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Before Breakfast

Wasting time

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Self-improvement, Education

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to waste time? Laura offers a new definition of what it means to be productive.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi I'm Daniel Tosh, host of a new podcast called Tosh Show.

0:03.4

I'll be interviewing people that I find interesting, so not celebrities, and certainly not

0:07.8

comedians. We'll be covering topics like religion, travel, sports, gambling, but mostly it will be about being a working

0:16.3

mother.

0:17.3

If you're looking for a podcast that will educate and inspire or one that will really make

0:21.3

you think, this isn't the one for you.

0:24.0

Listen to Toss Show on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:30.0

Good morning. This is Laura.

0:35.0

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Every weekday morning, I'll be sharing a strategy to help you take your day from great to awesome.

0:46.2

In future episodes we'll dive right into the tips, but in these first few episodes I'm introducing

0:51.6

myself and talking about why time matters and what time management

0:57.2

really means. Today, I want to talk about wasting time.

1:04.9

What does it mean to waste time?

1:08.4

How does it happen? What should we do about it?

1:11.8

Different people have different definitions.

1:15.0

Generally, wasting time sounds like a bad thing. You're squandering something precious.

1:18.0

But precisely because it has a negative connotation.

1:21.0

Some people like to show how clever and contrary they are by

1:24.8

assigning a certain romanticism to wasting time. Spend enough time online and

1:29.8

you'll notice that a lot of these people write very similar essays.

1:34.1

They proudly note that they don't buy into Puritan notions

1:37.6

that all time must be productive.

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