WEBVTT - Power through

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to do your best to use that

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<v Speaker 1>last hour or two of Friday afternoon. Well. It's easy

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<v Speaker 1>to putter around, but if you can push through, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>probably enjoy your weekend and the next week a whole

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<v Speaker 1>lot more. I am writing the script at four pm

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday. It's been a long week, and I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>feeling particularly chipper. I tend to be in more of

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<v Speaker 1>a writing mood in the mornings, but I know I've

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<v Speaker 1>got a short work week coming up, with a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of different commitments. I'll be best off getting these scripts

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<v Speaker 1>done in the hour before my babysitter leaves. If I

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<v Speaker 1>don't get them done, I'll have to find a block

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<v Speaker 1>of work time over the weekend. And that's not the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the world. But since I have this block

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<v Speaker 1>of time now, it's also not strictly necessary. I just

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<v Speaker 1>have to power through, and so that is what I

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<v Speaker 1>am doing. Maybe it's what you can do too. Instead

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<v Speaker 1>of hitting refresh on your inbox or puttering around for

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<v Speaker 1>the last hour or so on Friday, tackle a list

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<v Speaker 1>of things that you'd love to get off your plate

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<v Speaker 1>for now. Maybe it's an email you know you need

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<v Speaker 1>to answer. Maybe it's a scheduling email that could go

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<v Speaker 1>out on Monday but doesn't require much brain power. You'll

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<v Speaker 1>be fresh on Monday morning, and so you want to

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<v Speaker 1>use your brain power for important things. Send the email

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday afternoon, when the opportunity cost is lower. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you can do things to set yourself up for a

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<v Speaker 1>great Monday. One reason I'm writing these scripts now is

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<v Speaker 1>that I can see I've got open time in a

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<v Speaker 1>quiet house on Monday morning, perfect for recording, but I

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<v Speaker 1>can't record scripts that aren't written, so here we are.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe there's something you never get to that you

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<v Speaker 1>keep saying you'd like to do. In general, we're better

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<v Speaker 1>off scheduling these things for first thing Monday morning. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you have time on Friday, seize Friday work on

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<v Speaker 1>that book proposal for an hour. It's not much, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's an hour better than nothing. Call someone you are

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<v Speaker 1>mentoring to check in. She will appreciate the call, even

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<v Speaker 1>if it is Friday afternoon. To be sure, it's hard

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<v Speaker 1>to work when energy levels are low, but you can

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<v Speaker 1>do a few things to make yourself feel better. Research

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<v Speaker 1>on energy has found that even a short microburst, like

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<v Speaker 1>a few minutes bounding up and down the stairs, can

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<v Speaker 1>raise energy levels for an hour. You can make yourself

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<v Speaker 1>a cup of tea or decalf coffee. We often have

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<v Speaker 1>enough of a conditioned response to coffee that the lack

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<v Speaker 1>of caffeine may not matter so much. And finally, eyes

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<v Speaker 1>on the prize. If doing something now means you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to think about it until next week or for

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<v Speaker 1>some tasks ever, again, that's a huge win. Anticipating the

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<v Speaker 1>joy of that accomplishment can be enough to propel you forward.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll relax later. Did we mention that there's a weekend

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<v Speaker 1>coming up? Power through and you'll really feel like you've

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<v Speaker 1>earned your time fully off. 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 time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks so much, I look forward to staying in touch.

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