Presenter: Pola Henderson
Roosevelt University alumna, MS Integrated Marketing Communications ’06, Digicoop Content and Community Manager, and Work from Home Expert
Pola went live from Paris as she covered a range of remote-working topics, from accepting that not every day will be a home run during the coronavirus crisis, through creating the best routine for productivity, to taking care of your well-being and finding work-life balance.
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well good afternoon everyone
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thank you so much for joining we already
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have a great group that has joined us
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and I know I continue to see the number
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joining us here go up and that’s no
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surprise
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working from home is now all a part of a
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lot of our realities and kind of came to
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us unexpectedly so I’m very grateful
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that we have Paula Henderson here with
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us this afternoon to share with us a
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variety of tips a few just housekeeping
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rules before we get started I ask that
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everyone just please keep your mic muted
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throughout the webinar and that is so it
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we avoid any type of background noise
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and we could all hear Paula as she’s
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sharing all of the the great tips and
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information I’m here today and also
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there will be time for Q&A at the end so
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you feel free to use the chat box for
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any questions that you have and we’ll
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make sure to address those and pola I
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can certainly go through the chat box
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and ask those and direct those to you if
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also I just wanted to think you know
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again everyone for being here today I
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hope everyone’s staying safe and healthy
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and in good spirits because I know for
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me being indoors it’s getting a little
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tiring but it’s moments like this and we
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can all come together especially our
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Roosevelt
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you can come together virtually and
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really learn together so again we’re
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very I’m excited to have Polly here
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today who is a Roosevelt alumna she
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graduated from the M the Masters of
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integrated marketing communications in
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2006 Paula a travel and content writer
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digital communication specialist she’s a
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public speaker so she’s done it all and
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she has worked remotely for over a
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decade so to me Paula that means you’re
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an expert unlike I know me and many
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others who might be here today who
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working remotely consistently is a newer
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experience for us I also want to share
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that poet has appeared in CNN and PR
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Daily Express and other outlets she grew
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up in crook is Krakow and hope I’m
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saying that back oh yeah she lived in
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Chicago for many years and she’s
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currently comes to us today from Paris
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where she is now
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so with that Pola I will turn it over to
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you thank you for this introduction
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Kristy Bonjour who are really bonsoir
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because it’s after 6:00 p.m. in Paris
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first of all thank you so much to
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Roosevelt for giving me this opportunity
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to reconnect with my school I spent a
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couple of very nice years at Roosevelt
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the Michigan Avenue campus and every
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time I’m back in Chicago I’m I’m near
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the building I am reminded of you know
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the good times and I always wanted to
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reconnect and I didn’t really know how
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living so far away and then this
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happened so thanks so much and thank you
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everybody for coming it’s just
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know Chicago will always be my home not
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the only one but always a home so it’s
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great to see Chicagoans here so you
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can’t hear anything
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okay we can hear you okay Paul you can
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keep going okay great so Christie gave
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an introduction and it is true I have
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done remote work for about a decade and
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the reason I’m here speaking to you is
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because I well as a freelance writer I
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have done a lot of working from home
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during the weekend on weekends but here
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in Paris I worked for a remote first
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company and and my day job remote work
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is what I preach the future of work is
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very much digitized and remote more than
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it’s been up to this point and I’m not
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here to talk to you about my day job or
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do any sales pitch we we do have a tool
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for online work management and this is
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why this topic is very close to my heart
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because one this company is remote first
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and it’s not the same as having a remote
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policy in place that’s a huge difference
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a remote policy could mean that perhaps
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you get to work from home one day a week
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or maybe twice twice a week
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whereas remote first gives you the
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freedom to work from anywhere at all
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times and I came from a very corporate
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background when I lived in Chicago I
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worked in marketing and in a corporate
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environment and it just was not for me I
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am not the person to punch the clock
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9:00 to 5:00 great cubicle it’s just I
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felt suffocated I always wanted a little
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bit more freedom and so I went into the
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freelance world at first and then after
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moving to Paris four years ago I was
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able to find the job I currently have
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for this remote first company the irony
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is that we do have an office and it’s
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actually six minutes on foot from my
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apartment so we have a place where we go
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when we want to meet because as a small
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distributed team we actually like to
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spend some time together from time to
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time do you know one of those faint to
