WEBVTT - Second Cup: Plan in a different place

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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 plan in a different place. By moving

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<v Speaker 1>yourself physically to a different location, you can create a

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<v Speaker 1>little psychological space for thinking about how you'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>spend your time in the future. Longtime listeners know that

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<v Speaker 1>I recommend having a designated weekly planning time when you

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<v Speaker 1>think about your professional and personal priorities for the upcoming week.

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<v Speaker 1>Longtime listeners also know that I recommend doing this on

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<v Speaker 1>Fridays if that happens to be a low key day

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<v Speaker 1>for you, or maybe even Thursday if that works better

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<v Speaker 1>for your schedule. Lately, I have been doing this planning

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursdays to get a little ahead of things and

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<v Speaker 1>so I can come back to the planning on Friday

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<v Speaker 1>if I have forgotten something. Anyway, every other Thursday morning,

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<v Speaker 1>our cleaning service tackles the first floor of our house,

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<v Speaker 1>which is where my home office is located, so I

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<v Speaker 1>need to leave my office and go elsewhere for an

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<v Speaker 1>hour or so. Sometimes I just go upstairs or outside.

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<v Speaker 1>Other times I go to the library or a coffee shop.

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<v Speaker 1>I started moving out of necessity, so I'm not a

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<v Speaker 1>nuisance when people are trying to vacuum. But I have

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<v Speaker 1>found that I really enjoy doing my weekly planning during

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<v Speaker 1>this little field trip, even if I am only in

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<v Speaker 1>a different part of my house. I am not at

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<v Speaker 1>my desk, so I find myself able to think a

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<v Speaker 1>little more creatively about what I should do over the

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<v Speaker 1>next week, or how I should structure my schedule. I

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<v Speaker 1>come up with ideas for my podcasts and newsletters. I

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<v Speaker 1>think about potential long term plans and what I might

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<v Speaker 1>want to tackle in the near term. I am guessing

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<v Speaker 1>that you might find the same thing. The first and

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<v Speaker 1>most important step is to do some sort of weekly planning.

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<v Speaker 1>It absolutely doesn't matter if you have a fancy planner

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<v Speaker 1>or pen, or where or when you do your planning,

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<v Speaker 1>as long as you do it. So commit to that first.

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<v Speaker 1>But once you have made that commitment, you might want

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<v Speaker 1>to experiment with getting slightly outside of your usual execution zone.

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<v Speaker 1>If you do most of your work at your desk

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<v Speaker 1>and you have space in your office for a chair,

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<v Speaker 1>you might just go sit in that chair, are go

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<v Speaker 1>set in a conference room or at the kitchen table.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're normally at a desk in a home office elsewhere,

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<v Speaker 1>if the weather is nice, you could go sit at

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<v Speaker 1>a table outside, or take a quick field trip to

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<v Speaker 1>a nearby sandwich place where you buy yourself lunch and

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<v Speaker 1>write down your intentions for the next week. I think

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<v Speaker 1>this relocation works, at least in part because you're less

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<v Speaker 1>likely to be distracted. I mean, sure, you can see

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<v Speaker 1>emails coming in on your phone just the same as

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<v Speaker 1>you can at your desk, but somehow it can feel

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<v Speaker 1>less like this is what you are supposed to be

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<v Speaker 1>doing with your time. If people tend to come talk

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<v Speaker 1>to you at your desk, they might be less likely

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<v Speaker 1>to do that if you are elsewhere. Even just seeing

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<v Speaker 1>different scenery can put you in a different frame of mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Planning and execution are different things. They are both important,

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<v Speaker 1>but it makes sense that we draw on slightly different

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<v Speaker 1>skills and parts of our brain to do them. By

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<v Speaker 1>separating these out a bit physically, we can be a

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<v Speaker 1>bit more intentional about both. 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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<v Speaker 1>our times. Thanks for listening to before breakfast. If you've

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<v Speaker 1>got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at

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<v Speaker 1>Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a

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