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Speaker 1: Good morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the New Corner Office,

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Speaker 1: the podcast where we share strategies for thriving in the

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Speaker 1: new world of work, where location and hours are more

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Speaker 1: flexible than in the past. Today's tip is to establish

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Speaker 1: a daily must win and then win at it. This

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Speaker 1: exercise and prioritization can help us feel like we're making

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Speaker 1: progress no matter what life tosses our way. This tip

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Speaker 1: comes from Ashley Willins, a professor at Harvard Business School

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Speaker 1: and author of the recently released book Time Smart, How

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Speaker 1: to Reclaim your Time and live a Happier life, which

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Speaker 1: I've mentioned on this podcast before. In a recent webinar

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Speaker 1: hosted by Pen's Behavior Change for Good initiative, Willens listed

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Speaker 1: focusing on a daily must win as one of her

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Speaker 1: time used strategies to help people cope while working remotely.

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Speaker 1: I think focusing on a daily must win is a

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Speaker 1: great way to give yourself purpose and direction. Long time

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Speaker 1: listeners have heard me advise to manage by task, not time,

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Speaker 1: and to create short to do lists of important things

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Speaker 1: that you actually intend to do. Focusing on a daily

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Speaker 1: must win keeps with this same spirit. You identify an

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Speaker 1: immediate priority for the day. What is the one thing

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Speaker 1: be a success. That is what you must do, and

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Speaker 1: as a corollary, when you do that thing, the day

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Speaker 1: will have been a success. It turns out that when

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Speaker 1: we know what our top priority is and our laser

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Speaker 1: focused on it, we tend to get it done no

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Speaker 1: matter what else comes along. To start winning at your

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Speaker 1: must win, get in the habit of actively designating the

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Speaker 1: days must do. Look at your list. If nothing else happened,

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Speaker 1: what one thing would make the day feel like it

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Speaker 1: wasn't a disaster? Or try this thought exercise. If you

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Speaker 1: knew you would lose power in an hour or your

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Speaker 1: laptop would be taken away from you, What on your

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Speaker 1: list would you choose to do first. Now, this priority

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Speaker 1: may not seem grand and important. It might seem absurdly small,

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Speaker 1: like signing a contract or actually submitting something that is

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Speaker 1: mostly put together, but no matter, put a little star

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Speaker 1: next to it or bolded or otherwise make it stand out,

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Speaker 1: and then do whatever it takes to make sure that

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Speaker 1: this priority happens. Even if you aren't going to lose

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Speaker 1: power or have your laptop or phone taken away from you,

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Speaker 1: it's a good idea to tackle your must win item

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Speaker 1: first thing in the morning. That way, if unexpected things

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Speaker 1: happen later, you've already won at your daily must win.

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Speaker 1: Or if you have unanticipated difficulties with handling your must do,

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Speaker 1: you have time to address the issue before the day

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Speaker 1: is over. Now, designating a must win doesn't mean that

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Speaker 1: we have only one thing on our plates. And I'm

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Speaker 1: not suggesting that you quit for the day and go

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Speaker 1: has been one. But how often have we not completed

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Speaker 1: something that really does need to get done because we

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Speaker 1: Designating a must win and then committing to winning it

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Speaker 1: start thinking about your daily must win and what kind

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Speaker 1: you win it. You'll probably find yourself getting more done

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