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Before Breakfast
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In each bite-sized, daily episode of Before Breakfast, host Laura Vanderkam shares a time management strategy or an answer to a listener’s schedule question. How can listeners make the most of their time, both at work and at home? The mission is to give listeners practical tools to feel less busy and get more done.
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Get the flywheel going
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Make your mornings magical
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Second Cup: It's always morning somewhere
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Second Cup: You don't always have to go digital
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Cleaning is exercise
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Sometimes it pays to be picky
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What wealth really looks like, with Eric Zwick
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Make a $5 fun list
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Try a same day book
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Second Cup: Find a place to belong
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Second Cup: What's on your holiday fun list?
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Finishing boosts confidence
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Time confetti can be Funfetti
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How to write your story, with Kim Purcell
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The art of the 20-minute meeting
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Remember it's supposed to be fun
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Second Cup: Planning is like GPS
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Second Cup: Reflect on the highlight of the week
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Add people to everyday life
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Solitude can be self care
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Make your life simpler, with Roy Schwartz
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You need a side quest
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Just aim for 90 minutes
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Second Cup: Don't consent and resent
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Second Cup: Eliminate a round trip
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Know how to take back the day
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Take control of your alerts
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How to be ultraproductive, with Christian Poensgen
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Get in and get out
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Make your planning time pay off
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Second Cup: Map out your time line
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Second Cup: Try a limited engagement
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How to be a good podcast guest
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You can talk about movies
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Build good systems, with Ben Meer
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Enjoy the process
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Appoint a time keeper and a questioner
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Second Cup: Don't buy time to do low paid work
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Second Cup: Don't let uncertainty hold up your life
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Start now
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Your brain is not an alarm clock
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How micropractices make life better, with Eli Susman
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Know how long you can go dark
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You and time are partners
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Second Cup: You can win the year in October
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Second Cup: Know when you won't get much done
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Do it with a broken heart
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Your next 8.760 hours
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Plan for a long life, with Lynda Gratton
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Book the sitter (literally and metaphorically)
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How to be gentle on yourself
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Second Cup: Dogs need 'sniffaris' and you do too
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Second Cup: You're there to make money, not to spend it
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Make it rare to make it special
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Declutter your schedule
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Feeling worthy, with Dr. Marisa G. Franco
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No is a wall
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Preserve time for possibilities
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Second Cup: Start anywhere
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Second Cup: Start a goal club
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Look for curiosity close to home
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Increase your money's happiness ROI
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Leading wisely, with Caroline Webb
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Be a person who shows up
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The riches are in the niches
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Second Cup: Get it done by Thursday
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Second Cup: Solve one nagging problem today
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Keep some plane time for yourself
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The world's best productivity hack
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CEO parenting, with Christine Landis
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Don't put good ideas on a shelf
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Connection happens after hours
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Second Cup: It's not as disposable as you think
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Second Cup: Keep your summer spirit
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Host an any book club
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You need a launchpad
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Rest first, with Dr. Adam Sandell
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Practice the tricky part
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Find your yoga or poker night dinner
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Second Cup: Don't decorate with cereal boxes
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Second Cup: Remind yourself to relax
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How to get to three
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Choose the one that makes you happy
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Leave the lights on, with Elizabeth Dunn and Jiaying Zhao
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List the skills you'll need
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A signal, not a setback
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Second Cup: Make it about them, not you
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Second Cup: If you like it, buy another
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Keep mahjong tiles in the car
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Run the dishwasher every night
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Never worry about money again, with Jesse Mechem
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Save the little tasks for later
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Play the tape to the end
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Second Cup: Be flexible on the details
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Second Cup: Make a wardrobe photo file
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What can you add on?
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A working vacation beats working on vacation
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Stop scrolling, with Ruby Ryba
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Buy extra tickets
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Take a group photo
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Second Cup: Time solves many problems
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Second Cup: Waste time better
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Know the horse to beat
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Keep things short with natural end points
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Become a thought leader, with Peter Winick
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Make what might be an unpleasant situation easier on yourself
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Check email on the hour
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Second Cup: Run into people
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Second Cup: Try 2-a-days
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If you have something nice to say
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The more you send
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Keep getting better, with Ryan Hawk
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Describe a typical Tuesday
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What are you training for?
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Second Cup: Work side by side
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Second Cup: Cultivate a Saturday vibe
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Host a Sunday gathering
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You need to tune
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Make discipline easy, with Jia Jiang
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Fewer dishes are easier to clean
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Even a busy day has downtime
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Second Cup: You can go a long way in a weekend
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Second Cup: Magic happens in the mushy middle
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Make holidays work for you
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Stop complaining and start making a difference
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Be more social, with Nicholas Epley
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Drink your coffee outside
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Make a list of annoying tasks
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Second Cup: Make time for your athletic dreams
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Second Cup: What stories does your home tell?
