WEBVTT - Talk on Thursday to plan on Friday

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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 talk on Thursday to plan on Friday

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<v Speaker 1>before you do your weekly planning. You can have a

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<v Speaker 1>conversation with anyone whose schedule will affect yours that will

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<v Speaker 1>allow you to plan more strategically. Longtime listeners know that

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<v Speaker 1>one of my core time management rules is to plan

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<v Speaker 1>on Fridays. I think every busy person needs a designated

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<v Speaker 1>weekly planning time when they think about the upcoming week

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<v Speaker 1>and think about what they need and want to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Fridays tend to be a good time for this, as

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<v Speaker 1>they are generally slower. You can think about the upcoming

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<v Speaker 1>week and if you want, and then you can hit

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<v Speaker 1>the ground Monday ready to go. But life tends to

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<v Speaker 1>be a team sport, and so one of the first

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<v Speaker 1>questions people ask me about this is when they should

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<v Speaker 1>talk to other people about their schedules. If they plan

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday, do they need to call their spouses during

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<v Speaker 1>this time, chat with their managers during this time, text

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<v Speaker 1>with their teens. If you want, you can do all

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<v Speaker 1>of these things, and I often do wind up reaching

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<v Speaker 1>out to people as part of my planning. For instance,

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<v Speaker 1>I might see that I have time to run our

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<v Speaker 1>walk on a particular morning, so I'll text a friend

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<v Speaker 1>about getting together. But a quick text isn't going to

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<v Speaker 1>get someone's entire schedule sent to you if you need that.

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, let's say your teenager has a job but

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<v Speaker 1>can't drive himself to his workplace yet. If you are

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<v Speaker 1>going to be responsible for some of these rides, then

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<v Speaker 1>you will need to know your child's work schedule as

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<v Speaker 1>you plan your week. Or perhaps your spouse sometimes has

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<v Speaker 1>to cover an evening shift, or would like to go

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<v Speaker 1>help a relative with a project on the weekend. These

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<v Speaker 1>things will all affect your schedule, and of course, if

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<v Speaker 1>you'd like to do things as a family during the

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<v Speaker 1>course of the week, you will need to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>what those things are. You can train people to send

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<v Speaker 1>you their schedules or to upload their work schedules to

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<v Speaker 1>a family calendar, and if that works, amazing, But I

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<v Speaker 1>also know that might be expecting a bit much of

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<v Speaker 1>someone who is, say, fifteen years old. I am also

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<v Speaker 1>taking a wild guess that if you are listening to

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<v Speaker 1>before breakfast, you might be more adept at keeping schedules

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<v Speaker 1>straight than other people in your family, which might include

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<v Speaker 1>your spouse. He meant to tell you about the weekend

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<v Speaker 1>meet up with Grandma, but he forgot, and your manager

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<v Speaker 1>is something else entirely. She probably isn't going to sit

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<v Speaker 1>down and spell out everything for you that might affect

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<v Speaker 1>your workflow over the next week, so you can get

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<v Speaker 1>in the habit of asking people about their schedules. If

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<v Speaker 1>you will be planning on Friday, then try to have

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<v Speaker 1>a conversation on Thursday with anyone whose schedule will affect yours.

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<v Speaker 1>Ask your manager if she says anything big happening next week,

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<v Speaker 1>or if there are deadlines or new projects you should

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<v Speaker 1>be aware of. Talk with your spouse about his or

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<v Speaker 1>her work schedule and personal commitments. If you have family

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<v Speaker 1>dinner on Thursdays, talk with your kids about what they

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<v Speaker 1>have going on next week and what you should know about.

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<v Speaker 1>Hopefully this will nudge the thought of, oh, yeah, my

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<v Speaker 1>manager wanted me to cover an extra shift next Saturday.

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<v Speaker 1>These conversations don't have to be long or drawn out.

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<v Speaker 1>You are just trying to get through the next seven days.

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<v Speaker 1>But once you know about any big things going on

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<v Speaker 1>in other people's schedules, you can plan more strategically, and

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<v Speaker 1>you can also feel fine drawing a boundary around what

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<v Speaker 1>you will and won't do. If someone forgets to tell

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<v Speaker 1>you about something when you specifically asked about this, then

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<v Speaker 1>that person may need to come up with their own solutions.

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<v Speaker 1>You help when given the chance to help. If not

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<v Speaker 1>given the chance, well that might be on them. I

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<v Speaker 1>send my family's schedule around on Friday after I've created it,

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<v Speaker 1>and it often does prompt some back and forth. Still,

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<v Speaker 1>at that point, maybe someone sees something else that needs

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<v Speaker 1>to be added or taken off, and at that point

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<v Speaker 1>it is still fine. It's the last minute stuff that's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot harder. But having a conversation on Thursday before

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<v Speaker 1>you plan on Friday can help keep everything running on time.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for

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

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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