There are few executives today who don’t wish they could be more productive. Even the most successful individuals are looking for new and better ways to get more accomplished while maintaining or increasing their quality of life.

“Regardless of location, industry, or occupation, productivity is a challenge faced by every professional,” says Bob Pozen, senior lecturer at MIT Sloan and author of the book, Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours (HarperBusiness, 2012). Pozen was executive chairman of MFS Investment Management and previously the president of Fidelity Management & Research Co. (while a full-time lecturer at Harvard Business School and frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review). In other words, he knows a thing or two about time management.

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