One of the best shows of the year according to Apple, Amazon and Time is back for another round.

We had a big bear of the man who was called Maladans, we were on roady and uh, uh, I was coming back on the plane and he said will you

pass the salt and pepper and I misheard him I said what?

Sergeant Pepper.

Listen to season two of McCartney I said what? What? Sorry you're perfect.

Listen to season two of McCartney and Life and Lurex on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast

podcast. Today's tip is to aim for a focused 30 minutes.

Rather than lament the various distractions of life,

see if you can sustain work on something

for just half an hour. You might be surprised at how doable this is and at all

you can get done. So there's a lot being written and discussed about how distracted everyone is these days.

Some distractions come from external sources.

Kids. House issues if you're working from home.

Colleagues and managers who need their instant messages,

answered instantly.

Some distractions happen because we're bored.

A friend texts.

We pick up our phones to answer that text.

And then look at three other things.

And then decide we need a snack and all this means that focus time is hard to come by and I totally get that.

The trouble is that often when people lament a lack of focus time or time for deep work as Cal Newport puts it or anything else.

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