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Before Breakfast

Abandon a project

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Self-improvement, Education

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Outer Order, Inner Calm author Gretchen Rubin shares a tip for freeing up mental space

Transcript

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0:00.0

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is the greatest murder mystery in American history.

0:05.6

That's Rob Briner.

0:07.6

Rob called me, Soledette O'Brien, and asked me what I knew about this crime.

0:11.6

Well, ask, who had the motive to assassinate a sitting president.

0:16.0

Then we'll pull the curtain back on the cover-up.

0:20.0

The American people need to know the truth.

0:22.0

Listen to who the truth.

0:22.6

Listen to who killed JFK on the I Heart Radio app,

0:27.0

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:30.7

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

0:37.0

Good morning. This is Laura.

0:42.0

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

0:45.0

This week, we're going to be talking about several productivity strategies I learned from my friend Gretchen Rubin.

0:51.0

Gretchen is the co-host with her sister Elizabeth Kraft of the

0:55.3

podcast Happier. She's also the author of several books including The

1:00.0

Happiness Project and better than before.

1:03.0

Today's tip that she wanted to share with Before Breakfast Listeners

1:06.7

comes from her most recent book, Outer Order, Inner Calm.

1:11.3

The tip, Abandon a project.

1:14.0

Gretchen explains, one source of clutter in our homes and offices and a significant drain on our energy is the uncomfortable presence of unfinished projects.

1:24.8

Whenever I see evidence of an unfinished project, I get a jolt of annoyance or guilt.

1:30.1

I should organize those shelves or I need to finish alphabetizing those books.

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