Starting your day with a power hour can massively increase your productivity

"I Know How She Does It" author Laura Vanderkam explains an effective scheduling trick for getting important, but not urgent, tasks done.

Originally published on Business Insider on October 21, 2016.

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[rhettruggerio]

Good advice but easier said then done for those who don't have a 9-5 office type job. If for example you own your own business it is very hard to "turn off". That means texts, emails, calls at all times etc. For me, my "power hour" is working out or on my days when I don't work out, reading the paper with a cup of coffee and putting my phone away for the first hour of my day.

[collinsjames]

I was really hoping this was going to require a six pack and a playlist at 9 am. It would have been sweet vindication.

[stevocanuck]

i feel like this is aimed towards office jobs and people who require computers

[ghostspectre]

Wish I had a job that required me to respond to emails, whilst eating a baguette. First world problems...