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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to set an intention anytime you are

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Speaker 1: working late. That way, you know what you need to accomplish,

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Speaker 1: and you know when you are done. You are not

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Speaker 1: working late just to do so. If you've got a

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Speaker 1: demanding job, then it can be easy to get into

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Speaker 1: the habit of working into the evenings or on the weekends.

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Speaker 1: If you work remotely, you might not even notice this.

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Speaker 1: You say hello to the kids, serve dinner, and then

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Speaker 1: find yourself on your computer for hours into the evening.

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Speaker 1: And sometimes it's necessary. Maybe you've got a big project

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Speaker 1: that's due in the next few days, maybe you need

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Speaker 1: to stick while you're away. And at some workplaces, the

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Speaker 1: whole concept of late is somewhat meaningless, as people are

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Speaker 1: having meetings with folks in different time zones, or they

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Speaker 1: need to entertain clients at night, or what have you.

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Speaker 1: But if you would like to have some more personal

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Speaker 1: space in your life and you find yourself routinely working late,

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Speaker 1: it might help to adopt a rule for yourself. When

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Speaker 1: you work late, you need a specific reason for it,

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Speaker 1: not a vague reason like it's a busy season or

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Speaker 1: I'm swamped. Instead, have a specific reason. I am working

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Speaker 1: late tonight to rehearse tomorrow's presentation, or I'm working late

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Speaker 1: tonight to polish a proposal for a potential client that

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Speaker 1: I want to send in by tomorrow afternoon. Or I'm

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Speaker 1: working late to work the bugs out of a new

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Speaker 1: app that my man Jer wants to see this week.

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Speaker 1: Then during the off hours that you are working, remember

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Speaker 1: your intention and work only on that task. Yes, I

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Speaker 1: know your inbox as a disaster, but email will expand

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Speaker 1: fill all available space. You could work twenty four hours

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Speaker 1: a day and still find yourself behind on email. Eventually,

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Speaker 1: you have to decide how much space to give things.

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Speaker 1: Having a specific intention for any extra hours work means

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Speaker 1: that you maintain control over your focus and attention even

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Speaker 1: when working long hours. Now, to be sure, it's a

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Speaker 1: good idea to give all time and intention, I mean

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Speaker 1: this is a very useful mindset in general. I'm not

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Speaker 1: just working because it's nine am on Tuesday. This is

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Speaker 1: what I plan to do on Tuesday morning. This is

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Speaker 1: what I plan to accomplish Tuesday afternoon. This is what

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Speaker 1: I see as the best outcome of this work week.

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Speaker 1: Identifying specific tasks and intentions for all blocks of time

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Speaker 1: can help you avoid spinning your wheels and being busy

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Speaker 1: without accomplishing much. But having a specific task in mind

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Speaker 1: after hours is even more important. Knowing why you're working

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Speaker 1: late helps you accomplish what you need to and to

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Speaker 1: stop working in time to attend to other aspects of

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Speaker 1: your life that deserve your attention to whether that's family, friends, exercise, hobbies,

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Speaker 1: or life maintenance. Work is an important part of life,

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Speaker 1: but it's not your whole life, and knowing why you

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Speaker 1: are working late when you do ensure as you get

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Speaker 1: your most important work done while also leaving time for

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Speaker 1: other things in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey everybody,

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Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

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