Welcome to the Girl Next Door Podcast. I'm Erica. And I'm Kelsey. In every episode, we bring our different perspectives to honest, funny conversations that feel like chatting with good friends.

We started this show years ago when we were next door neighbors and still haven't run out of things to talk and laugh about yet.

Today's episode, we will be talking

about the best advice we've ever received. We're going to go back and forth and just share

that advice with all of you to pay it forward while you listen along. And then for friends of the

show over on Patreon, we'll also be sharing the worst advice we've ever received. Okay, so let's go

back and forth, Each share maybe,

I think we each have five, right? Five pieces of advice that have made a big impact on us and that

we continue to find helpful. Okay, here is my first one. Email is always the easiest and worst

choice. I heard this from a past manager when I was working at ASU.

She said it during a big team meeting and honestly kind of offhandedly.

Yeah.

But it instantly just struck me of how brilliant and true it is.

And I think of this in the context of using my work time well.

I feel like, especially then, you know, as getting settled in to my desk. And I think of this in the context of using my work time well.

I feel like, especially then, you know, as getting settled in to my desk, sit down,

first thing I would do, open my email, which is like immediately opening this to-do list,

but not necessarily of the to-dos that you should be doing.

The highest priority, right.

Email is essentially a task list, but it's not often prioritized because you see everything there.

It feels like you have fires to put out.

It detracts you from that deep work, you know, that kind of work depending on what line

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