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our French lunches from time to time and
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but we don’t have to be there we are
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very much used to working remotely
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working from home or working from
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a coffee shop I’m definitely that’s me
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so I have the choice to work either from
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home or from this coffee shop that’s
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between home and the office or I get to
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go to the office last year I actually
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spent some a few weeks in Chicago I was
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back there visiting friends and family
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and I was working from Chicago so it’s a
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beautiful concept to be able to work
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from home now I understand that in many
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more traditionally organized companies
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remote work is a new thing and I can
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imagine that you are here most of you
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are here because you’ve been thrown into
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the situation whether you like it or not
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with the covert situation and for a lot
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of people this is new and and we are all
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learning as we go it’s not like you
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start working from home and you know
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exactly how to structure your day to be
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productive how to minimize those
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distractions how to communicate with
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your team well and not skip a beat
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so hopefully the tips that I will share
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with you will help you a little bit now
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this is all based on my experience some
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of these tips may apply to you others
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may be like oh well I don’t know but I
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feel like the more of these tips you use
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the more of a chance you have to enjoy
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working from home I believe remote work
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is fun is great but it comes with
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challenges and it’s easy to show
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especially during this uncertain time
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get to the point where you feel like
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maybe you’re burning out it is a
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challenge if it wasn’t I wouldn’t be
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here talking about it you wouldn’t be
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here so what I want to start by saying
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is that well remote work after we can go
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back to our offices remote work I want
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to say it’s here to stay to some extent
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I’m not sure if you’ve heard the latest
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news Twitter is allowing its employees
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to work from home indefinitely and I
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feel that there will be other companies
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to follow suit but I think what may
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happen is some kind of a hybrid model
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where it will be easier for employees to
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work from home when they need to and
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also it can be cost saving for companies
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to have smaller offices pay for fewer
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desks so I feel like Cova
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is speeding things up there will be more
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remote work even if we will not all
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become a hundred percent remote there
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are certain jobs where you have to show
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up in you know work with your hands not
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just on your laptop so I’m so glad that
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all of you are here because I hope my
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tips will help you deal with this
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situation now but should your company
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move to a more remote friendly model and
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you find yourself working from home
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again perhaps you’ll be able to use
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these tips as well and so yeah I’ve been
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used to working from home as a writer I
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often find it better for me I can
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concentrate better when I’m at home and
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there are various studies including
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studies by our places such as Stanford
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University that prove that we actually
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are more productive at home when remote
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work is done right we don’t lose that
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productivity and I think this has been
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the biggest obstacle to remote work from
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the viewpoint of managers you feel like
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if you can’t keep an eye on someone they
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will not perform well but it seems like
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this current situation we’re in is
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proving that yes we can actually be
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productive we can communicate well maybe
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we just need to get used to this and
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find our routine so before I go to my
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ten tips I would like to just talk a
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little bit about the rough beginnings
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because and if you’ve read the
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description of this session you might
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have seen that first thing we talk about
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is that not every day will be a home run
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and I think if we want to succeed
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working from home we need to accept that
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we are living through a situation that
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we’ve never lived through it before this
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is something we read about in history
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books about all these plagues and
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whatnot and all of a sudden this is our
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life I mean it’s affecting every single
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person on the planet so it’s okay to
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feel insecure about our future we don’t
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know what will happen if we go shopping
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are we going to get the virus how are
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you going to infect people in our
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household there is a lot of uncertainty
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and there’s absolutely no reason to feel
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bad because it’s affecting all of us
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equally at this time so
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um we will face issues getting back
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getting used to this new normal and yes
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I’m here to tell you how to deal with
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this but I’m also coming from a place
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where I’ve had to find my routine even
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though I’m used to working from home
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being hit by Kovan not being able to see
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the people I care about worrying about
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people in my life and I know several
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people who have been infected all this
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stress and also losing some freelance
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clients or having these these projects
