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Speaker 1: first things first. The term pro time comes from a
Speaker 1: Harvard Business Review article by Charlotte Blank, Laura George, Laurel Newman,
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Speaker 1: Harvard Business Review article describes the author's research about a
Speaker 1: strategy to help workers do their most important work rather
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Speaker 1: workers identified tasks that were important and tasks that were urgent,
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Speaker 1: finding is huge. One of the reasons people don't schedule
Speaker 1: uninterrupted pro time is a worry that clients will urgently
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Speaker 1: consider whether pro time could offer similar benefits for you
Speaker 1: and your team. Try setting aside a block of time
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Speaker 1: participants in the study used two hour blocks of time,
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Speaker 1: different durations until you find what's best for you. If
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Speaker 1: Then during your scheduled pro time, focus just on the
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Speaker 1: shut the door if you can, or put on headphones.
Speaker 1: When your pro time comes to an end, note what
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Speaker 1: reports to pro time too. You can work together to
Speaker 1: determine the right amount of pro time based on the
Speaker 1: nature of people's job responsibilities. With the whole team of
Speaker 1: people setting aside time for important but not urgent things,
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