Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that it is okay to waste a little time.
Speaker 1: Efficiency is good, but don't let efficiency become an excuse
Speaker 1: for not doing something that it would be wise to do.
Speaker 1: The other day, I had some video interviews in the morning,
Speaker 1: so I had done my full hair and makeup for that.
Speaker 1: Then a phone call scheduled in mid afternoon got canceled.
Speaker 1: I hadn't run in a while, so this suddenly open
Speaker 1: spot was a perfect opportunity to hop on my treadmill
Speaker 1: for thirty minutes. The problem I'd already done my hair
Speaker 1: and makeup and it seemed wasteful to do them again
Speaker 1: before I needed to go to something in the evening.
Speaker 1: But then I realized how silly this was. I'm pretty
Speaker 1: quick at getting ready, so I was only adding another
Speaker 1: ten to fifteen minutes into my schedule. If I wanted
Speaker 1: to exercise, I could do so and take the fifteen
Speaker 1: minute hit. A little inefficiency would be okay. So it
Speaker 1: goes for many things in life. I know everyone listening
Speaker 1: to this podcast is incredibly efficient. You think about how
Speaker 1: to use little minutes of downtime during the day. Perhaps
Speaker 1: you even plot out your errands so you only have
Speaker 1: to make right hand turns. I applaud all of this,
Speaker 1: but we need to be careful that efficiency doesn't become
Speaker 1: an excuse for not doing things that matter. Is it
Speaker 1: efficient to ask your direct reports about their weekends before
Speaker 1: beginning that Monday meeting. Nope, But in the long run,
Speaker 1: a little wasted time at each meeting might pay you
Speaker 1: back in people being less likely to quit. Is it
Speaker 1: inefficient to commute into the office. Absolutely, and in many
Speaker 1: jobs five days a week is massive overkill. But once
Speaker 1: or twice a week, when you can chat with people
Speaker 1: and make coffee dates and go out to lunch with
Speaker 1: your team, can be a wonderful way to build relationships.
Speaker 1: Many regular exercisers choose to work out first thing in
Speaker 1: the morning because then they only have to get ready once.
Speaker 1: It makes total sense. But if first thing in the
Speaker 1: morning doesn't work, then it is absolutely fine to get
Speaker 1: ready more than once. Don't let the need to rinse
Speaker 1: off or maybe fix your makeup or hair keep you
Speaker 1: from prioritizing health and wellness in your schedule. The truth
Speaker 1: is that no one is perfectly efficient. I have seen
Speaker 1: thousands of time logs over the years, and I can
Speaker 1: promise you that everybody wastes time. I waste tons of time.
Speaker 1: It would be pretty silly of me to read down
Speaker 1: to the forty third comment on some news article that
Speaker 1: irked me and then not be willing to brush my
Speaker 1: hair and put on maskira a second time in the day.
Speaker 1: The question is just what we choose to waste time on,
Speaker 1: and when things are a priority, a little inefficiency is okay.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for
Speaker 1: listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,
Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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