How some of 2020’s most industrious figures are squeezing the most out of every day, no matter where they’re working from.
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How some of 2020’s most industrious figures are squeezing the most out of every day, no matter where they’re working from. 1. Serena Williams Professional tennis player and founder, Serena Ventures and S by Serena “Morning time is tennis time. Afternoon time is business time. I’m really, really …
The athlete and investor shares tricks and apps that help her stay ahead of her competition—and her calendar. Of all the gear that Serena Williams relies on to keep her playing at the top of her game, the piece of equipment she might value most is Toggl, an app that helps track her time, breaking …
If you work 24 hours a day, like he does, you better eat a good breakfast. I got the coronavirus early on, while filming New Amsterdam in New York in March. I felt a scratch in my throat on the plane back to Hawaii, where I live, so I quarantined when I got home and then got tested at a drive-through …
CIO Jacqueline Guichelaar makes colleagues feel like a priority wherever they are. A large population of my direct reports are in the U.S., but I’ve also got people in the U.K., and in the Asia-Pacific region. And because people aren’t flying anymore, we’re doing all our strategy sessions every …
The Broken Earth trilogy writer didn’t publish anything until the age of 30. Twelve novels and a MacArthur genius award later, she’s got some tips to share. I didn’t try to publish anything until I was 30, when I basically had a midlife crisis. I was in a city I didn’t like, had not reached various …
When you’re running a caffeine company, you’ve got to stay sharp—and extremely well organized. When I look at the combination of my personal and professional life, I often feel like a traffic cop, trying to get everyone in their lane. . . . As the COO for Starbucks, it is a lot about creating the …
“I haven’t put my phone down,” he says. Because of COVID, we’re just showing up and racing—that’s all our schedule allows. No practice runs, no qualifying rounds, no nothing. That’s tough on the crew, because we need to practice working together. You have to make sure you get the [car] set up right. …
When days are this long and intense, it helps to have espresso within reach, says Mt. Sinai’s Florian Krammer. And sometimes wine. I was concerned about COVID-19 on December 31, when I heard for the first time that there was an outbreak. With the release of the genetic sequence on January 10, it was …
Pdogg (aka Kang Hyo-won), chief producer at Big Hit Entertainment, details how he acts as a personal music coach for all seven BTS members. As a producer, I think the most important thing is to highlight the strengths of each artist. We need to make sure that each voice strikes a balance in the …
“Those side conversations are not a waste of time,” says McCarthy, who is currently the head of the Natural Resources Defense Council. When we first got started in this [pandemic], there was almost no separation between work and home. . . . We lost those separations where you just stop, sit down, …
Covering the spread of disinformation is a never-ending task. Here’s how she sets boundaries without missing a tip. The pandemic has made everything crazy in terms of disinformation and conspiracy theories, so what was an all-encompassing beat has now become somehow worse. Everybody’s lost their …
