

S3E2 - Busy All Day. Accomplished Nothing.
The Good PM Life Podcast by Sandy Lawler
S3 · E2
Aug 19, 2026
14:26
Episode notes
Ever finish a workday completely exhausted…only to wonder what you actually accomplished?
For project managers, it’s incredibly easy to spend the entire day answering emails, responding to Teams messages, sitting in meetings, chasing updates, and handling everyone else’s “urgent” requests—without actually moving the project forward.
In this episode of The Good PM Life, I’m talking about the difference between being busy and being productive, and why your biggest challenge may not be time management at all. It may be priority management.
In this episode, we’ll talk about:
- Why project managers are especially vulnerable to the “busy trap”
- How your inbox and Teams messages can quietly start running your day
- Why urg ...
Keywords
Project Management
PMP
Career
PM
leadership
people skills
PMI
lifeskills
time management