be 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 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 The Unimaginable on the iHeart radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your

podcast. Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the new corner office, the podcast where we share

strategies for thriving in the new world of work, where location and hours are more flexible than in

the past. Today's tip is to give yourself the gift of time. Some occasions call for swift or at

least timely turnarounds. There's no reason to dawdle, just to dawdle. But on big projects or

big decisions, allowing yourself a little extra time can make the whole process far more pleasurable.

Over the years, I've learned to write really fast. I wrote the new corner office, the short book

that inspired this podcast, in approximately one month. I have participated in National Novel

Writing Month a few times, which involves writing a 50,000-word draft in 30 days. I write blog posts

in 30 minutes or so, which is about the same amount of time each of these scripts take. I'm just

used to this. So when my agent mentioned that the deadline for my next book, Tranquility by Tuesday,

was going to be in October of 2021, I did a double take. I had almost a year to write a draft.

It feels incredibly expansive. I have started work on the book now, but it's kind of fun to know that

I can play around with ideas and think about who I'd like to interview and how to describe the

research I'm doing. Sometimes time pressure inspires creativity as constraints do in general.

But by removing most immediate time pressure, I will experience a different sort of creativity.

One that's more about play, rather than the focusing version. I know a lot of people listening

to this podcast work in industries that are driven by deadlines, and there is nothing wrong with that.

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