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put on hold that’s you know whatever
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stress you have in your life whether
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you’re making less money whether you’re
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you know you’re at home all the time
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with maybe little kids or you live with
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more people all of a sudden you don’t
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have your peace and quiet to perform
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your job it’s all going to take a toll
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on us so from my experience and from
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talking to some of my good friends
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things that perhaps you’ve experienced
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also skewed sleep patterns you know I’ve
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had better days worse days just because
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of all the worry so you know you may be
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up at 6:00 at 3:00 in the morning and
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look at your ceiling and you cannot fall
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asleep or perhaps you cannot really
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focus on one thing maybe there’s just
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too much coming your way
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or perhaps you feel like all you’ve been
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doing is sitting on the couch and eating
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and not getting exercise and you feel
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you know a little like heavy and lack of
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energy or perhaps you’re experiencing
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just overall sadness or even apathy
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that’s reinforced by other people who
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are complaining to you or perhaps or
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perhaps you know before going to bed you
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were up on Facebook going through your
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stream and everybody’s posting all these
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articles about you know so many new more
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deadly cases and everything together
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worrying about job worrying about
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getting sick worrying about you know
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where to go in the next vacation can I
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travel or can I see my friends can I see
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my family is my job safe I mean you know
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what let’s start by cutting yourself
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some slack
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because this is not normal and Christy
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here is saying yeah this was my last two
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nights up at 3 a.m. you’re not alone
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you’re definitely not alone we will we
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will address these issues a little bit
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later but the first thing I want to say
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is let’s realize that it’s okay to have
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those less than perfect days and you
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know I know in in the professional
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environment and very much in corporate
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America we are used to being told that
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we need to go above and beyond we need
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to do more do better do faster whatever
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we need to be all these things to
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succeed and I’m not saying that that’s
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not true but during this time let’s just
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be kind to ourselves and kind to the
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people around us because we are all
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struggling with this too to whatever
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extent and so don’t don’t beat yourself
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up we’re going to talk today about not
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just like how to organize your workspace
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but how to minimize your stress so that
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it doesn’t affect your work all of these
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elements are equally important and we’re
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going to talk about all of them it’s ten
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of them I just wanted to say it’s okay
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to have less than perfect days it’s okay
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to do a little bit of self-care and
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don’t beat yourself up rest today and
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like go for it tomorrow and you’re
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certainly not alone in this so let’s see
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and feel free to to put anything in the
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chat room if there’s something that
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catches your attention because I’m going
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to start with my 10 tips you know if
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there’s a very relevant question we
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don’t have to wait until the end but so
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just to recap what I’ve just said we are
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all in this together we’re going to have
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great days we’re going to have a good
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days but we’re also going to have those
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days where we just don’t want to get out
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of bed and that’s okay but that being
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said there are things we can do about it
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because we still have to get our jobs
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done right okay so tip number one create
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a routine that works for you and I mean
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for you not for the people around you as
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much as for
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you and start with your wake-up routine
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I’m not a morning person but I do have
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to show up and I in my case I like to
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get up and do 10 minutes of yoga I’m not
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saying you should do it I’m just saying
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this is what works for me because it
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helps me sort of wake up my body stretch
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me after a long night of sleep like
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hopefully a long night it gives me a
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boost of energy then I take a shower
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make my coffee and and I’m ready to go
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but I give myself time because there’s
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no commute right now so we can either
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sleep longer or we can you know get up
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at the same time but do something for
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ourselves do something before the world
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comes at us maybe we can take a moment
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to just be with our own thoughts so
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figure out a routine in the morning that
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puts you in that mindset where you are
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ready to work because chances are you
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have kids you have a spouse maybe you
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live with your parents or maybe you have
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a dog or whatever it is before you open
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your bedroom door do something for
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yourself whether it’s a little just a
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session when you’re in the shower and
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maybe you’re brainstorming what to do
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during the day
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whatever it is figure out that routine
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and so wake up routine is one thing but
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also find time for uninterrupted work
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because that’s one of the biggest
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challenges of remote work that I’ve been
