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Speaker 1: Good morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the New Corner Office,

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Speaker 1: the podcast with strategies for thriving in the new world

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Speaker 1: of work, where location and ours are more flexible than

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Speaker 1: in the past. Today's tip is to create a later list.

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Speaker 1: Whether you're working in an office or remotely, it can

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Speaker 1: there's a good way to fend off these kinds of

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Speaker 1: You just need to create a later list. Here's how

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Speaker 1: this works. Keep a notebook next to you as you're working. Then,

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Speaker 1: this later list. That way, you won't forget it. Indeed,

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Speaker 1: of the fraser in thirty minutes. That's still enough time

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Speaker 1: concentration now. To be sure, sometimes our distractions appear to

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