1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 2: Good Morning, This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 2: Today's tip is to build in a few minutes before 4 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 2: and after scheduled meetings or appointments so you can connect 5 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: with other people. This will let you invest a little 6 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 2: time in your relationships and keeps you from being late 7 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 2: to everything else. So if you tend to be more 8 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 2: task oriented or schedule oriented, which I will freely admit 9 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,919 Speaker 2: to being, you may go through life focused on what 10 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 2: you need to do at what time. You may also 11 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 2: not leave much transition time in between things. You finish 12 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 2: one meeting, you put your head down and make notes 13 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: about your follow ups, and two minutes later you are 14 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 2: power walking down the hall to your next meeting. And 15 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 2: in many ways that is fine. You are showing up 16 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 2: where you need to be. But if you are bothering 17 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 2: to be in the same place as other people, which 18 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 2: we often don't have to be these days, it might 19 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 2: be nice to connect outside the scheduled agenda. Racing from 20 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: one thing to the next means there's no time for that. 21 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: Something similar can happen in our personal lives. You sprint 22 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 2: out of your office to make it to your yoga 23 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,199 Speaker 2: class and then you leave as soon as the class 24 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 2: is over, or you arrive at your kid's school approximately 25 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 2: thirty seconds before the program begins and you leave right 26 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 2: at the final bows. You got to do everything. But 27 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 2: if you bother to be somewhere in person, sometimes it's 28 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 2: nice to connect with the other people who are there 29 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 2: in person too. To some degree, that is a big 30 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 2: part of the point of being there. Now. I know 31 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 2: not everyone looks at life this way. Some people are 32 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 2: more people oriented and they always make time for conversation 33 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: they're wondering what I'm talking about here, But that has 34 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: a tendency to also make people late to many things, 35 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 2: and that is not great either. So either way, it 36 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 2: helps to just actually build in five to ten minutes 37 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: on either side of an activity to interact with the 38 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 2: other participants. If you've got a meeting from eight to 39 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 2: nine in the morning, you aim to have your next 40 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 2: thing start at nine point fifteen or possibly even nine thirty, 41 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 2: so you can chat with colleagues as you are refilling 42 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 2: your coffee. For those who automatically chat over coffee, that 43 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: buffer means you are not late to the next thing. 44 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 2: For those of us who are more task oriented. It's 45 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: a nudge to remind ourselves that we don't have to 46 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 2: race out. We have built in space in the schedule 47 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 2: to accommodate a chat about jones vacation or Bob's new puppy. 48 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 2: Whether you spend too much time or too little time 49 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: on an activity, simply building a certain quantity of space 50 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 2: into the schedule can help manage those tendencies. You create 51 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 2: space if you otherwise, wouldn't you build it in if 52 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: you do it anyway. Either way, you get to have 53 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 2: your connection and still stay on time. That really is 54 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 2: the best of both worlds. If you try building in 55 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 2: a little social time, you can let me know how 56 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: it goes at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. In 57 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's 58 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: to making the most of our time. 59 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you. You can 60 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: send me your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just 61 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: connect with me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at Before 62 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: Breakfast Pod that's b the number four then breakfast Pod. 63 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: You can also shoot me an email at Before Breakfast 64 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: Podcasts at iHeartMedia dot com. 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