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hearing from people like I’m too
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distracted there’s always something
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happening exactly so make an effort to
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find some time where you can do an
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interrupt at work and you know you may
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see articles online that tell you oh do
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the bulk of your work in the morning
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well I don’t necessarily believe that
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I’m not a morning person before noon I
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don’t even know what my name is but in
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the afternoon I mean I’m here to change
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the world so whether you’re a morning
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person
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or you work better in the afternoon or
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evening that’s when you should do the
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bulk of your work so maybe if you’re
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like me in the morning you simply check
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your email or you know
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reply to email or maybe you you read
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something or maybe you attend a webinar
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something easy right or maybe your
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schedule a meeting with your team on
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zoom in the morning because you know you
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can sort of be half asleep but find a
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routine that works for you um in my case
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if it’s very rare that I write articles
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before noon it’s just not my time I
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would be staring at a blank page but in
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the afternoon oh I keep going you can’t
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stop me you’re know so find a routine
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that works for you find a way to wake up
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and get into that mindset of work and
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then find the time for an interrupt at
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work and we will talk about that a
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little bit more because if you don’t
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live alone it’s not that easy okay so
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tip number one was create a morning
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routine or daily routine that works for
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you number two tip number two would be
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set up a designated workspace and let me
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tell you something Parisian apartments
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not so big this is my living space but I
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have a desk next to the window there’s
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lots of natural light coming in which
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helps me be productive I don’t like so
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much working with artificial lighting
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that vitamin D and all that natural
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light works wonders for my productivity
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now listen if you if you get in your
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work zone in your pajamas on your couch
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and you like to have the lamp on go for
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it again this is your routine that works
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for you
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but I am a big fan of creating that
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boundary because between your work life
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and your personal life because you are
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at home you are in your oasis and your
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brain thinks okay I’m home I should be
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relaxing not working so you need to be
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very deliberate in creating that barrier
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and I am in a small space my commute is
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from the bed to the desk you know I need
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to figure
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something out and what works for me is
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dressing for work even though you’re
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working from home you’re still working
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and for me when I dress appropriately it
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helps me and I’m not saying you know
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guys you have to you don’t have to wear
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a suit and tie or ladies you know forget
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the high heels there’s no way but I wear
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pants that have a zipper that’s wet
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pants and and I wear something that’s
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more or less presentable and and I like
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to wear shoes when I work from home like
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comfortable shoes but when I put them on
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I’m like okay I’m going to work it
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creates that mindset it puts you in that
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spot where you can say okay now I’m at
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work even though you’re in the same
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place where you watch Netflix last night
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you know so that’s the little trick
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create that home work boundary and my
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designated space so like I said it’s
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well-lit it’s comfortable and it’s
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luckily I live alone so I don’t have
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these interruptions but perhaps when you
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live with people and all of you probably
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have all different situations at home
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but perhaps you’re lucky enough to have
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your home office are some kind of nook
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or basement or whatever it is try to
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find that space whatever it is perhaps
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it’s just one designated chair at your
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dining room table but you know that when
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you sit in that chair this is work time
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so tell if you know do something to tell
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your brain this is work right now and
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nothing else matters right now okay we
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have a message here in the chat room I
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agree I are gonna organize a small space
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to work my desk a plant and close to a
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window it took me a few weeks to adapt
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it great and great about the plant I
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recently bought one and I have it and I
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look at actually it’s something green in
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front of me so let e I’m really glad
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that you found you found your you’re
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happy workplace – great so tip number
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one was create a routine tip number two
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was create your workspace now tip number
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three let’s talk about managing
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expectations of the other people in your
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household
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because here’s the lady who lives in
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Paris and lives alone she can do
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whatever but I know a lot of you have
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families and it’s not always so easy I
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have friends who have kids and they’re
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homeschooling them and they have a
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spouse and they have the two cats and a
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dog and a grandma and everything so what
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do you do how do you find this