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People like to give advice
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If they can do it
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Being gracious, with Alison Cheperdak
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Pack for specific days
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Maximum memories, minimum time
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Second Cup: One tip for working with you
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Second Cup: Limit the stacks of stuff
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Make Sunday feel longer
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If, when, then
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Achieve time freedom, with Brian Herriot
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Similarities lead to liking
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Read in the morning
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Second Cup: You can pivot
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Second Cup: Look for context friends
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Create your recipe for a good long weekend
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Plus, minus, next
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How to play big, with Tara Mohr
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Put down the duckie
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No roadblocks without detours
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Second Cup: Let your ideas ripen
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Second Cup: Ask for stories, not advice
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Where plus who
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Give it 3-6 months
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Solving puzzles, with A.J. Jacobs
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Follow up on free information
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Know the odds
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Second Cup: Plan your travel portfolio
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Second Cup: You need a busy basket
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Send show notes for life
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Leave space for opportunity
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Get more done as a team, with Ron Friedman
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Track your media
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Make space for possibility converstions
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Second Cup: What does it cost to be you?
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Second Cup: Clean for yourself
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Ten percent more
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Would you be excited to do it tonight?
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Make good things last, with Eric Ries
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Start planning something big
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When it hasn't been your year
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Second Cup: Notice your free time
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Second Cup: Smile at 10
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Make it plain
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Find a role model
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How to keep learning, with Helen Tupper
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Consider all the meeting dimensions
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Zoom out
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Second Cup: Go see someone
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Second Cup: Begin by thinking about the end
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Look back at the year
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The matchbox and the billboard
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How to be OK with uncertainty, with Simone Stolzoff
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Don't wait until after work
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Inject moments of delight
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Second Cup: Feedback is about the person giving it
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Second Cup: Enjoy your efficiency dividend
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Take it outside
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Make a movie of your desired habit
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A simple path to time abundance
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Make it easy to strike up a conversation
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You've already won the lottery
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Second Cup: Reflect before you connect
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Second Cup: Plan in a different place
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Know what you're into
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Let time do its job
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Finding your purpose, with Tom Rath
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Offer multiple pathways
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Go on a yes quest
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Second Cup: Make boundaries positive
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Second Cup: Respond even if you can't answer
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Your life starts now
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6 things every professional needs
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Make a smooth transition back to work, with Lauren Smith Brody
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Why am I doing this?
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Train into the net
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Second Cup: Make your days fulfilling, not just filled
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Second Cup: Never waste a transition
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Practice 8 times as much
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Plan focused work early
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Speak memorably, with Bill McGowan
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Sometimes interruptions are the work
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Don't reject yourself
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Second Cup: Give it a name
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Second Cup: You are probably not the only one
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Don't sneeze on people
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Smart and trustworthy
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Design love in, with Marcus Buckingham
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A little planning is better than nothing
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Give your weekly planning ritual a rain date
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Second Cup: What's the tax on your time?
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Second Cup: Tell me something good
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Come up with Better Option Bs
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Make vegetables more interesting
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Listen better, with Ximena Vengoechea
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Keep shoes by the door
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Don't shoot the second arrow
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Second Cup: Better tools make tasks more fun
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Second Cup: Don't turn a 30-minute task into an hour-long one
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When were you last there?
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Go outside for the sunset
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Try things out, with Monica Nassif
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Find an idea partner
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Like taking three weeks off work
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Second Cup: Loop for understanding
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Second Cup: Make shallow questions deeper
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Aim for better
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If you have to rush, there isn't time
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Stop rushing, with Jenna Free
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What's most consequential?
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Choose a spot for spillover work
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Second Cup: Mind your manners online
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Second Cup: Make a someday/maybe list
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Stop and savor the flowers
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Host a book swap
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Celebrating 7 years of Before Breakfast
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Don't leave it all on the field
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Is it a hobby or a necessity?
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Second Cup: Listen to yourself
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Second Cup: Scroll better
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One size fits some
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Change the order
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Keep learning, with Alexandra Levit
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Would you swap?
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Use the fifth week of the month
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Second Cup: Good ideas take time
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Second Cup: Anniversaries aren't just for romance
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Start your weekend early
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Connect instead of filling time
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Boost your digital wellness, with Larz May
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Don't run a marathon on that treadmill
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Make it a stop on the way home
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Second Cup: Make a memory this week
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Second Cup: You don't need more time
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You know a winner
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Take your day from bad to fine
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Dreaming big, with Farnoosh Torabi
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Make your own magic
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One way to make your inbox more fun
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Second Cup: Reshape a memory
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Second Cup: Magic is just labor, hidden well
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Do a trial run
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How about this instead?
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Make meetings better, with Rebecca Hinds
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Schedule your screen time
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Go for a 5 p.m. walk
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Second Cup: Say 'I love you' more often
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Second Cup: Exercise your social muscles
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I wish I could but I'll be working
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Have a back-up task
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Start flourishing, with Daniel Coyle
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Get the confetti out of your schedule
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Put good things on repeat
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Second Cup: Upgrade your background music
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Second Cup: A video is worth 1000 words
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Find gentle accountability
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Do what you've always wanted to do
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Achieving excellence, with Brad Stulberg
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When your world feels small
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Your remembering self will thank you
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Second Cup: Make a little extra on Sundays
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Second Cup: Go with the closer one
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List low energy intentions
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Are your routines routine?
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Tweak your life, with Erin Port
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When do your routines fall apart?
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What will success look like?
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Second Cup: Don't give yourself homework
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Second Cup: It's OK to throw it away
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You've got 60 hours
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Whose time is it anyway?
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