1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the New Corner Office, 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: the podcast where we share strategies for thriving in the 3 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: new world of work, where location and hours are more 4 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: flexible than in the past. Today's tip is to put 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,159 Speaker 1: a lid on it. No, I am not suggesting you 6 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: keep your great ideas to yourself. I mean literally put 7 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: a lid on it. As then used travel cups in 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: your work from home setup. Now this might sound like 9 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: a silly bit of advice, after all, a key upside 10 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: of remote work is that you aren't traveling anywhere. No 11 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: need to delve into the world of insulated cups and 12 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: thermosis and such. But I've been working from home for 13 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: a long time and I've realized that not all journeys 14 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: involved distances. Mornings can get long, and morning work hours 15 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: can be fragmented. Work for forty five minutes, deal with 16 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: the kids, then get to work again. A travel mug 17 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: keeps me from constantly having to red heeat my coffee. 18 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 1: And I don't know about you, but I've always found 19 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: that the original heat is somehow nicer than the microwave variety. 20 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,839 Speaker 1: In recent months, I've noticed some additional benefits to travel 21 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: cups too for one volume. When I find my way 22 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: to my office with my travel mug of coffee and 23 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: a big bottle of water with a lid on on it, 24 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: of course I'm set for several hours if I bring 25 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: a small glass of water or a normal mug. On 26 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: the other hand, I have to go to the kitchen 27 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: to refill it every hour or so. And you all 28 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: know what happens when you shed the invisibility cloak of 29 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: your office and become visible to everyone in your house. 30 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: There are lots of requests for your time and attention, 31 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: and that trip to the kitchen to refill your water 32 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 1: glass easily consumes twenty minutes or more. A big water 33 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: bottle and a big travel mug of coffee let's you 34 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: remain invisible longer. And then there are the spills. I 35 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: will admit to spilling coffee on papers occasionally, and the 36 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: floor and my office chair and my clothes. Plenty of 37 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: generally coordinated and responsible people spill drinks on their computers too. 38 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: When you add children and pets to the work from 39 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: home mix, the risks become greater. Kids crawling all over 40 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: you and your desk will do much less damage if 41 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 1: they knock over a travel mug or a water bottle 42 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: with the lid on it than if they knock over 43 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: a traditional cup or glass. Consider that travel mug as 44 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: an investment and your productivity and family harmony. I think 45 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: there may be a more subtle benefit to using a 46 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: travel mug too. Travel containers subtly cue you that you 47 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: are leaving home mode and shifting to work mode, even 48 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: if work takes place in your home now. Subtle cues 49 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: like that can be helpful for maximizing productivity while you're 50 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: at work, wherever that may be, and for shifting you 51 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: back into home mode at the end of the work 52 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: day when you pour yourself a glass of something in 53 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: a lidless glass. So this morning, as you prepare to 54 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: go to your workplace, such as it is, consider grabbing 55 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: a travel mug, put a lid on it. You'll keep 56 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,519 Speaker 1: hot things hot or cold things cold if that's your thing, 57 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: and you'll provision yourself amply for several hours of work 58 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: in the meantime. This is Laura, thanks for listening, and 59 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:33,839 Speaker 1: here's the succeeding in the New Corner Office. The New 60 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: Corner Office is a production of iHeartRadio. For more podcasts, 61 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get 62 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: your favorite shows.