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uninterrupted work time where you can be
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productive and well let’s communicate
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with people in our household perhaps
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your spouse has been thrown into the
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same situation as you you need to
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communicate perhaps you divide your
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chores maybe you create a schedule maybe
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you know that he or she can have some
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meetings in the morning you have them in
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the afternoon and you take care of the
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kids now and then and whatever create a
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schedule but communicate with the other
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person because again we’re all in this
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together don’t expect the people in your
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household to know when you’re supposed
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to be productive tell them when you find
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that sweet spot this is my time to work
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try to arrange with the other people I
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know this may not be easy but I think
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communicating your needs and listening
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to what the other person’s needs are is
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a very good starting point to finding
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that good balance when you’re both
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working from home yes somebody and is
23:06
saying communication so important yes
23:08
absolutely
23:09
and so just start there and a little
23:13
anecdote here my friend from Chicago
23:15
actually who is homeschooling two
23:17
children alone you know she’s trying to
23:22
find the right balance with them also
23:24
and just the other day her daughter who
23:26
is 10 years old went to her room closed
23:28
the door because she had to do work
23:30
online with her school and she put a
23:32
sign on the door please still not
23:34
interrupt I’m busy I’m learning please
23:39
don’t interrupt my education so the ten
23:41
year old knows that communication is key
23:43
so if a 10 year old King can tell the
23:46
other people in the household back off I
23:48
hope we all can do that right just
23:52
reading some comments here too okay we
23:54
have another person Samantha she has a
23:57
cozy space where she she can do work
24:00
okay trying to work on the couch the
24:03
first two weeks we were remote wasn’t
24:05
happening okay yeah I had to replace my
24:08
uncomfy chair yes any advice for a
24:12
single parent of a small child
24:14
homeschooling yeah that I figured that
24:18
this question could come up I wonder if
24:21
there’s a way to arrange for someone to
24:25
watch your child during that most
24:27
crucial time when you’re working whether
24:29
it’s a family member or a nanny or or a
24:34
neighbor perhaps and if there’s this is
24:38
what comes to my mind from what I’ve
24:42
seen I don’t have a children but the
24:45
people that I know and they do and
24:47
they’ve they’ve arranged family members
24:50
to come over at some point I’m not sure
24:52
if that’s that’s possible for you if
24:54
anybody from our group here has some
24:56
more advice and perhaps experience with
24:58
this please leave the leave a message in
25:01
the chat room yes small child home
25:03
schooling yeah again yeah I can imagine
25:07
this is a very tough situation and
25:09
perhaps another thing would be to to
25:12
talk to your whether it’s your managers
25:15
or perhaps your clients that you work
25:16
with and perhaps there’s a way to
25:19
arrange different work hours since
25:21
remote work is by definition a little
25:23
bit more flexible and I’m actually
25:26
really glad a Barbara that you asked
25:30
this question because my next point tip
25:32
number four is communicate with your
25:34
team or with your clients or generally
25:38
the people that you work with or that
25:39
work for you you work for pretty much
25:42
the people in your work orbit and I
25:45
think this is a time where if we’re
25:48
cutting ourselves some slack we also
25:50
need to extend the same kindness to the
25:52
other people and I feel like perhaps not
25:55
every manager but many managers these
25:57
days who are probably struggling with
25:59
the same issues we are they are more
26:02
sympathetic and I feel like this is the
26:05
time where the world can show more
26:07
kindness more patience more
26:09
understanding more empathy because if
26:13
you’re like Barbara who is a single
26:17
parent
26:17
a small child at home and she has to
26:18
home-school her child and do her job
26:20
well you know what we all just have two
26:22
hands and there’s only 24 hours in a day
26:25
I think this is really important right
26:28
now to talk to other people and say
26:29
listen this is my situation you know
26:32
what can what can we do how can we make
26:35
this work so that you know I still do my
26:38
job but I can also take care of my
26:41
household because in this situation I
26:43
have to so communication communication
26:46
communication and also because of where
26:52
I work I work for a tech company and we
26:55
produce these products that help people
26:57
communicate and I’m not here to do
26:58
yourselves kids don’t worry but I see
27:02
the importance peak of being able to
27:04
communicate remotely because with remote
27:06
work all work has to be digitized
27:09
imagine the situation where somebody has
27:11
posted notes all over their screen and
27:13
that’s information you need to complete
27:15
your project this cannot be happening in
27:18
2020 we need tools where we can
27:21
communicate well so yes there are things
27:23
like zoom there are things like slack
27:25
for instant communication you know there
27:27
are project management platforms okay
27:30
that’s all I’m gonna say about my job
27:32
you know there are platforms where maybe
27:34
you reduce the number of emails in
27:36
number of zoom meetings when you can
27:39
know when you use online tools that
27:43
limit your emails because you can
27:45
communicate directly in the project or
27:47
limit the number of zoom meetings
27:50
because you know the status of a project
27:52
because it’s right there on the platform
27:54
that’s a project headquarters for
27:56
everyone and you don’t have to have yet
27:58
another zoom meeting and when you don’t
28:00
have yet another zoom meeting you can be
28:02
at home working or you can be at home
28:03
taking care of your kids you know so
28:06
it’s very important and maybe this is
28:08
the time to talk to your team hey you
28:10
know what is our company really ready
28:12
for the digital future because the
28:14
digital future is here right now faster
28:17
than it would have arrived because of
28:19
kovat so some of the frustration from
28:23
working from home is that you know the
28:26
communication tools are not always
28:28
perfect but there’s a way to maybe
28:30
improve
28:31
yes and thank you I see that there are
28:36
some comments here about how scolding a
28:39
child thank you so much so Barbara
28:41
please check the chatroom there are some
28:43
some great responses so let’s see just a
28:49
quick recap create a routine set up
28:51
designated workspace manage expectations
28:53
of all the loved ones in your area
28:56
communicate with the people you work
28:58
with and be kind to one another find a
29:03
way that to work that works for
29:05
everybody so now let’s move on to tip
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number five and that would be okay
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you’ve heard about it a million times
29:12
create to-do list but I’m not here just
29:16
to tell you create to-do lists because
29:18
again a lot of us have been thrown in
29:21
this situation without any warning so
29:24
create to-do lists that are realistic
29:27
realistic again not every day is going
29:30
to be a home run cut yourself some slack
29:32
there are some projects that are crucial
29:35
and there are others that can wait a
29:37
little bit and the world will not come
29:39
to an end it’s ok it’s ok it’s you know
29:45
it doesn’t mean that you suck at your
29:47
job
29:47
it just means you can prioritize well so
29:51
take care of those projects that are
29:53
absolutely crucial to I don’t know
29:56
keeping your job feeling you like you’re
29:59
good at your job and those that give you
30:03
some motivation because during these
30:04
days when it’s maybe difficult to work
30:06
from home maybe that motivation that
30:08
extra push on any or any little success
30:11
is what we need to keep going so make
30:15
that to-do list and really look at it
30:20
take some time to look at it what’s
30:21
really important what can wait you know
30:24
and go for those you know some people
30:27
just want to be like alright I’m super
30:29
ambitious today I’m feeling great my
30:31
coffee is really kicking in right now
30:33
I’m gonna take care of these big
30:34
projects amazing great or maybe you’re
30:38
just you know what your success was the
30:40
fact that you’ve got out of bed you fed
30:42
your child you took a shower
30:45
and then maybe look at your list like
30:46
okay there’s this little project you
30:48
know what I can do it it’s going to be
30:50
like a warm-up if I do that one little
30:52
thing it’s gonna make me feel better I’m
30:54
gonna have my energy back and my will to
30:56
work again and it’s okay just just it
31:00
depends on the day if it’s your home run
31:02
day go for the big things if it’s not
31:05
just you know what maybe shuffle some
31:07
things around but keep going because any
31:09
little thing you you achieve you know
31:12
it’s gonna give you that boost right and
31:16
what I wanted to mention here when we
31:19
talk about to-do lists now again we are
31:24
at home right we may be tempted to do
31:27
the laundry do the dishes
31:30
bend your favorite TV show take a nap
31:34
although you know research shows a quick
31:36
afternoon naps help you prevent the
31:39
afternoon crash so yes go ahead close
31:41
your eyes for 20 minutes not an hour 20
31:44
minutes 15 to 20 is the sweet spot go
31:47
ahead maybe that will give you that
31:48
boost but separate your work to-do list
31:52
with your home to-do list
31:54
and perhaps you find a time during the
31:56
day especially if you live with someone
31:58
and you’ve created that schedule we
31:59
