WEBVTT - Second Cup: Build in travel time, even on Zoom

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. 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 to build in travel time. Even if all

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<v Speaker 1>of your meetings are virtual ones, you will keep yourself

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<v Speaker 1>on schedule and you might be able to boost your

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<v Speaker 1>energy levels too. So back in the old pre COVID days,

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<v Speaker 1>people who worked in offices often needed to travel to

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<v Speaker 1>different meetings.

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<v Speaker 2>You would check which conference room you needed to report

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<v Speaker 2>to for your one o'clock meeting, your two o'clock meeting,

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<v Speaker 2>and so forth. If you worked for a big enough company,

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<v Speaker 2>this could involve a reasonable hike. As a result, meetings

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<v Speaker 2>either needed to end a few minutes before the hour,

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<v Speaker 2>or they would generally all start a few minutes after

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<v Speaker 2>the hour. This is nothing more than the natural consequence

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<v Speaker 2>of people being unable to teleport, but it had some upsides. Namely,

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<v Speaker 2>people had to stand up and move around every hour

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<v Speaker 2>or so they'd get some steps in If your office

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<v Speaker 2>park had different buildings, you might also get some fresh air.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if you had back to back meetings. There was

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<v Speaker 1>a little respite, at least for normal people without the

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<v Speaker 1>clout to have everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>Come to them.

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<v Speaker 1>These days, a great Many meetings are virtual, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is awesome. There's less commuting, less time spent on airplanes,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is better for people and better for the environment. However,

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<v Speaker 1>there is more of a temptation to have that one

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<v Speaker 1>o'clock meeting go right up until two o'clock and you

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<v Speaker 1>quickly click on over to your next link. Then you

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<v Speaker 1>go right to three o'clock and boom, you click on

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<v Speaker 1>the next one, and maybe you sneak a two minute

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<v Speaker 1>bathroom break in there somewhere. But if people don't need

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<v Speaker 1>to travel, then you don't technically have to end early

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<v Speaker 1>or start a little later, but it is still a

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<v Speaker 1>good idea to do so. People need breaks, They need

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<v Speaker 1>time to write down the to dos that come out

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<v Speaker 1>of each meeting. They need time to breathe and clear

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<v Speaker 1>their heads, which can help them avoid burnout. Taking a

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<v Speaker 1>few steps every hour or so is better for people's

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<v Speaker 1>health than sitting still. Moving around also helps boost people's

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<v Speaker 1>energy levels. So even if your meetings are virtual, build

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<v Speaker 1>in travel time. If you meet with a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people from your same organization, then develop a culture where

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<v Speaker 1>you end all all meetings ten minutes early, as in

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<v Speaker 1>ten minutes before the hour for standard one hour meetings.

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<v Speaker 1>You could obviously also start all meetings ten minutes late,

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<v Speaker 1>which is really the same thing, but this is sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>hard to explain to outsiders or get them to adopt

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<v Speaker 1>it as easily when they are meeting with you. Ending

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<v Speaker 1>earlier tends to feel more natural. When you are developing

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<v Speaker 1>agendas for meetings, really lean into this. At ten point

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<v Speaker 1>fifty that ten o'clock meeting has wrapped up. If someone

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<v Speaker 1>sends you an agenda that goes for the full hour,

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<v Speaker 1>ask if it can be shortened by a few minutes

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<v Speaker 1>to allow for people to grab a coffee or think

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<v Speaker 1>about their notes, or just note that you will need

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<v Speaker 1>a few minutes of travel time. Maybe people won't even

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<v Speaker 1>think about it. Most people were in that habit a

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<v Speaker 1>few years ago, so unless you only work with people

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<v Speaker 1>whose careers began after twenty twenty, you will probably all

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<v Speaker 1>figure it out. And then when you do get ten

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<v Speaker 1>minutes in between meetings, don't just check email tempting as

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<v Speaker 1>that is. If you are at home, go outside for

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<v Speaker 1>a few minutes, take your bathroom break if you need one,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, but also focus on doing something active with

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<v Speaker 1>this open space. You might be able to boost your

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<v Speaker 1>energy levels by enough to make it through that next

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<v Speaker 1>zoom meeting. And if you've got more than five or

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<v Speaker 1>six of those on any given day, well I don't

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<v Speaker 1>need to tell you that you can use all the

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<v Speaker 1>energy boosts you can get in the meantime. This is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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