WEBVTT - Don't quit until it's quitting time

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that while it is easy to waste the

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<v Speaker 1>last minutes of anything, time is time. You might be

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<v Speaker 1>able to do more than you think you can when

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<v Speaker 1>you don't quit until it's quitting time. So once, when

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<v Speaker 1>I was helping out in a child's class, I enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>witnessing the teacher pull a classroom time management master move.

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<v Speaker 1>We were in the last ten minutes of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Buses were about to be called. I can imagine that

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people would have phoned it in at

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<v Speaker 1>that point, but the teacher had the kids doing an

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<v Speaker 1>act activity where they were still learning even as they

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<v Speaker 1>were gathering their bags and preparing to leave in their

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<v Speaker 1>small groups. Her perspective was that ten minutes a day

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<v Speaker 1>is still ten minutes. Over one hundred eighty school days,

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<v Speaker 1>that is eighteen hundred minutes, which is thirty hours. You

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<v Speaker 1>can learn a lot in thirty hours, so there was

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<v Speaker 1>no need to quit until quitting time. I think that

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<v Speaker 1>is a really good perspective. I know that as I

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<v Speaker 1>get toward the end of the workday, it is easy

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<v Speaker 1>to discount that last bit of time.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe I need to be in the car to go

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<v Speaker 2>get a kid at four fifteen pm, so come four

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock I am looking at the clock. But those fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>minutes are still usable. I might not be able to

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<v Speaker 2>do anything deep, but I can do something. One thing

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<v Speaker 2>I find.

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<v Speaker 1>Really good to do in this almost quitting time window

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<v Speaker 1>is all the little things I have scheduled for the

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<v Speaker 1>next day. As I near the end of any given

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<v Speaker 1>work day.

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<v Speaker 2>I tend to make my to do list for the

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<v Speaker 2>next day. Some of these tasks will be big things,

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<v Speaker 2>or time specific things, or things requiring a lot of concentration,

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<v Speaker 2>but other stuff will be little tasks like sending a

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<v Speaker 2>quick email, filling out a form, or paying a bill.

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<v Speaker 2>At the end of the day, I can create a

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<v Speaker 2>mini batching time and do those tasks. Suddenly the next

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<v Speaker 2>day looks a lot lighter and like I am way

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<v Speaker 2>ahead of the game. Now, sure, those things only would

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<v Speaker 2>have taken fifteen minutes the next day too, But now

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<v Speaker 2>that is fifteen minutes I don't have to think about.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you can try the same. If there is a

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<v Speaker 2>time you normally leave work, challenge yourself to fill the

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<v Speaker 2>time right up until that moment. Some days you won't

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<v Speaker 2>need any help with this because the day will be crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>But if not, try not to think, well, hey, this

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<v Speaker 2>can all just wait for tomorrow, when the stuff could

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<v Speaker 2>in fact be finished before then. This idea can go

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<v Speaker 2>for social gatherings too. I always like it when people

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<v Speaker 2>pay as much attention to endings as beginnings. It shows

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<v Speaker 2>a certain thoughtfulness instead of people just drifting out at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of an event. Maybe there is a final.

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<v Speaker 1>Activity or a treat that people could look for forward too.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't quit until quitting time, and thus you get

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<v Speaker 1>the full experience of your fun.

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<v Speaker 2>In the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 2>our time.

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