talked about okay maybe I take a half
32:02
hour for lunch and then 15 minutes just
32:04
to throw all the laundry in okay fine
32:07
but don’t let that distract you
32:09
throughout the day from your job so
32:12
separate lists create maybe blocks of
32:15
time this is work time this is home time
32:18
work time again yes we have a comment
32:22
here I like to watch my webinars on my
32:26
bike it breaks up the long day okay
32:28
great and another question yes we are
32:32
recording this Diane yes we are
32:34
recording this and I I love that is it
32:38
Edie I believe mentioned biking we will
32:42
we will talk about this a little bit
32:43
later it’s one of my tips too okay so we
32:48
are about halfway through my tips so
32:51
just a quick recap if you’re taking
32:53
notes but again this is recorded but if
32:55
you’re taking notes that’s wonderful
32:56
so first create your routine
32:58
number two set up a designated workspace
33:01
number three manage expectations of
33:03
people at home
33:04
number four communicate with your teams
33:07
and partners and collaborators in there
33:09
number five create those realistic to-do
33:13
lists don’t stretch yourself too thin
33:17
and separate the home to-do list with
33:20
the work to-do list just like we
33:22
separated the relaxation area with the
33:26
work area before yes and okay so moving
33:31
on to number six okay listen the the
33:35
second part of this so the first part
33:38
was more like technical like the desk
33:41
the to-do list the conversation with
33:45
people the online tools more like the
33:49
things we can touch but the second part
33:51
of my to-do list to survive working from
33:53
home is a lot more about self-care
33:57
because if you don’t take care of
33:59
yourself even if you feel you’re okay
34:02
chances are you may not be mental stress
34:05
is always very often very sneaky we feel
34:09
it we get stressed out we’d get tense we
34:10
can feel tension in our bodies without
34:12
even realizing how much all this is
34:15
affecting us and I’ve been there done
34:18
that you know in years ago in one
34:23
corporate job I actually burned out so
34:25
I’m a survival survival of burnout it
34:29
was a situation where you’re your body
34:32
physically aches your mind is all over
34:37
the place because you’re trying to do
34:38
your job but you hate it you hate the
34:40
environment all sorts of things it’s
34:42
sort of like being in this confinement
34:44
and we’re going through it’s like I said
34:46
before you know it’s easy to burn out if
34:49
we don’t care to take care of ourselves
34:50
whether we work in the office or at home
34:53
so number six my tip number six is
34:56
you’re gonna laugh prioritize sleep but
35:01
I mean really prioritize sleep I always
35:08
believe that if we really care about
35:10
something or someone
35:12
we will find the time for that thing or
35:15
that person to be a part of our lives if
35:18
we really really care you know I have
35:22
young nieces well young old enough to
35:27
date and I’ll tell them always if that
35:29
guy wants to date you you will know you
35:32
will not have to you know wait he will
35:34
prioritize you and I feel like the same
35:37
applies to to everything else in our
35:40
life and right now I’m at the end of a
35:43
30-day morning yoga challenge 10 minutes
35:47
of yoga every day today is day 29
35:49
I honestly every day in the past 29 days
35:53
I woke up first thing I did thanks Dana
35:57
put the thumbs up I’ve actually done it
36:00
tomorrow’s the last day and you know
36:02
what I’ve created a habit because
36:05
creating a habit how do you do it the
36:07
little steps if I had signed up for you
36:09
know two hours of yoga per day yeah good
36:12
luck good thing no ten minutes all I can
36:14
do ten minutes it’s okay and then ten
36:16
minutes turns into 15 because there was
36:19
also the video about meditation and all
36:22
that thanks Christy for the congrats and
36:27
so prioritize sleep and okay I see a few
36:32
of you here because you have your
36:34
cameras on I mean okay raise your hand
36:37
if you sleep seven or eight hours a
36:39
night
36:41
okay a few people yay raise your hand if
36:45
you get four or five
36:47
Oh Oh quite a few and do you love it do
36:54
you love sleeping five hours
36:56
no okay but on the weekend you get more
37:02
right yeah maybe I’ll tell you something
37:07
and it’s probably the case with you
37:10
because you know we’re all human right
37:12
when I sleep four or five hours I wake
37:15
up and I just want to just I’m mad at
37:19
the whole world you know I’m so
37:21
irritable I really have a hard time
37:25
concentrating
37:26
everything is just again everything and
37:28
everybody’s getting on my case when I
37:30
went I’m super cranky when I don’t get a
37:32
nap but when I get seven and eight hours
37:35
like oh gosh I love everybody and
37:38
everything and all my project is just
37:40
fabulous I mean the difference in my
37:43
daily attitude is amazing when I get
37:46
seven eight hours and some of you may be
37:48
a jokey seven I hate like girl you don’t
37:50
have kids you know and that may be true
37:53
I know I know I know but the thing is if
37:58
you consistently get four or five hours
38:01
obviously hours per night your body is
38:05
going to give in at some point
38:07
and you’re gonna you know you can google
38:09
all these studies that talk about your
38:12
probability of a heart attack or
38:14
diabetes and listen that and there’s so
38:16
many things even if you cannot get seven
38:21
or hours eight hours of sleep or perhaps
38:24
you you know right now it’s not possible
38:26
but perhaps step-by-step it will be just
38:30
see if you can increase the number of
38:32
hours you sleep just again just like
38:36
with me and yoga listen I still don’t
38:38
bend certain ways but I can bend more
38:41
than I could a month ago you know if you
38:43
if you get six hours of sleep see if you
38:45
can get six hours and 15 minutes that
38:48
doesn’t sound like such a big difference
38:49
but it will start to build up maybe six
38:52
and a half maybe one day you’ll get
38:54
seven and then it’ll be like wow you
38:57
know I I feel like um when people tell
39:00
us we have to multitask and you have to
39:02
work work work no break because there’s
39:05
you know you can busy brag right it’s
39:09
the fast
39:10
this way to burnout I have a friend in
39:13
Chicago who works for a law firm so you
39:15
can imagine that kind of strict
39:16
environment and they are allowed a half
39:19
hour for lunch which he doesn’t take he
39:21
eats whatever at his desk even though
39:25
his office is right next to the
39:27
Riverwalk so he could grab a sandwich go
39:29
outside sit fifteen minutes look at
39:32
anything besides his screen because our
39:34
eyes get tired too you know and he’s
39:38
like I don’t have time to do it because
39:39
you know then I won’t be in my rhythm
39:41
and everything goodness you know again
39:45
there are so many more studies that show
39:47
that this way of thinking is just no
39:49
longer the case yes if you get
39:51
distracted by your facebook notification
39:54
every five minutes sure you’re not gonna
39:56
get any work done but if you go outside
39:57
if you breathe fresh air if you get
39:59
vitamin D from the Sun if you look at
40:01
the nature you’re gonna come back
40:03
refreshed you know I live in France I
40:06
have the luxury and I’m very well aware
40:08
of that the luxury of taking a real
40:11
lunch break and even though the French
40:14
people sometimes have this reputation of
40:18
not working hard because there are so
40:19
many days off like today we get five
40:23
weeks paid vacation or more yeah we do
40:26
but people work very efficiently
40:29
I mean I’m amazed at how much French
40:32
people can get done and they can still
40:34
get one hour lunch absolutely because
40:37
that’s when you get refreshed you know
40:39
if you want to avoid that afternoon
40:40
crash that just that kills your
40:42
productivity take a break really take a
40:45
break but it all starts with getting
40:46
more sleep and again if eight hours is
40:50
not feasible for you start with just
40:52
adding 15 minutes to your sleep then a
40:56
half hour and see where it goes
40:58
just try I mention lunch so number seven
41:03
tip number seven is eat well and I don’t
41:05
mean Michelin star restaurants but if
41:08
you eat a lot of you know carbs they’re
41:11
gonna put you to sleep and trust me I am
41:13
like team baguette I love it and team
41:17
pasta and you know what and do not ever
41:19
take it away from me I’m never gonna be
41:21
a low unload car
41:22
diet because I love carbs but you know
41:25
what I try not to cook them for lunch
41:27
and I made the mistake actually of today
41:29
I it was an impulse by fellow marketers
41:33
we’ll know how that works I got this
41:35
brie sandwich on the baguette oh it was
41:39
great
41:39
but I thought I was gonna take a nap
41:42
before this but I didn’t want you
41:43
because that was like I don’t trust my
41:44
alarm clock but I do not want to meet
41:47
this don’t miss this
41:48
so carbs at lunch not so much but lots
41:51
of grains are good you know they had
41:54
anything with protein protein and in
41:57
that grains and veggies and fresh fruit
41:59
instead of like chocolate cake you know
42:00
I mean as much as I love chocolate cake
42:02
you know yeah so eating well and I know
42:05
this is a time where like I see I think
42:07
like everybody is baking bread
42:10
are you baking bread whole grain anyway
42:16
this is a good time to try some recipes
42:18
you know maybe if you have kids you cook
42:21
with them maybe that’s a good way to
42:23
involve them in this whole situation I
42:25
don’t know but you know try not to eat
42:28
junk at lunch because it’s kind of put
42:30
you to sleep and a hash tag team
42:33
baguette yes okay great
42:38
somebody’s talking about having a
42:40
motivational fun song every day yes yes
42:43
great smoothies morning smoothies
42:46
wonderful yes Dave is saying my students
42:51
have various schedules and I’ve let them
42:53
schedule my time okay
42:55
good idea to get up once in a while okay
42:58
great good idea to get up once a while
43:00
exactly um let’s see well get there
43:03
we’re getting there so tip number six
43:05
was try to get more sleep to number
43:07
seven try to eat better and you know
43:09
what I’ve been doing like we were on
43:11
strict lockdown for two straight months
43:14
and I started getting delivery from the
43:17
big my favorite neighborhoods in the
43:19
area
43:20
I mean without going broke but you know
43:22
I would try to order from my favorite
43:23
places just because I’m like I don’t
43:25
want to see empty storefronts and also I
43:28
know they have some healthy options so
43:31
I’ve been cooking more at home and I’ve
43:33
been getting the occasional treat and
43:36
all
43:36
so getting that food delivered home it’s
43:38
it’s it’s a treat it makes me feel good
43:41
it’s something to look forward to during
43:43
like every day that just everyday just
43:46
