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

lives by following their instinct from guests like Tyco YTT. 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

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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 not

distract yourself. The world offers plenty of distractions during work hours, whether you're working

in an office or as many of us are at home. You can't necessarily control other people,

but you can control yourself, and you want to make sure you aren't adding to the problem.

We all know that it's important to focus. We also know that this is easier said than done.

When you work in an office, colleagues can stop by the chat, or you can be pulled out of deep work

by other people's conversations. At home, you can add children, partners, and pets to the mix.

To say nothing of your neighbor's lawnmower, or leaf blower, or the time necessary to direct the

guys who stop by to deliver the wood chips from ulching to your driveway. You probably can't do

much about your neighbor's 10 a.m. lawnmowering. But let's face it, those aren't the only distractions.

I just saw my phone sitting on my desk next to me. I picked it up and glanced at the comments

on my Instagram feed. Did I need to do that? Hardly. I checked my inbox too while I was there.

Nothing urgent, which isn't surprising, since I was in there 15 minutes ago.

There are also the distractions that seem productive, you know, like moving the laundry over

the dryer, or taking meat out of the freezer for dinner. And yes, those things do have to happen

at some point. But if you have been fortunate enough to carve out a spot of time without your kids

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