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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 2: Good Morning, This is Laura.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 2: Today's tip is that productivity doesn't always look productive. If

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Speaker 2: you know that you are making progress or you're working

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Speaker 2: on something important, then it doesn't really matter if it

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Speaker 2: doesn't look like you are doing all that much. So

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Speaker 2: the day I wrote this would probably not look like

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Speaker 2: a banner day from the outside. I took multiple long breaks,

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Speaker 2: and during the time I was at my desk I

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Speaker 2: was not always incredibly focused. But after several false starts,

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Speaker 2: I did write something that I needed to write. I

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Speaker 2: had a long conversation with someone who is both thoughtful

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Speaker 2: and influential, which is always a good thing to do.

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Speaker 2: I made a difficult business decision that needed to be made,

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Speaker 2: so that is not bad as things go. Even if

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Speaker 2: much of the day looked like open space and random

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Speaker 2: email checks, I am sure that you have had similar days.

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Speaker 2: Maybe you even kept looking at the clock to see

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Speaker 2: if the day was over yet. But sometimes getting things

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Speaker 2: done involves making decisions, or coming up with ideas, or

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Speaker 2: deciding that something is wrong and needs to be done differently.

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Speaker 2: Often all of this thinking doesn't look like doing anything.

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Speaker 2: It's just a nagging sense that you need to stop

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Speaker 2: working on something and think about it, and you realize

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Speaker 2: it's not working and you need to go in a

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Speaker 2: different direction. Or maybe you are stumped on something and

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Speaker 2: need to let your brain process it for a while

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Speaker 2: before you remember that Kevin from two jobs ago knew

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Speaker 2: something about this topic. Maybe if you reach out, he

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Speaker 2: could give you some direction. Or you think you are

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Speaker 2: about to offer a job to a certain candidate, but

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Speaker 2: something is telling you to wait. It feels like you're

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Speaker 2: just putting things off and slowing things down, but actually

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Speaker 2: you are checking another reference and you find out that

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Speaker 2: something is definitely off. All of this is actually very productive.

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Speaker 2: Hiring a person who is a bad match can result

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Speaker 2: in tons of wasted time, not to mention tough emotions

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Speaker 2: for everyone involved. Or if you are working on a

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Speaker 2: project and it's not going right, it doesn't actually help

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Speaker 2: to go faster in the wrong direction, So best to

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Speaker 2: take it slow and be okay with sitting there looking

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Speaker 2: like you are just spinning your wheels for a while.

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Speaker 2: It will be okay when those spinning wheels do gain traction.

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Speaker 2: You will be ready to go. In the meantime, this

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Speaker 2: is Laura. Thanks for listening and here's to making the

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Speaker 2: most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear

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Speaker 2: number four then Breakfast pod. You can also shoot me

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Speaker 2: That Before Breakfast is spelled out with all the letters.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much. Should I look forward to saying in touch.

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