WEBVTT - Be a little less responsible

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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 be a little less responsible. Most

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<v Speaker 1>likely you will do the work that you always have

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<v Speaker 1>to do, and you will get it done on time.

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<v Speaker 1>So don't give recurring work your highest energy times. I

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<v Speaker 1>am writing this script on a Wednesday afternoon. Every week

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<v Speaker 1>I need to produce five Before Breakfast episodes, and I

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<v Speaker 1>love writing these little scripts and thinking about how I

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<v Speaker 1>can help take people's days from great to awesome. But

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<v Speaker 1>as long time listeners have observed, I have written more

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<v Speaker 1>than seven hundred of these vignettes. At this point, I

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<v Speaker 1>produced five every week. One way or another. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to get it done because I am going to get

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<v Speaker 1>it done no matter what. It actually doesn't make sense

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<v Speaker 1>to give this task my absolute highest energy time. On

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<v Speaker 1>Monday mornings, I tend to feel like I can conquer

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<v Speaker 1>the world, So that is the time I should devote

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<v Speaker 1>to things I am not sure will happen, things like

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<v Speaker 1>coming up with book concepts or writing fiction, or brainstorming

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<v Speaker 1>new ways to promote this podcast or my other projects.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a good time to come up with ideas that

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<v Speaker 1>is harder. But say script execution, that is the writing

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<v Speaker 1>and recording. Well, that's fairly straightforward, so that I can

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<v Speaker 1>do in the middle of the week. It is my

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<v Speaker 1>job and I will get it done. Perhaps you similarly

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<v Speaker 1>have recurring work. You send a client an analysis this

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<v Speaker 1>every week you write feedback for a direct report on

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<v Speaker 1>his weekly projects. You are a very responsible person, and

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<v Speaker 1>so you always do these things, and you always do

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<v Speaker 1>them on time. Indeed, perhaps you tell yourself that you

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<v Speaker 1>should just do these weekly required things first, so they

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<v Speaker 1>are done. The decks are cleared. Now you can focus

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<v Speaker 1>on the speculative, harder stuff. But everyone runs out of steam.

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<v Speaker 1>So since you are so responsible, why not trust that

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<v Speaker 1>you are not about to suddenly not meet your obligations.

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<v Speaker 1>You will do the work you have to do, so

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<v Speaker 1>don't do it when you are capable of doing more complicated,

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<v Speaker 1>challenging speculative work. Be a little less responsible brainstorm ideas

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<v Speaker 1>for that new project. Be for you answer your clients email,

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<v Speaker 1>pitch the new work before you write up your weekly analysis.

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<v Speaker 1>Responsible people will do what they have to do. So

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<v Speaker 1>since you can rely on yourself, give yourself the chance

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<v Speaker 1>to do other things. When it might be a possibility.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how you keep things moving forward. In the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Thanks for listening and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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