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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is for when you are feeling stressed or annoyed about work you have to do.

Remind yourself that you chose this.

Connect with what drew you to the work in the first place,

to provide renewed motivation, or at least tolerance,

for the task at hand.

So I love writing books, and in particular,

I love figuring out new truths about how people spend their time and how we can spend our time to make life more meaningful and enjoyable.

When I opened the giant box that came in the mail a few weeks ago

to see the first hardcover copies of my latest book,

Tranquility by Tuesday. I was just flooded with the realization that, wow,

this is what I wanted to be when I was growing up.

But it turns out that books don't sell themselves.

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