the unimaginable. Season 2 of the Unimaginable hones in on individuals who have led unimaginable

lives by following their instinct from guests like TycoYTT. Stick to your vision of what you're

trying to do. It's just more pure. The failure is more pure and the success is more pure.

This season delivers behind-the-scenes conversations about the many roads to success.

Listen to the Unimaginable on the iHeart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your

podcast. Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart Radio.

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

Today's tip is that behind is not a feeling. While people often lament feeling constantly behind,

this isn't a helpful mindset. When you know what you are responsible for,

then either you are behind or you are not. Behind is a fact, not a feeling. And facts turn out

to be easier to deal with. Longtime listeners know that I advocate planning your weeks in

reasonable detail. You want to know what you need to accomplish and when you will do it.

When you do this, it is a straightforward question of whether or not you are on track.

If it is Wednesday morning and you have accomplished the tasks you assigned yourself

from Monday and Tuesday, then you are on schedule. That's great. If you haven't finished the

presentation, you intended to get done on Tuesday morning, then you are behind. This is a simple

fact. It is not an existential take on life. And since it is a simple description of the mismatch

between expectations and events on the ground, you can take steps to deal with it.

You could work a little later to do that presentation. You could request an extension.

You could ask your deputy to take a stab at a first draft. Any of these solutions might work.

But all of them are taking concrete steps to solve a specific problem.

No need to draw conclusions about anything concerning your competence or the state of the world.

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