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Discover the Forest 18 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: dot org brought to you by the United States Forest 19 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: Service and the ATNCIOL. Good morning, This is Laura. Welcome 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,839 Speaker 1: to the New Corner Office. The podcast or we share 21 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: strategies for thriving in the new world of work, where 22 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:20,639 Speaker 1: location and hours are more flexible than in the past. 23 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to make Monday's matter. Many people dread Mondays, 24 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: but handled right, they can let a fire under your career. 25 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: As I've studied how people spend their time, I've come 26 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: to see that one of the reasons Mondays feel so 27 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: terrible is that, for many people, after a two day reprieve, 28 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: Monday morning means a long and frustrating commute. Studies that 29 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: track people's moment by moment happiness find that the morning 30 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: commute is the most miserable moment of the day. The 31 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: evening commute isn't fun, but at least you arrive home 32 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: at the end of it, a redeeming feature absent from 33 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: the more run. If you're working from home, though, this 34 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: whole equation changes. Absent the commute, you might not have 35 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: to get up quite so early, and you don't have 36 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: to start your week with something that feels negative, battling 37 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: traffic or sitting next to someone snoring on the train. Instead, 38 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: you have an opportunity to shake things up. So here's 39 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: my suggestion. If you're working at home, these days because 40 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: of the pandemic. Use the time on Monday morning that 41 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: you would have spent commuting to tackle some big, speculative 42 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: project that you claim you never have time for. Tackling 43 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: something big and uncertain can light a fire under your career, 44 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 1: and doing this important but not urgent task first thing 45 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: means you start the week with a sense of victory. 46 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: There are all kinds of speculative projects that might shake 47 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: things up in a good way. Maybe you strengthen your 48 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: network by making a double opt in introduction every Monday morning. 49 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: Maybe you write a thank you letter to someone who 50 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: made a difference in your life. Maybe you call a 51 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: potential new connection just to say hello. Maybe you film 52 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: a video of yourself explaining something about your company for 53 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: new hires. Maybe you write a post for an industry blog. 54 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: Maybe you check in with your mentor. Maybe you spend 55 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: an hour working on a book proposal or the business 56 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: plan for that side hustle you say you want to start. 57 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: You don't have to do any of these things, but 58 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: without your Monday morning commute, the time might be there 59 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: in a way that it wasn't in the past. And 60 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: imagine how good your week will feel if, instead of 61 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: battling traffic. You start Monday by introducing two old friends 62 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: who you recall both follow cricket, or who both love 63 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: the works of Virginia Woolf. Think of how much you'll 64 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: love your Mondays if you hit nine am with an 65 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: article already submitted to an industry publication. Just the sort 66 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: of thing to position you as a thought leader. We 67 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,839 Speaker 1: don't need to dread Mondays, especially if we're working from home. 68 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: We can start them in an incredibly positive way. When 69 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: we choose to make Monday's matter, we can feel like 70 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: we've put in a good day's work, even if it's 71 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: not yet lunchtime. 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