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

lives by following their instinct from guests like Tyco White TT. 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

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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart Radio.

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

Today's tip is to invest time in planning, because planning doesn't take time. It makes time.

I hear from a lot of people that they would like to plan, but they just don't feel like they have

the time. With work and family demands coming at them from all directions, they feel too busy or

overwhelmed to think long-term, even if long-term just means a week at a time.

So they never truly take stock of what they need to accomplish. They just keep showing up for

scheduled appointments, scrambling to meet deadlines, and dealing with a never-ending stream of urgent

tasks. It can feel like putting out one fire after another. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Planning can help you get a handle on what you need to do, so you can get it done in less time,

and with less stress. If you are worried that you just don't have time to plan,

then please keep in mind two things. One is that it really doesn't take much time if you do it right.

Probably less than 20 minutes a week. Maybe 15 if you're speedy for a quick plan accession.

And second, planning actually makes time. You will free up so much time and energy

that you are going to come out massively ahead. I usually plan my upcoming weeks on Friday

afternoons, which tends to be a low energy time for many people. You weren't doing anything else

big when you were sliding into the weekend, so you are probably minimizing the opportunity cost

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