resources? Today we speak with Laura May Martin,

Google's productivity expert, to get the answers. Hi Laura.

Hi, thanks for having me. Thanks for being on the show.

Laura, what is productivity?

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