Before Breakfast
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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Know what can go
Decide in advance what can be skipped
6 min
127
You don't get what you don't ask for
No one can read your mind
6 min
128
Cultivate a memory
What to do now to recall an adventure later
6 min
129
What to do with your FYIs
How to handle information you don't need now
7 min
130
The New Corner Office: Enjoy your remaining vac...
Plans derailed? You can still use your days off
4 min
131
Second Cup: Use templates to save time
Don't start from scratch on everything
4 min
132
Don't stay there
You can improve at most things if you try
7 min
133
What's next for you today?
How to move a conversation along
5 min
134
Identify yourself
Remind people of your name before they have to ask
5 min
135
Don't talk yourself into it
If you aren't excited, you can say no
5 min
136
Plans create possibilities
A weekend plan actually gives you more options
5 min
137
The New Corner Office: Make a new hire feel wel...
What to do on a virtual colleague’s first day
3 min
138
Second Cup: Make an anytime fun list
Brainstorm ideas for enjoying life as it happens
4 min
139
You only need one
One reliable solution solves a host of problems
5 min
140
Track your trying times
Data helps others help you
6 min
141
Send a reminder to Future You
How to make more fun things happen
6 min
142
What will you do with your extra hour?
Reset your clock, reset your life
5 min
143
Celebrate how far you've come
Why you should reflect on what's gone right
6 min
144
The New Corner Office: Limit your to-do list
How to feel less busy while getting more done
4 min
145
Second Cup: Ask subversive (but polite) questions
Nudge people to rethink assumptions
4 min
146
Things will look better in the morning
You'll probably feel better in a few hours
5 min
147
Find ways to use it up
Wasting less can be very satisfying
5 min
148
Just a few hours to good
You can make a lot of progress in not much time
5 min
149
Get the pebble out of your shoe
Resolve to end little annoyances
6 min
150
Review the week that was
Reflection makes time feel rich and full
6 min