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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I-Hart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is to focus on one sphere of your work at a time.

Today's tip, like another this week, comes from psychologist Tessa West. She is a professor at

New York University and author of the book Job Therapy, Finding Work That Works for You.

West explains that jobs have different spheres, that is, different areas that require different sorts of tasks.

For instance, the spheres of my work are my two podcasts, before breakfast and best of both worlds,

my blog and newsletters,

speaking, and writing books. For a teacher, the spheres of work might be lesson planning,

grading, providing extra support tailored to students' needs, and other things. A freelance graphic designers' spheres might be design, administrative matters like billing

and marketing. Or she might think of the spheres of her work as each of her major clients.

Wes says that people are more productive and interruptions are less costly when they generally

stay within a sphere for a while,

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