Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to be a little less responsible. Most
Speaker 1: likely you will do the work that you always have
Speaker 1: to do, and you will get it done on time.
Speaker 1: So don't give recurring work your highest energy times. I
Speaker 1: am writing this script on a Wednesday afternoon. Every week
Speaker 1: I need to produce five Before Breakfast episodes, and I
Speaker 1: love writing these little scripts and thinking about how I
Speaker 1: can help take people's days from great to awesome. But
Speaker 1: as long time listeners have observed, I have written more
Speaker 1: than seven hundred of these vignettes. At this point, I
Speaker 1: produced five every week. One way or another. I'm going
Speaker 1: to get it done because I am going to get
Speaker 1: it done no matter what. It actually doesn't make sense
Speaker 1: to give this task my absolute highest energy time. On
Speaker 1: Monday mornings, I tend to feel like I can conquer
Speaker 1: the world, So that is the time I should devote
Speaker 1: to things I am not sure will happen, things like
Speaker 1: coming up with book concepts or writing fiction, or brainstorming
Speaker 1: new ways to promote this podcast or my other projects.
Speaker 1: It's a good time to come up with ideas that
Speaker 1: is harder. But say script execution, that is the writing
Speaker 1: and recording. Well, that's fairly straightforward, so that I can
Speaker 1: do in the middle of the week. It is my
Speaker 1: job and I will get it done. Perhaps you similarly
Speaker 1: have recurring work. You send a client an analysis this
Speaker 1: every week you write feedback for a direct report on
Speaker 1: his weekly projects. You are a very responsible person, and
Speaker 1: so you always do these things, and you always do
Speaker 1: them on time. Indeed, perhaps you tell yourself that you
Speaker 1: should just do these weekly required things first, so they
Speaker 1: are done. The decks are cleared. Now you can focus
Speaker 1: on the speculative, harder stuff. But everyone runs out of steam.
Speaker 1: So since you are so responsible, why not trust that
Speaker 1: you are not about to suddenly not meet your obligations.
Speaker 1: You will do the work you have to do, so
Speaker 1: don't do it when you are capable of doing more complicated,
Speaker 1: challenging speculative work. Be a little less responsible brainstorm ideas
Speaker 1: for that new project. Be for you answer your clients email,
Speaker 1: pitch the new work before you write up your weekly analysis.
Speaker 1: Responsible people will do what they have to do. So
Speaker 1: since you can rely on yourself, give yourself the chance
Speaker 1: to do other things. When it might be a possibility.
Speaker 1: That's how you keep things moving forward. In the meantime.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
Speaker 1: hear from you. You can send me your tips, your questions,
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