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Before Breakfast

Second Cup: What you don't know can't distract you

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Education, Self-improvement

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0

I'm the Wizard of Oz, I'm the one making everything happen.

0:02.8

Real Housewife of Salt Lake City Star, Jen Shaw, is running the scam of the century.

0:08.2

I remember one time, Stuart lost like about 8 million.

0:13.0

Jen was very upset and she came down to the office late at night with Coach

0:17.6

yelling at him, asking him where their money is.

0:21.6

Listen to Queen of the Con, season 4, The Unreal Housewife.

0:25.9

On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:33.7

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

0:39.6

Good morning. This is Laura.

0:43.1

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

0:46.0

Today's tip is that what you don't know can't distract you.

0:51.1

By reducing the number of audio and visual notifications you get,

0:55.9

you can increase the chances that you focus on whatever you choose to focus on.

1:02.8

I don't have to tell anyone listening to this podcast that the world can be a distracting place.

1:08.9

Our phones and laptops can wind up dinging all day long to say nothing of people popping by.

1:16.2

Now to be clear, sometimes things that look like distractions are just the nature of collaboration

1:23.2

or building your relationships. If you work at home, I would suggest not scheduling anything

1:30.0

uninterruptible for the moment your kids get off the bus.

1:34.6

They might want to tell you about their days and planning for that is probably better than

1:40.1

viewing that as a distraction. And if you work at home, you actually do want your colleagues to

1:45.5

reach out to you if doing so means that you are not a bottleneck or if you're able to redirect

1:51.3

something that would take a long time to unwind. That said, none of this is either or.

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