WEBVTT - The New Corner Office: Give your week a theme 

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<v Speaker 1>New Corner Office, the podcast where we share strategies for

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<v Speaker 1>thriving in the new world of wark or location and

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<v Speaker 1>ours are more flexible than in the past. Today's tip

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<v Speaker 1>is t of your week a theme. Start your week

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<v Speaker 1>off right by establishing a focus for your time. By

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<v Speaker 1>knowing what you're week is all about, you'll accomplish your

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<v Speaker 1>highest priorities and you'll avoid feeling like time has no definition.

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<v Speaker 1>It does because this week, like all weeks, will be

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<v Speaker 1>centered on something specific. To choose a theme for the week.

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<v Speaker 1>Identify a top priority for the week ahead, and ideally

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<v Speaker 1>this is something important but not urgent. You know the

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<v Speaker 1>things you want to spend time on but keep putting off.

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<v Speaker 1>Choose one that can become a focal point. Maybe this

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<v Speaker 1>week is all about planning a great fall programming calendar.

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<v Speaker 1>This could be the week for writing your direct reports

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<v Speaker 1>annual reviews. If you've been meaning to reach out to

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<v Speaker 1>former clients to enquire about their needs, this could be

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<v Speaker 1>call old Clients Week. If you want to start giving

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<v Speaker 1>more feedback to your team, this could be give more

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<v Speaker 1>Feedback Week. Once you've decided on a theme for the week,

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<v Speaker 1>find a way to maintain your focus. This could be

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<v Speaker 1>a post it note on your laptop that says call

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<v Speaker 1>old Clients Week, or heading written at the top of

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<v Speaker 1>your planner, or a recurring event on your calendar app

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<v Speaker 1>that reminds you. Just make sure it's somewhere prominent so

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<v Speaker 1>that every day this theme is helping to direct your work.

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<v Speaker 1>The theme will help guide your choices about how you

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<v Speaker 1>spend your time. When we have a million things on

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<v Speaker 1>our to do lists, we can tell ourselves we're making

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<v Speaker 1>progress whenever we cross a few things off. But when

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<v Speaker 1>we give our week a theme, we have a much

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<v Speaker 1>clearer idea about what we intend to accomplish. If it's

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday of Call Old Clients Week and you've called only

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<v Speaker 1>one old client so far, well, you know that you've

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<v Speaker 1>got work to do. If a meeting finishes early during

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<v Speaker 1>give more Feedback Week, you know exactly what to do

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<v Speaker 1>with the unexpected time. A bonus of giving your week

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<v Speaker 1>a theme is that it's easier to capture what you're

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<v Speaker 1>doing in your conversations with colleagues too. If you're asked

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<v Speaker 1>how it's going, you can talk about your efforts to

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<v Speaker 1>give more feedback to your direct reports, or or to

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<v Speaker 1>revamp the about us section of your website, or whatever

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<v Speaker 1>it is that you're focused on for the week. Your

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues will be impressed by your intentionality and your conversations

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<v Speaker 1>will be a lot more interesting too, So what will

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<v Speaker 1>be your theme for the week? Giving your week a

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<v Speaker 1>theme can help you approach Monday with a lot more excitement,

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<v Speaker 1>and I am always looking for ways to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>If you give your weeks a theme, you can tell

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<v Speaker 1>me about it at Laura at Laura Vanderkamp dot com.

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