Plan focused work early

Before Breakfast

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Self-improvement, Education

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Become more productive by doing deep work before breakfast

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.9	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.0	No gloss, no filter.
0:08.0	Just stories.
0:09.7	Spoken without fear.
0:11.4	Person who is not generous can not be an artist.
0:14.3	The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers.
0:19.0	Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Abhawad show,
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0:24.8	or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:28.1	Come for the honesty.
0:29.8	Stay for the fire.
0:36.4	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of IHeart Radio.
0:42.0	Good morning.
0:44.0	This is Laura.
0:46.2	Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
0:49.4	Today's tip is to plan time for focused work early in the day. We have all heard about the value of
0:58.8	scheduling time for heads down, deep work, free from interruptions. This is time when you are not
1:06.3	available for meetings, when your email and slack notifications are turned off, and when your door is
1:12.9	literally and metaphorically closed. Focused work time lets you produce more work and generally
1:20.3	better work than if you are never able to give a challenging project the full attention it deserves. Deep work can be fun. It feels great to
1:33.3	get lost in a project rather than playing whack-a-mole responding to the messages that come in through various
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