seems the same right now you know so to
43:47
have something fun like oh yeah my food
43:49
is coming that was good – all right
43:52
let’s move on to number eight
43:54
okay now I’m craving that smoothies okay
43:56
thanks Christy okay let’s talk a little
44:01
bit about managing overall stress I’ve
44:04
mentioned this before already
44:06
sometimes things are eating us up from
44:08
the inside and we either don’t notice oh
44:10
we ignore that for whatever reason and
44:13
so I wanted to say something that you
44:15
know the there are two things I’ve been
44:17
really missing ever since we went into
44:20
lockdown right now we finally lifted the
44:22
lockdown a little bit but not being able
44:24
to physically be around people I care
44:27
about
44:27
yes there are some cause whatever video
44:30
calls but just not being able to be in
44:33
the same room we are tribal we are wired
44:35
to be around other people and this has
44:38
been taken away from us I mean thank
44:40
goodness for technology but just not
44:42
being able to be around the people I
44:44
care about I had to cancel the trip to
44:46
see family I had to cancel my milestone
44:48
birthday which is like if you look at
44:50
the big picture it’s it’s nothing you
44:53
know but it’s something that you know
44:56
bummed me out so I’ve been trying to
45:00
keep in touch with friends because it’s
45:01
good to have like a sounding board you
45:03
know we’re all in this together we all
45:05
want to just complain about this whole
45:08
situation and how everything is but
45:10
he’ll be where because if you get caught
45:13
up in this like endless cycle of like
45:16
bad news you know whatever whether it’s
45:18
Facebook or TV or you know different
45:21
online news sites if you start
45:24
complaining too much you may get caught
45:26
up in this that this negativity and this
45:28
is not going to help you with anything
45:30
in the end it’s good to complain a
45:31
little bit just to get that energy out
45:34
of you the negativity but don’t don’t do
45:36
that too much and you know try not to
45:40
maybe don’t surround yourself with with
45:43
people who complain too much or maybe
45:47
even toxic and again this was not even
45:50
originally part of my presentation but
45:54
recently one of my good friends has been
45:56
having issues with a family member that
45:59
family member is really not taking this
46:01
very well and it’s just being mean to
46:05
everybody around her and it’s affecting
46:07
everybody so if you can avoid being
46:10
around toxic people if possible you know
46:14
I mean how many of you want extra stress
46:17
you know one thing that I really like to
46:23
do and not just your angle the lockdown
46:25
or the stay-at-home order whatever it’s
46:27
called where you live here it’s called
46:31
confinement which actually sounds like
46:33
prison kind of I like to keep a journal
46:39
I like to keep a journal and I’ll tell
46:41
you why and not just because I’m a
46:42
writer and the thing is maybe you’re not
46:44
a writer maybe you’ve never written a
46:46
good sentence in your life okay yeah you
46:49
know okay no you probably did if you’re
46:51
a you know alumni of Roosevelt I’m sure
46:53
you can write a paper but maybe writing
46:55
is just not your thing but you know what
46:57
maybe give it a try maybe um and I’m not
47:00
saying just write pages and pages and
47:02
pages but sometimes just to write one
47:04
sentence whether it’s screw you up Co
47:07
vyd or I hate remote work or I want to
47:11
live alone on a you know Island whatever
47:14
it is write it down because when you and
47:16
any writer will tell you this journaling
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it’s the only time when we don’t have to
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censor ourselves because when you write
47:23
an article when you write a book or
47:24
whatever it is there’s an editor there’s
47:26
an audience there’s always this fear of
47:30
rejection or that somebody’s gonna
47:32
disagree with you you know whereas when
47:34
your journaling it’s for you unless you
47:36
know somebody finds your journal but
47:39
it’s for you and it’s like a stream of
47:41
thoughts you don’t have to edit you
47:43
don’t have to feel guilty you don’t have
47:44
to apologize to anybody or have to
47:46
please anybody it’s just so therapeutic
47:49
every time I go through a difficult
47:50
period of my life or I’m just not having
47:53
a good day give me my pen and paper you
47:56
know it’s just therapy and it also helps
48:00
me organize my thoughts and when your
48:01
thoughts are organized
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something
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using your life organized at work so
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journaling okay
48:11
Dorian I’m a writer and it’s an outlet
48:13
for me it works wonders see it’s not
48:14
just me I swear this works Dave wrote
48:18
some of our faculty have been getting
48:20
together online just to talk and share
48:22
it yes that’s great
48:23
you know I don’t know about you I really
48:26
like the people I work with and I do
48:27
miss them I actually missed them and
48:29
yesterday one of my colleagues called me
48:32
the excuse was I was a content strategy
48:35
meeting but honestly for half-hour we
48:37
talked just about like him taking his
48:39
little son for a walk and that was just
48:41
fun just just having that contact with
48:44
the people we work with and so missing
48:48
people is the one thing that has really
48:50
been difficult but also not having
48:53
anything to look forward to so you’re
48:55
working from home all day and then what
48:58
you just go to the couch okay exciting
49:01
right yay the next day it’s like oh what
49:03
year is it today you know every day is
49:06
the same so I started creating these
49:09
little things that I can look forward to
49:12
so yeah it started with I actually
49:14
started working out I mean if you bought
49:17
me a lifetime membership to a gym I
49:19
would not go or I would quit after a
49:21
week I was being honest right now but I
49:24
found this routine that works for me I
49:26
love Latin dancing so I’m all like Zumba
49:28
you know all the time and I do a little
49:31
yoga and I have a jump rope I love the
49:33
jump rope like during the day I take a
49:35
break like seriously 50 dumps all I got
49:38
like my brain is just completely
49:39
refreshed after this so for me to have
49:42
like um uh you know an online workout
49:46
class in the evening after I’m finished
49:48
working right that’s great because I’m
49:50
like okay there’s gonna be people and I
49:52
can do a little this fun thing and it’s
49:53
seven let me do it or having a happy
49:56
hour with friends I’ve been as a blogger
49:58
with my kind of travel community I’ve
50:00
been doing weekly calls on Saturdays so
50:02
it’s a Saturday happy hour or movie
50:06
nights I’ve been watching more movies
50:07
than I ever have in my life you know
50:09
and so I’m like okay tonight is like my
50:12
you know thriller nights you know great
50:15
and ladies ladies and gentlemen why not
50:17
home spa my
50:19
shut the bathroom door everybody I’m not
50:23
here this is my spot I’m you know create
50:26
something to look forward to after your
50:27
workday because you know what one secret
50:30
about remote work it’s so difficult to
50:34
turn off the computer once you’re in
50:37
your zone you get going it all of a
50:40
sudden it’s like whoops 9:00 p.m. and I
50:42
haven’t eaten since 1:00 you know this
50:44
is not work/life balance you know it’s
50:46
so it’s good to have something in the
50:49
evening to look forward to because it’s
50:51
gonna help you like maybe speed things
50:53
up make you efficient and then said okay
50:55
7:00 p.m. I have to shut down the
50:58
computer or perhaps for those of you
51:00
that like to work late but start late
51:02
maybe that’s not 7:00 maybe it’s 9:00 or
51:05
10:00 but you know don’t work 16 hours
51:08
if you don’t have to yeah so having
51:11
something to look forward to you know
51:13
like like hey webinars with Roosevelt
51:16
you know and I’m also let’s say we’re
51:24
sorry we have a common here and I I hope
51:26
you don’t mind me sharing these comments
51:28
but I think they’re relevant to the
51:29
discussion plus I want to break up my
51:31
monologue a little I advise my pharmacy
51:36
students to prioritize self-care before
51:38
caring for others oh my god yes healthy
51:41
lifestyle is a great way to improve
51:42
quality of life
51:44
I mean exactly you know well right now
51:48
we cannot fly but when you fly what do
51:50
they say at the beginning with the
51:51
oxygen mask put it on yourself first
51:54
before you put it on others absolutely
51:57
because if you’re healthy if you’re
51:59
happy if you’re have energy you’re just
52:02
gonna share it with everybody else
52:04
absolutely so I just wanted to say about
52:09
self-care social media detox or at least
52:12
limiting time on social media is
52:14
probably not a bad idea especially now I
52:16
I have so many friends on Facebook who
52:19
share fake news and now I’ve learned to
52:21
recognize what fake news is I mean if
52:23
it’s not from a reputable source I know
52:25
there’s something fishy and it has like
52:27
a sensationalist headline I don’t want
52:29
to see this especially before going to
52:31
sleep
52:32
and if you
52:33
to help your sleep patterns don’t go to
52:36
bed with your phone because you know
52:38
that blue light that the screen has the
52:43
blue it’s like what we get from the Sun
52:45
in the morning it’s a signal for our
52:46
brain to wake up so that’s why it’s so
52:48
difficult to fall asleep after you know
52:51
being on the phone in bed trust the
52:53
guilty but I’m trying to manage that and
52:56
just put my phone away 30 minutes before
52:59
I want to go back to sleep okay so that
53:02
was all about managing stress that was
53:04
my tip number eight and I wanted to move
53:07
on to tip number nine and that would be
53:10
maybe you will not be surprised exercise
53:13
okay and now those of you who are like I
53:16
am not moving okay again give me a
53:20
lifetime membership to a gym I will not
53:22
be there I’ll give it to you I think
53:24
it’s absolutely important to find what
53:27
works for you and don’t compare yourself
53:29
to others you know when I do my yoga
53:31
video the girl can like bend whatever
53:34
way she wants I’m like okay my
53:35
hamstrings are just killing me right now
53:37
you know that’s okay maybe I don’t do
53:39
one pose but another one I do and it
53:42
makes me feel good I love my Zumba I
53:44
love my you know salsa workout I love
53:47
going for walks and again you know maybe
53:50
you live near a park that’s not close
53:52
like in my case you know I love going
53:54
for a walk because it’s the easiest
53:56
exercise I can listen to a podcast I can
53:59
listen to music I can call my parents or
54:01
my friends and I walk and I’m exercising
54:03
without even trying and actually
54:05
