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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is that a little fun can give you a

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Speaker 1: big boost during your workday, so create a ritual out

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Speaker 1: of it in order to make the most of your time.

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Speaker 1: During my recent Better Workday Challenge, a participant described routine

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Speaker 1: she has for connecting with a colleague. She called it

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Speaker 1: five minutes of fun, as in that was its official name.

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Speaker 1: She explained that we share dumb internet memes or tell

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Speaker 1: each other stories. How great is that the two of

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Speaker 1: them have created a five minute mood booster that doesn't

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Speaker 1: demand advanced planning and doesn't require that the stars be

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Speaker 1: aligned perfectly. It just takes being aware of content to

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Speaker 1: share that will make you and your colleague happy. I

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Speaker 1: love the idea of making this time a thing by

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Speaker 1: giving it an official name, in this case, five minutes

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Speaker 1: of Fun. When the experience has a name, you recognize

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Speaker 1: it as something special that is happening. It seems wise

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Speaker 1: that the limited duration is built into the name too,

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Speaker 1: as in five minutes of fun. There's no worry that

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Speaker 1: you'll send one funny meme to your colleague and then

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Speaker 1: realize an hour later that you haven't done any work

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Speaker 1: since that first meme. You and your colleague have an

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Speaker 1: explicit commitment that you will contain the playful interaction to

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Speaker 1: five minutes. When you know that the five minutes of

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Speaker 1: fun is coming, you may also stay on task more

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Speaker 1: faithfully until then. In fact, the better Workday challenge participant

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Speaker 1: who came up with five minutes of Fun said she

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Speaker 1: saved up fun things until the appropriate time, rather than

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Speaker 1: sharing them whenever she thought of them. If you are

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Speaker 1: looking for connection, levity, or energy boosts in your workday,

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Speaker 1: you could consider doing five minutes of fun with a

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Speaker 1: colleague too. Or you could devise and name another break

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Speaker 1: that provides whatever sort of change of pace you and

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Speaker 1: your colleague need. Maybe it's five minutes of fitness and

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Speaker 1: you power walk up and down the stairs. You could

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Speaker 1: have the Grateful eight, or you meet up in the

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Speaker 1: break room for eight minutes to reflect on what you

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Speaker 1: are grateful for that day. You could do a mindfulness

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Speaker 1: exercise and call it your mindful minutes. The two of

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Speaker 1: you could take turns choosing the exercise and sending the

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Speaker 1: other person the name of the exercise to look up

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Speaker 1: at an app or a link to a YouTube video

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Speaker 1: or written prompt to guide it. Even if you each

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Speaker 1: did the exercise at your own desk and on your

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Speaker 1: own time, you would still feel a sense of connection.

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Speaker 1: So as you look ahead to next week, consider whether

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Speaker 1: you might create some sort of ritual in your day

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Speaker 1: to add a little levity. See who might be up

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Speaker 1: for participating with you. Give the ritual a name, and

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Speaker 1: you will be well on your way to enjoying work more.

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Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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