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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 reschedule things.

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Speaker 1: Well handled well, you might free up space in your

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Speaker 1: schedule and make others happy too. I'll start this episode

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Speaker 1: by saying that I really dislike rescheduling things in general.

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Speaker 1: I like to figure out before I commit to something

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Speaker 1: whether I am actually going to do it. I assume

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Speaker 1: that other people have busy lives as well, and they

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Speaker 1: are no doubt doing difficult things to make our original

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Speaker 1: time work. Keeping the commitment is really about being respectful,

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Speaker 1: so I almost never ask to reschedule things. But that

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Speaker 1: doesn't mean I don't sometimes welcome a little more breathing room.

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Speaker 1: I recently got an email from someone asking me to

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Speaker 1: reschedule a virtual discussion that was supposed to happen in

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Speaker 1: a few days. She explained the situation and said that

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Speaker 1: she was happy to keep the current time if it

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Speaker 1: was best for me, but if I was open to

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Speaker 1: another time, she would welcome the opportunity to move it.

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Speaker 1: I loved that framing the note was so respectful of

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Speaker 1: my time and that it honored the commitment we made.

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Speaker 1: She was only going to move the time if I

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Speaker 1: was neutral or if the new time worked better. As

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Speaker 1: it turned out, the original week was getting pretty crowded

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Speaker 1: for me too, so I was quite happy to move

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Speaker 1: the event to a different time. But I felt so

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Speaker 1: much better about the situation than some of the last

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Speaker 1: minute emails I've gotten from people over the years, just

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Speaker 1: announcing gonna have to move this, and not for really

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Speaker 1: serious emergencies or anything along those lines. Often it's just

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Speaker 1: too much other stuff going on, but that can usually

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Speaker 1: be anticipated if we try so. If you are staring

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Speaker 1: down a busy day or week and you are thinking

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Speaker 1: about rescheduling a few commitments, try using a version of

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Speaker 1: My friends approach. First, plan ahead. You can see if

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Speaker 1: things are getting busy, so triage your schedule several days

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Speaker 1: ahead of time. This increases the chances that people are

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Speaker 1: going to be flexible. Then explain to the other person

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Speaker 1: that you will keep the original time if that works best,

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Speaker 1: but if they are open to moving it, you would

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. The event only moves if it leaves the

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Speaker 1: other person in the same place or better off that way,

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Speaker 1: you're not being flaky, you're being respectful. You're looking for

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Speaker 1: solutions that help you both. And this means that when

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Speaker 1: the rescheduled event finally happens, the other person will be

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Speaker 1: in a far more positive mood about it. In the meantime,

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Speaker 1: this is Laura, thanks for listening, and here's the succeeding

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