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Speaker 1: good morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the New Corner Office,
Speaker 1: the podcast where we share strategies for thriving in the
Speaker 1: new world of work, where location and ours are more
Speaker 1: flexible than in the past. Today's tip is to do
Speaker 1: the fun work. We all have parts of our job
Speaker 1: that we really enjoy. Many of us also don't do
Speaker 1: as much of this fun work as we'd like. We're
Speaker 1: often answering emails, or going to meetings or otherwise filling
Speaker 1: our time. Make time for the fun work, and work
Speaker 1: will feel more fun, as people might gather from listening
Speaker 1: to this podcast. I really like writing, and I'm very
Speaker 1: fortunate to spend a big chunk of my work time
Speaker 1: doing just that. But some of the writing I do
Speaker 1: is more fun than other kinds. I have certain topics
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Speaker 1: my own blog, and when I get busy, it's easy
Speaker 1: not to do this sort of writing. In general, it
Speaker 1: builds my audience, but there is no immediate financial payoff,
Speaker 1: and so my blog tends to get slim pickings. But
Speaker 1: then I realized I feel crabby about work in general
Speaker 1: when it's all stuff I have to do as opposed
Speaker 1: to things I want to do. So best to make
Speaker 1: at least some time for the stuff I want to do.
Speaker 1: I am guessing that you too have parts of your
Speaker 1: job that you really like. Maybe it's creative stuff. Maybe
Speaker 1: it's playing around with ideas where there's no time pressure.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's a particular collaborator who always nudges you to
Speaker 1: be your most insightful self. When you think out how
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Speaker 1: If you're not sure, really pay attention to when you
Speaker 1: feel happiest and lightest, figure out when you feel excited
Speaker 1: about working, and when you don't really want to stop.
Speaker 1: Then challenge yourself to do this sort of work as
Speaker 1: much as possible. Maybe every day. It doesn't work, though
Speaker 1: really why not. I'm challenging myself to do some sort
Speaker 1: of free riding each day, whether it's for my blog
Speaker 1: or just dawting gown thoughts are journaling. If daily isn't
Speaker 1: quite possible, three times a week is really the bare minimum.
Speaker 1: I maintain that anything you do three times a week
Speaker 1: is at least somewhat of a habit. If the day
Speaker 1: tends to get away from you, carve out time for
Speaker 1: your favorite work first. Yes, you can spare the time
Speaker 1: between eight and eight thirty am three times a week.
Speaker 1: Trust me. The upside of doing the fun work first
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Speaker 1: be happy about being at work rather than dragging. As
Speaker 1: you start making time for the fun work. A funny
Speaker 1: thing will happen. You'll start weighing all other requests for
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Speaker 1: the opportunity cost of a meeting that didn't have to
Speaker 1: happen isn't zero. The cost needs to be weighed against
Speaker 1: an hour of time spent doing the work that excites you.
Speaker 1: This makes all time feel more valuable, and since time
Speaker 1: is fundamentally limited, that is a good thing. So to day,
Speaker 1: figure out how you can make time for the really
Speaker 1: fun parts of your job at least three times per week.
Speaker 1: Don't wait to see what time is left over. Just
Speaker 1: as with money, if you wait until the end of
Speaker 1: the month to say what's left over, well funny, the
Speaker 1: money all seems to disappear. When you save first, you
Speaker 1: build wealth. When you do the fun work first, you
Speaker 1: build confidence and happiness in your career, and that is
Speaker 1: a form of wealth. Two. In the meantime, this is Laura,
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's the succeeding in the New
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