exercising without trying is it’s the
54:09
best thing maybe don’t take the elevator
54:10
take the stairs you know that will kick
54:13
your butt’s and great you know during
54:16
the day what you can do okay sit here
54:19
okay
54:20
and you can do this now too okay roll
54:23
your shoulders back
54:24
a few times just roll your shoulders
54:27
back and then the other way that’s it
54:30
you can do it a few times when you’re
54:32
sitting at your desk you know and you
54:34
can just do this and extend your arms
54:37
back like try to squeeze your your
54:41
shoulders because we’re always like this
54:43
aren’t we on our phones on our laps
54:46
these muscles here are like this so try
54:51
to just do this a little bit and take a
54:53
deep breath do this for a minute and
54:56
this is exercise everything we do is
54:59
exercise so it doesn’t have to be two
55:00
hours in the gym doesn’t have to be
55:03
maybe do a few stretches I mean we don’t
55:05
even have to call it yoga just you know
55:07
raise your hand stand up raise your
55:09
hands put like put your hands like this
55:12
here and just go like this and stay
55:16
there and now switch just put your one
55:18
hand on your other wrist just to kind of
55:20
give it support go the other way and
55:23
honestly I feel it already here in my
55:26
sides and my low back and and you can do
55:30
this at your desk or just sit and just
55:34
close your eyes for a few seconds close
55:36
your eyes and then take a deep breath
55:38
through your nose and don’t rush it and
55:41
make it deep deeper with each breath
55:44
maybe try to count to two or to three in
55:47
your head so and then try to when you
55:50
exhale through your nose or through your
55:52
mouth whatever feels good try to also
55:55
count to two or three because we usually
55:57
exhale faster but if you do any kind of
56:00
yoga or meditation they teach you to
56:03
really slow down to fill your lungs with
56:05
oxygen and oxygen will make you feel a
56:07
little high gives you that boost and
56:10
then try to really take this very
56:13
cleansing breath very slowly and you
56:15
know it so a few shoulder rolls a few
56:19
stretches a few breaths it takes like
56:21
one minute two minutes and all of a
56:24
sudden you’re not looking at the screen
56:27
only you know and new jersey it feels I
56:30
already feel good you know oh you can
56:32
get up and just you know do a few more
56:35
stretches so whatever it is I’ll go for
56:37
welcome maybe you have a stationary bike
56:39
you know or maybe you’ll run with your
56:41
dog
56:41
whatever it is exercise is this like
56:44
scary word I think and it doesn’t have
56:48
to be oh maybe you have you know a
56:52
basket on your garage door I remember
56:54
lots of people in Chicago did that I
56:56
mean you just shoot a few hoops you know
56:58
yeah
57:00
just do whatever that gives you that
57:01
that really cool boost and there are so
57:05
many online videos these days with the
57:06
yellow guy with like Zumba and wouldn’t
57:09
like everything you know yeah so I think
57:14
the key is to find a routine that’s fun
57:16
that works
57:17
again that works for you forget the
57:19
people who can just like pump iron you
57:24
know yes we have the message here from
57:28
Christopher there are some great apps
57:29
for phones that help us practice yoga
57:31
and meditation work so well for waking
57:34
up in the morning starting your day on a
57:36
positive notes okay great I thought
57:42
about putting my phone on Do Not Disturb
57:43
at night yes I do that I’m a little
57:46
worried that I’ll miss something like if
57:48
I miss my alarm in the morning or
57:50
something but I can always set a second
57:52
alarm but yeah I actually silence my
57:54
phone before I go to bed and I’ll tell
57:56
you why because when I go to bed here in
57:59
France people in Chicago are like hey
58:01
let’s chat time difference No
58:05
leave me a message I’ll talk to you okay
58:10
love your energy Thank You didi thank
58:14
you so much okay great question here
58:17
what factors could be considered to
58:19
measure productivity working remote
58:21
versus office you know what I think it
58:24
will differ for every and each and every
58:26
one of us because we have different
58:29
goals whether there are quarterly goals
58:31
or weekly goals and I honestly don’t see
58:37
that there should be a difference
58:40
whether you’re working from home or from
58:43
the office now during this difficult
58:46
time we are worried about everything I
58:49
feel like some people me included
58:50
sometimes we’re working in slow motion a
58:52
little bit there are those days but I
58:54
don’t think that productivity is tied to
58:57
the physical location of where you’re
58:59
doing your job and I think a lot of
59:01
people who work remotely and have been
59:05
doing this for years will tell you the
59:06
same thing I actually sometimes feel
59:08
more productive in my home office if I’m
59:12
writing an article that needs to have a
59:14
lot of research in it I don’t want to be
59:16
in the office because it’s too loud for
59:18
me so I don’t think the physical
59:20
location matters and I think more and
59:22
more people will start to realize and by
59:24
people I mean upper management yes but I
59:28
think finishing your projects on time
59:30
whatever that time frame is I think this
59:33
is how we measure productivity no matter
59:35
where we are and before I answer more of
59:38
your questions because it is already an
59:41
hour since I’ve been talking the last
59:44
tip tip number 10 is just a reminder of
59:47
what I told you at the very beginning
59:49
it’s ok to cut yourself and others some
59:53
slack at this time it is not a normal
59:56
situation we are in and it’s certainly
59:59
not reflective of you your abilities or
60:02
your whole career if you’re having a
60:06
slower day because tomorrow may be
60:08
better and we learn as we go with this
60:11
remote work and everything and we are
60:13
all in this together let’s just this is
60:15
a good reminder you know about a little
60:17
bit of kindness a little bit of patience
60:19
with everybody around us you know so
60:21
just to give you a quick recap
60:24
tip number one create a routine that
60:26
works for you tip number two set up a
60:28
designated workspace tip number three
60:30
manage expectations of the people in
60:33
your household create schedules number
60:35
four communicate with your team and your
60:37
collaborators manage expectations those
60:39
deadlines perhaps some deadlines right
60:41
now need to be rescheduled
60:44
number five create realistic to-do lists
60:46
just building on what I just said
60:49
prioritize those tasks maybe you need to
60:51
shift some things around
60:52
maybe if life was normal right now your
60:55
to-do list would look different number
60:57
six prioritize sleep really number seven
61:01
eat well try to avoid carbs at lunchtime
61:04
because they will make you drowsy eight
61:07
manage overall stress whether its
61:10
surrounding yourself with positive
61:12
people whether it’s journaling whether
61:14
it’s creating a routine at home
61:16
something to look forward to whether
61:18
it’s social media detox do whatever
61:21
makes you feel good
61:23
number nine exercise and again it can be
61:27
whatever any movement that works for you
61:29
and number ten just be kind to yourself
61:33
we’re all gonna get through this and
61:36
it’s gonna get better and the more you
61:39
do work from home the easier it will be
61:42
okay okay we have some questions here
61:48
okay
61:49
Steve is saying you can set favorites in
61:52
case you want to let some people
61:53
override your do not disturb like spouse
61:55
or kids yes with email you know I
61:57
generally try not to jump at my email
62:00
every time I see the little envelope
62:01
show up but you can set alert so if it’s
62:04
like your boss you’re gonna see that
62:06
alert but not from anyone else yeah
62:08
absolutely
62:09
oh thank you for the sweet messages here
62:12
but there was something that I thought
62:13
it was very important any tips to make
62:16
just waking up more exciting motivating
62:18
this is Zoey I just started a new
62:20
routine I feel bad if I lay in bed for
62:23
15 minutes before officially getting up
62:25
but I don’t always have the motivation
62:26
to go right out of bed do you get out of
62:28
bed and go right into yoga okay I get
62:31
out of bed okay first of all I snooze
62:33
like three times don’t feel bad it
62:35
happens and then I
62:37
make myself okay try to do this get
62:40
yourself some water maybe not super ice
62:42
cold maybe room-temperature with lemon
62:46
this citrus helps get rid of toxins in
62:49
your body and it will also make you get
62:51
up and go to the kitchen get that and
62:54
yes do a few stretches you can actually
62:56
stretch in your bed just you know extend
62:59
your hands and your feet you like attack
63:01
would do in the morning you know do it
63:03
and that sometimes helps me get up just
63:05
that one long stretch in the morning and
63:08
then I get up oh you know another trick
63:11
put your phone away on an not on your
63:14
nightstand somewhere else because we
63:15
want to check the phone first thing in
63:17
the morning right come on we know that
63:19
that will make you get up
63:21
okay but yeah I wake up and I go into
63:25
yoga okay yes I’m trying not to miss
63:28
anything I know I’m like four minutes
63:31
over but if you want to stick around
63:32
I’ll answer whatever questions you have
63:34
I don’t think you missed anything polar
63:39
but yeah if there’s any other questions
63:40
please feel free to ask them and pull up
63:45
I know everyone here is not only and
63:49
just inspired and grateful for all the
63:51
tips that you shared but also just your
63:53
energy I mean there’s nothing to compare
63:56
to and I think this all gave us the
63:58
boost that we probably needed right you
64:00
said we’re all here for a reason and it
64:03
was just such a pleasure to have you
64:05
here and of course what all of the the
64:07
gratitude that’s coming in here for the
64:09
Chad we are just very appreciative that
64:11
you took time out of your day to share
64:12
your insights thank you so much it’s
64:15
great to see so many of you here and
64:17
actually see some of you those who had
64:18
the camera on thank you so much and it
64:21
really feels it makes me feel more
64:22
connected to Chicago again and our
64:26
school and you know I do hope that that
64:30
some of these tips you know you can
64:31
apply them step-by-step I hope it helps
64:33
you in your daily routine and come
64:35
Monday maybe
64:36
oh sorry Tuesday because you guys have a
64:37
day off I hope it’ll help and you know
64:42
stay well really let’s hope everything
64:45
gets back to normal as soon as possible
64:48
absolutely I agree
64:50
will you enjoy the rest of what you have
64:52
left on your vacation days thanks for
64:54
again carving out a little time for us
64:56
be appreciative oh thank you so much bye
64:58
everyone thank you everyone bye bye