Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that productivity doesn't always look productive. If you
Speaker 1: know that you are making progress or you're working on
Speaker 1: something important, then it doesn't really matter if it doesn't
Speaker 1: look like you are doing all that much. So the
Speaker 1: day I wrote this would probably not look like a
Speaker 1: banner day from the outside. I took multiple long breaks,
Speaker 1: and during the time I was at my desk I
Speaker 1: was not always incredibly focused. But after several false starts,
Speaker 1: I did write something that I needed to write. I
Speaker 1: had a conversation with someone who is both thoughtful and influential,
Speaker 1: which is always a good thing to do. I made
Speaker 1: a difficult business decision that needed to be made, so
Speaker 1: that is not bad as things go. Even if much
Speaker 1: of the day looked like open space and random email checks,
Speaker 1: I am sure that you have had similar days. Maybe
Speaker 1: you even kept looking at the clock to see if
Speaker 1: the day was over yet. But sometimes getting things done
Speaker 1: involves making decisions, or coming up with ideas, or deciding
Speaker 1: that something is wrong and needs to be done differently.
Speaker 1: Often all of this thinking doesn't look like doing anything.
Speaker 1: It's just a nagging sense that you need to stop
Speaker 1: working on something and think about it, and you realize
Speaker 1: it's not working and you need to go in a
Speaker 1: different direction. Or maybe you are stumped on something and
Speaker 1: need to let your brain process it for a while
Speaker 1: before you remember that Kevin from two jobs ago knew
Speaker 1: something about this topic. Maybe if you reach out, he
Speaker 1: could give you some direction. Or you think you are
Speaker 1: about to offer a job to a certain candidate, but
Speaker 1: something is telling you to wait. It feels like you're
Speaker 1: just putting things off and slowing things down, but actually
Speaker 1: you are checking another reference and you find out that
Speaker 1: something is definitely off. All of this is actually very productive.
Speaker 1: Hiring a person who is a bad match can result
Speaker 1: in tons of wasted time, not to mention tough emotions
Speaker 1: for everyone involved. Or if you are working on a
Speaker 1: project and it's not going right, it doesn't actually help
Speaker 1: to go faster in the wrong direction, So best to
Speaker 1: take it slow and be okay with sitting there looking
Speaker 1: like you are just spinning your wheels for a while.
Speaker 1: It will be okay when those spinning wheels do gain traction.
Speaker 1: You will be ready to go. In the meantime, this
Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening and here's to making the
Speaker 1: most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear
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