HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan, who heads the $34 billion software giant, claims she sidesteps Sunday scaries by making Sundays her personal work day. Instead of anxiety, Rangan—who joined HubSpot in 2020—builds momentum for the week ahead by setting her own agenda.

While Rangan reclaims Sundays for focused planning, she also safeguards Friday nights and Saturdays for downtime, unplugging from emails entirely. She says, “Saturdays are precious to me.” This delicate balance of executive productivity and mindful rest is reshaping how leaders address work-life boundaries, with early Monday emails arriving like clockwork from her Sunday prep zone.