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to Before Breakfast, a production of

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morning. This is Laura.

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Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Today's tip is to

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build in travel time. Even

1:21

if all of your meetings are virtual

1:23

ones. You

1:25

will keep yourself on schedule and

1:28

you might be able to boost your energy levels

1:30

too. So

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back in the old pre-COVID days, people

1:36

who worked in offices often needed

1:38

to travel to different meetings. You

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would check which conference room you needed to

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report to for your one o'clock meeting,

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your two o'clock meeting, and so forth. If

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you worked for a big enough company, this

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could involve a reasonable hike. As

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a result, meetings either needed

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to end a few minutes before... the

2:00

hour, or they would

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generally all start a few minutes after

2:04

the hour. This

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is nothing more than the natural consequence

2:09

of people being unable to teleport. But

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it had some upsides. Namely,

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people had to stand up and move around

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every hour or so. They'd

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get some steps in. If

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your office park had different buildings, you might

2:24

also get some fresh air. Even

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if you had back-to-back meetings, there

2:30

was a little respite, at

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least for normal people without the clout to have

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everyone come to them. These

2:38

days, a great many meetings are

2:40

virtual, and that is awesome.

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There's less commuting, less

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time spent on airplanes, and

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that is better for people and

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better for the environment. However,

2:52

there is more of a temptation. To

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have that one o'clock meeting, go

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right up until two o'clock, and

3:00

then you quickly click on over to your next link. Then

3:03

you go right to three o'clock and boom, you

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click on the next one. And

3:08

maybe you sneak a two-minute bathroom break in there

3:10

somewhere. But if

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people don't need to travel, then

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you don't technically have to end early or start

3:18

a little later. But

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it is still a good idea to do so. People

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need breaks. They

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need time to write down the to-do's that

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come out of each meeting. They

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need time to breathe and clear

3:33

their heads, which can help them

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avoid burnout. Taking

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a few steps every hour or so is

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better for people's health than sitting still. Moving

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around also helps boost people's energy

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levels. So

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even if your meetings are virtual, build

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in travel time. If

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you meet with a lot of people from your

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same organization, then develop

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a culture where you end... all meetings

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10 minutes early, as in 10

4:03

minutes before the hour for standard

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one-hour meetings. You

4:07

could obviously also start all meetings 10 minutes

4:09

late, which is really the same thing, but

4:12

this is sometimes hard to explain to outsiders

4:14

or get them to adopt it as easily

4:16

when they are meeting with you. Ending

4:20

earlier tends to feel more natural. When

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you are developing agendas for meetings, really

4:26

lean into this. At

4:28

10.50, that 10 o'clock

4:30

meeting, has wrapped up. If

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someone sends you an agenda that goes

4:36

for the full hour, ask if it

4:38

can be shortened by a few minutes to

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allow for people to grab a coffee or think about

4:43

their notes. Or

4:45

just note that you will need a few minutes of

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travel time. Maybe

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people won't even think about it. Most

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people were in that habit a few years ago.

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So, unless you only work with people

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whose careers began after 2020, you will probably

5:01

all figure it out. And

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then, when you do get 10 minutes

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in between meetings, don't just

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check email, tempting as that is. If

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you are at home, go outside for a few minutes.

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Take your bathroom break if you need one, of course. But

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also focus on doing something active with

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this open space. You

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might be able to boost your energy levels

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by enough to make it through that next

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Zoom meeting. And if

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you've got more than five or six of

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those on any given day, well,

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I don't need to tell you that

5:37

you can use all the energy boosts

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you can get. In

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the meantime, this is Laura,

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thanks for listening, and

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here's to making the most of

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