WEBVTT - Second Cup: Look ahead a week or two

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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 take a quick glance forward a week

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<v Speaker 1>or two when you are planning your week. This can

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<v Speaker 1>help you feel more prepared for just about anything. Longtime

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<v Speaker 1>listeners know that I am a big fan of planning

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<v Speaker 1>on Fridays. Indeed, plan on Fridays is one of my

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<v Speaker 1>nine core time management rules that I write about in

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<v Speaker 1>Tranquility by Tuesday, my book that will be out later

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<v Speaker 1>this year. On Fridays, take a few minutes to plan

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<v Speaker 1>the week ahead. Think about your top priorities in the

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<v Speaker 1>categories of career, relationships, and self. Plan when you will

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<v Speaker 1>do these things, what is already on your calendar, Make

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<v Speaker 1>a plan to meet any obligations and deal with any

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<v Speaker 1>tricky spots. That's it, You've got this. I have been

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<v Speaker 1>planning this way for years and it helps me hit

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<v Speaker 1>Monday ready to go. I even enjoy my weekends more

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm not worried about what is coming up on Monday.

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<v Speaker 1>I know what is coming up and I have a

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<v Speaker 1>plan to deal with it. It is really the best

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<v Speaker 1>way I know to calm the chaos and make time

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<v Speaker 1>for what matters. But there is one small extra step

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<v Speaker 1>that is helpful to take when you plan your upcoming week.

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<v Speaker 1>Take a quick glance forward through the next week or

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<v Speaker 1>two to see if there is anything major sitting on

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<v Speaker 1>your calendar. Are there any big deadlines you should be

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about, anything that's going to require more than a

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<v Speaker 1>few hours to prepare for. If so, you probably want

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<v Speaker 1>to devote sometime to that on the upcoming weeks to

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<v Speaker 1>do list. The reason is that if you have something

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<v Speaker 1>big do on a Monday or Tuesday, and you plan

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<v Speaker 1>your upcoming weeks on Fridays, you might realize the existence

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<v Speaker 1>of this impending deadline for the first time on the Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>that is, right before the Monday or Tuesday. Now, you

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<v Speaker 1>do still have a few days to work on it,

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<v Speaker 1>so it is better than realizing this Sunday night or

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<v Speaker 1>Monday morning. But you probably don't want to get this

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<v Speaker 1>news on Friday when you are sliding into weekend mode,

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<v Speaker 1>So get in a habit of taking a quick look

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<v Speaker 1>forward a week or two. Most things can be dealt

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<v Speaker 1>with in a few hours, and so they can be

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<v Speaker 1>planned on Friday for the upcoming week. But when you

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<v Speaker 1>flag something that might require a little more attention, you

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<v Speaker 1>can be a bit more proactive. In my case, I

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<v Speaker 1>realize the other day that I have scheduled a few

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<v Speaker 1>interviews with people on Mondays in recent weeks, and I

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<v Speaker 1>like to be respectful of their time, which means giving

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<v Speaker 1>myself a few days to think through the best questions

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<v Speaker 1>to ask. I could do it on Friday afternoon for

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<v Speaker 1>Monday morning, but if I flag it a week ahead,

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<v Speaker 1>I can spend some time on Thursday and Friday thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about it. Most likely the interview will be better, or

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes there won't be anything too out of the ordinary

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<v Speaker 1>coming up, but you can see that a future week

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<v Speaker 1>will be so full that you will want to pull

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<v Speaker 1>a few priorities forward. If the immediately upcoming seven days

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<v Speaker 1>is a lighter week, you could do that, or you

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<v Speaker 1>could make preparations for smarter relationship building. If you see

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<v Speaker 1>that you are going to a conference in two to

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks, you can make time ahead of time to

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<v Speaker 1>reach out to people and plan to get together. Or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you will note that one of your kids has

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<v Speaker 1>a half day at school. Maybe you could plan ahead

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<v Speaker 1>to take off early that day or take a longer

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<v Speaker 1>lunch so you can spend some time together. It is

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<v Speaker 1>usually best to know these things a little more than

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<v Speaker 1>a week ahead if you want to keep that time clear.

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<v Speaker 1>Now again, I want to stress that most stuff doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>require this. Your future self will not be incompetent. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to lay out outfits, or meal plan or

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<v Speaker 1>even figure out run of the mill work stuff more

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<v Speaker 1>than a few days ahead of time. You will be

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<v Speaker 1>able to figure these things out when you need to

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<v Speaker 1>figure them out. But no one likes to be blindsided

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<v Speaker 1>or wind up with a much heavier workload some week

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<v Speaker 1>than necessary. Taking a quick glance a week or two

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<v Speaker 1>ahead keeps this from happening. Incorporate this practice into your

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<v Speaker 1>Friday place and you will feel on top of things

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<v Speaker 1>in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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