WEBVTT - Deepen time

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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 too deepen time. No one gets more

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<v Speaker 1>than one hundred sixty eight hours in a week, but

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<v Speaker 1>by being mindful of where the time is going, it

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<v Speaker 1>is possible to make each hour count for more. When

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<v Speaker 1>this episode is first airing in January, I am leading

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<v Speaker 1>a time tracking challenge where hundreds of people are logging

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<v Speaker 1>their time for a week. We are all trying to

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<v Speaker 1>figure out where the time really goes so we can

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<v Speaker 1>make wise decisions. If that sounds good to you, then

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<v Speaker 1>feel free to join in. You just write down what

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing as often as you remember, and keep going

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<v Speaker 1>for a week. Then you can celebrate, reflect or change.

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<v Speaker 1>When people first track their time, they are often surprised

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<v Speaker 1>at just how vast a hundred sixty hours truly is.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of us are accustomed to thinking primarily of work hours,

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<v Speaker 1>or even just week day hours, and we fail to

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<v Speaker 1>see all the time that exists. Of course, time isn't

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<v Speaker 1>infinite either, and so on some level we are ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>limited in how much time we can devote to anything.

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<v Speaker 1>We also know that multitasking tends not to be terribly efficient.

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<v Speaker 1>You could try to save time by answering your emails

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<v Speaker 1>during that conference call, but one or the other is

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<v Speaker 1>getting the short end of the sick. But that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>mean you can't do two things at once. Indeed, you

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<v Speaker 1>often can, and in many cases should. I realized this

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<v Speaker 1>at one point in college when I was trying to

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<v Speaker 1>land a campus job. I realized that some jobs would

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<v Speaker 1>allow me to study at the same time I was working.

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<v Speaker 1>Others didn't, So I wound up taking a job manning

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<v Speaker 1>the information and security desk at the student center during

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<v Speaker 1>off hours when a few information requests came up. If

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<v Speaker 1>I would be studying from eight pm to midnight anyways,

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<v Speaker 1>why not get paid for those hours too. No one

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<v Speaker 1>is paying me by the hour these days. But there

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<v Speaker 1>are lots of ways to do two things at once.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, hey, you are getting productivity tips from me, well,

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<v Speaker 1>no doubt doing something else right. You can read while

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<v Speaker 1>driving or exercising or doing chores by listening to audiobooks.

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<v Speaker 1>You can deepen a relationship while doing errands by consciously

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<v Speaker 1>bringing one person along with you a child, a partner,

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<v Speaker 1>a friend. This turns something you need to do in

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<v Speaker 1>to one on one quality time. You can also incorporate

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<v Speaker 1>one other person into a leisure time activity, walking with

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<v Speaker 1>a friend, doing a puzzle with a spouse or child,

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<v Speaker 1>that sort of thing. You can walk while listening to

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<v Speaker 1>a conference call where you don't need to talk all

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<v Speaker 1>that much. You can walk while conducting a meeting with

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<v Speaker 1>one other person. This allows you to exercise and work simultaneously.

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<v Speaker 1>Or if you are walking from one place to another,

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<v Speaker 1>you can call a friend or family member. You can

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<v Speaker 1>practice a talk while driving your car. The advice to

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<v Speaker 1>never eat alone allows you to combine a necessary practice

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<v Speaker 1>eating with networking that deepens time. You can even squeeze

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<v Speaker 1>hobbies into little bits of time when you are theoretically

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<v Speaker 1>doing something else as the major category of time. If

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<v Speaker 1>you play an instrument, for instance, use the five minutes

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<v Speaker 1>between phone calls to watch a YouTube video of someone

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<v Speaker 1>else playing a piece. You are learning. Just like that,

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<v Speaker 1>you have turned downtime into practice time and made more

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<v Speaker 1>space in your busy life for your art. You are

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<v Speaker 1>working and boosting your creative skills at the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>How is that for making more of your hours? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, we can get carried away with this there

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<v Speaker 1>is no need to turn every single second into something

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<v Speaker 1>uber industrious. But on the other hand, we only get

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<v Speaker 1>so much time. If there is something you'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>spend more time doing and you are having trouble finding

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<v Speaker 1>space to do it, see if there is time to

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<v Speaker 1>do it while doing something else, it can make time

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<v Speaker 1>feel entirely different. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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