1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: tip is to build in travel time. Even if all 4 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: of your meetings are virtual ones, you will keep yourself 5 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: on schedule and you might be able to boost your 6 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: energy levels too. So back in the old pre COVID days, 7 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 1: people who worked in offices often needed to travel to 8 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: different meetings. 9 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 2: You would check which conference room you needed to report 10 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 2: to for your one o'clock meeting, your two o'clock meeting, 11 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 2: and so forth. If you worked for a big enough company, 12 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 2: this could involve a reasonable hike. As a result, meetings 13 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 2: either needed to end a few minutes before the hour, 14 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 2: or they would generally all start a few minutes after 15 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 2: the hour. This is nothing more than the natural consequence 16 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 2: of people being unable to teleport, but it had some upsides. Namely, 17 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 2: people had to stand up and move around every hour 18 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 2: or so they'd get some steps in If your office 19 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: park had different buildings, you might also get some fresh air. 20 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: Even if you had back to back meetings. There was 21 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: a little respite, at least for normal people without the 22 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: clout to have everyone. 23 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: Come to them. 24 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: These days, a great Many meetings are virtual, and that 25 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,559 Speaker 1: is awesome. There's less commuting, less time spent on airplanes, 26 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: and that is better for people and better for the environment. However, 27 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: there is more of a temptation to have that one 28 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: o'clock meeting go right up until two o'clock and you 29 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: quickly click on over to your next link. Then you 30 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: go right to three o'clock and boom, you click on 31 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: the next one, and maybe you sneak a two minute 32 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: bathroom break in there somewhere. But if people don't need 33 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: to travel, then you don't technically have to end early 34 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: or start a little later, but it is still a 35 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: good idea to do so. People need breaks, They need 36 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: time to write down the to dos that come out 37 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: of each meeting. They need time to breathe and clear 38 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: their heads, which can help them avoid burnout. Taking a 39 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: few steps every hour or so is better for people's 40 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: health than sitting still. Moving around also helps boost people's 41 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 1: energy levels. So even if your meetings are virtual, build 42 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: in travel time. If you meet with a lot of 43 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: people from your same organization, then develop a culture where 44 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: you end all all meetings ten minutes early, as in 45 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,679 Speaker 1: ten minutes before the hour for standard one hour meetings. 46 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: You could obviously also start all meetings ten minutes late, 47 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: which is really the same thing, but this is sometimes 48 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: hard to explain to outsiders or get them to adopt 49 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: it as easily when they are meeting with you. Ending 50 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: earlier tends to feel more natural. When you are developing 51 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: agendas for meetings, really lean into this. At ten point 52 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 1: fifty that ten o'clock meeting has wrapped up. If someone 53 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: sends you an agenda that goes for the full hour, 54 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: ask if it can be shortened by a few minutes 55 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: to allow for people to grab a coffee or think 56 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: about their notes, or just note that you will need 57 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: a few minutes of travel time. Maybe people won't even 58 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: think about it. Most people were in that habit a 59 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: few years ago, so unless you only work with people 60 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: whose careers began after twenty twenty, you will probably all 61 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: figure it out. And then when you do get ten 62 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: minutes in between meetings, don't just check email tempting as 63 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: that is. If you are at home, go outside for 64 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: a few minutes, take your bathroom break if you need one, 65 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: of course, but also focus on doing something active with 66 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: this open space. You might be able to boost your 67 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: energy levels by enough to make it through that next 68 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: zoom meeting. And if you've got more than five or 69 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: six of those on any given day, well I don't 70 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: need to tell you that you can use all the 71 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: energy boosts you can get in the meantime. 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