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Before Breakfast

How long will this take?

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Education, Self-improvement

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Good time managers become masters at the skill of estimating time

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. Today's tip is to figure out how long things will take.

0:49.0

This way, you can make wise choices about how to plan your life.

0:54.0

I decided to do an episode on this topic after getting a note from before breakfast listener

0:59.0

Zoe, who has learned how useful time estimates can be.

1:03.4

Zoe wrote in that I once heard a rule that if a task takes under five minutes,

1:08.3

don't add it to your to-do list.

1:10.2

Just do it.

1:12.2

She says that, I lived by this for quite a while, but found that it didn't always work.

1:16.2

For example, when I'm grocery shopping and I randomly remember that I need to reschedule an appointment,

1:21.9

I wasn't going to call the office in the middle of the serial aisle.

1:25.0

So I adapted the rule just a bit.

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