WEBVTT - Win big on Monday morning

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to win big on Monday morning. When

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<v Speaker 1>you start the work week with a major accomplishment, the

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<v Speaker 1>momentum can help you have a super productive week. And

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<v Speaker 1>if despite your best efforts, nothing else goes according to plan, well,

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<v Speaker 1>at least you know you've already checked the most important

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<v Speaker 1>thing off your list. Long time listeners have heard me

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<v Speaker 1>extol the benefits of planning your week on Friday. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>planning your week on Friday is one of the time

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<v Speaker 1>management rules I recommend to anyone trying to calm the

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<v Speaker 1>chaos and make time for matters. When you plan on Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>you hit the ground running Monday morning. You don't spend

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<v Speaker 1>Monday morning figuring out what you need to do. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what you need to do and you do it.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you aren't planning on Friday's I hope you'll

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<v Speaker 1>try it. But if you are already planning on Fridays,

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<v Speaker 1>why not upgrade your Monday mornings even more by planning

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<v Speaker 1>something big. Set an ambitious, important goal for Monday morning

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<v Speaker 1>and achieve it. Think about how great it will feel

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<v Speaker 1>on Monday at lunchtime to have already finished something major.

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<v Speaker 1>By the time you are eating your sandwich or your salad,

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<v Speaker 1>you will be celebrating all you've gotten done. With a

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<v Speaker 1>Monday morning like that, Just imagine how fired up you

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<v Speaker 1>will be for the week. Monday morning hopes are great

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<v Speaker 1>fuel for productivity. When you begin a week with optimism, confidence,

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<v Speaker 1>and a clear plan, you can get a lot done. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I know a lot of people don't have perfect control

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<v Speaker 1>over their schedules, but Monday mornings might be more available

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<v Speaker 1>to you for your goals than you might think. It

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<v Speaker 1>turns out that plenty of other people have not heeded

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<v Speaker 1>my advice to plan their weeks on Fridays. That means

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<v Speaker 1>they will be spending Monday morning getting their ducks in

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<v Speaker 1>a row and figuring out their priorities for the week.

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<v Speaker 1>So while they are busy doing their weekly planning, you

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<v Speaker 1>can focus on deep work. With fewer meetings scheduled, unless

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<v Speaker 1>material coming your way for your next steps, you may

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<v Speaker 1>be able to be more self directed then you can be.

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<v Speaker 1>At other times, you will win big and then be

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<v Speaker 1>ready for what other folks send you. You do what

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<v Speaker 1>you want to do and what others want you to do,

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<v Speaker 1>or at least you hope you will. But here's the thing,

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<v Speaker 1>even if nothing else goes the way you hoped during

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<v Speaker 1>the week, no one can take that Monday morning win

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<v Speaker 1>away from you. Even if you or a child gets sick,

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<v Speaker 1>or you have an urgent home repair, or you have

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<v Speaker 1>to cover for a colleague or wind up with some

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<v Speaker 1>silly work disaster that just shouldn't have happened, you will

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<v Speaker 1>still have accomplished something big. The week won't be a

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<v Speaker 1>total disappointment. If you are looking for some extra motivation

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<v Speaker 1>to win big on Monday mornings, consider sharing your Monday

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<v Speaker 1>morning winds with others. Text a friend or your partner

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<v Speaker 1>to share the news, then celebrate their wins too. You

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<v Speaker 1>will reinforce this sense of starting the week the way

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<v Speaker 1>you want it to go, and you will probably start

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<v Speaker 1>feeling a lot better about your Monday's. If you try

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<v Speaker 1>winning big on Monday mornings, I'd love to hear about it.

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<v Speaker 1>You can reach me at Laura at Laura Vanderkamp dot com.

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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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