WEBVTT - Get it done by Thursday

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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 to be done by Thursday. If you work

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<v Speaker 1>from Monday to Friday work week, aiming to be done

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<v Speaker 1>with most of your work duties by the end of

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday will buy you breathing room for things to go

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<v Speaker 1>wrong or to go very right. Longtime listeners know that,

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<v Speaker 1>at least for information type jobs, I advocate keeping Friday

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<v Speaker 1>as open as possible. This isn't so you can take

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<v Speaker 1>a long weekend, though of course that's nice from time

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<v Speaker 1>to time too. The idea is that most of us

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<v Speaker 1>benefit from having open space in our schedules. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>know on Monday all the things we will need to

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<v Speaker 1>do by the end of the week. If every minute

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<v Speaker 1>is already spoken for, then there is no place to

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<v Speaker 1>put anything new that comes up. That means not scheduling

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<v Speaker 1>meetings for Friday until you get to Friday and find

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<v Speaker 1>you really need to have them, But it also means

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<v Speaker 1>not having a full plate of things to get caught

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<v Speaker 1>up on. Some work duties are time specific. If you

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<v Speaker 1>have to file something daily, then obviously you can't do

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<v Speaker 1>it on Thursday for Friday, but some things are not

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<v Speaker 1>time specific. Ideally, you should construct your work schedule so

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<v Speaker 1>that everything that is not time specific is done by

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<v Speaker 1>the end of Thursday. So if you have to write

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<v Speaker 1>a report every week, get it done by the end

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<v Speaker 1>of Thursday. If you need to check in with your

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<v Speaker 1>clients once a week, do that by the end of Thursday.

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<v Speaker 1>Anything that you have to do regularly should be finished

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<v Speaker 1>by the time you end work Thursday afternoon or evening.

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<v Speaker 1>That way, Friday is actually really open. This habit does

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<v Speaker 1>a few things. First, you have a buffer if any

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<v Speaker 1>of your regular work duties take longer than usual, when

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<v Speaker 1>enough time is built in to do it by the

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<v Speaker 1>end of Thursday. Then if it takes longer, you still

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<v Speaker 1>have Friday to deal with it. If something big comes

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<v Speaker 1>up during the week, you also have time to deal

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<v Speaker 1>with it and your regular work duties. The big thing

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<v Speaker 1>might have displaced something from earlier in the week, but

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<v Speaker 1>there is space to get caught up on Friday. You

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<v Speaker 1>weren't counting on having that Friday for anything else. That

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<v Speaker 1>big thing could be a problem, an emergency you have

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with, but it could also be something really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you get an inquiry about a really exciting new project,

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<v Speaker 1>or a client announces she'll be in town and.

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<v Speaker 2>Wants to meet. You can say yes, knowing that any

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<v Speaker 2>regular work duties that are displayed can be dealt with

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<v Speaker 2>on Friday without borrowing time from the next week, which

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<v Speaker 2>will no doubt have crises of its own. Getting it

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<v Speaker 2>done by Thursday also means that you have more mental

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<v Speaker 2>space on Friday. Many of us claim we'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>have more time to think. Friday can be that time

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<v Speaker 2>you can come up with ideas or think about how

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<v Speaker 2>you'd like to do things better. You can reach out

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<v Speaker 2>to people or maybe read that email a little closer

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<v Speaker 2>and see that the person is suggesting something that might

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<v Speaker 2>actually be really cool. You follow up and it leads

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<v Speaker 2>to an opportunity. In a world where people feel starved

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<v Speaker 2>for time, having some open space can make time feel luxurious.

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<v Speaker 2>We feel time rich. But all it really takes to

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<v Speaker 2>get to that state is making sure that whatever has

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<v Speaker 2>to happen has a time to happen earlier in the week.

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<v Speaker 2>Get it done by Thursday, and you'll find your work

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<v Speaker 2>life in general feeling more productive and less stressful. In

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<v Speaker 2>the meantime. This is Laura Thanks for listening, and here's

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<v Speaker 2>to making the most of our time.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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<v Speaker 1>or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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