Today on the podcast Sheri Riley:A renowned author and recipient of NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. In her new book, "Exponential Living: Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are", Sheri Riley talks about her experience rising to the top of the entertainment industry but realizing that her business success did not bring her happiness. With 20 years of creating marketing strategies for Usher, TLC, Toni Braxton, The Coca-Cola Company, Converse, Nike, NBA, and WarnerMedia, Sheri Riley now serves as an Empowerment Speaker and Life Strategist. Her website is https://sheririley.com/

Despite all of the recent changes to the state of the workplace, it seems that people are busier than ever. In fact the new “work from home paradigm” has, for many, further deteriorated the separation between work and life. People are working too much, for too long, and not getting enough done. There’s a precise moment that falls between working enough hours to be productive and working too many hours that begins to yield a diminishing marginal return. The difference between the person able to master this and most Americans that fail miserably at it is quality of life! We’ve siloed productivity to our work life, however; the impact on our personal life is often loss.

The Productivity Pod is a conversation about productivity, balance, and working smarter. On each episode World Renowned HR expert recognized in more than 90 countries around the globe for creating and structuring world-class benefit programs and HR programs Richard Polak will be sitting down with some of the most productive people on the planet to pick their brain about how they have managed to excel in their field, reach peak productivity, and enjoy balance in their lives. Richard will also be sharing his own insights about how to work smarter (to be framed by chapters/themes in the book). The core of this podcast is a conversation about reimagining our lives and our work.