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Podcast 308
If you’re not in control of your time, who is? That’s what we’re looking at this week.
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Hello, and welcome to episode 308 of the Working With Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host for this show.
One of the most common comments I get on my YouTube videos is about who controls your work day. The answer to that question is you. It’s always been you.
Even at its most basic level, you accepted an offer to work where you work at some point, which was a choice you exercised. Similarly, as each day begins, you could choose to stay in bed and fake sickness—not something I would recommend, of course, but you always have that choice.
And, you always have the nuclear button option—to quit at any time—although I hope it doesn’t need to come to that.
The problem with all these choices—choices you make every day—is while you are free to make these choices, you also have to accept the consequences of your decisions. So, what you are really doing is calculating the cost/benefit of the decision you make.
Staying in bed might seem a great idea on a cold, wet morning, but you probably know that by 11 am, you’ll be feeling guilty, and when thought about further, you will likely begin to feel a little anxious about all the things you might be missing out on.
But one thing you should never tell yourself is you have no choice. You do, and you always will.
Let’s put it this way: you may have an important, critical meeting with your CEO arranged at 11:00 am tomorrow morning, but if a close family member—your son or daughter, mother or father—is taken seriously ill overnight, you’re going to choose to be at the hospital with your family. (Well, at least I hope you are)
In that situation, you are exercising your choice. You cannot be in two places at once, and therefore, you have to choose your priority.
So, with all that said. Let me now hand you over to the Mystery Podcast Voice for this week’s question.
This week’s question comes from Isaac. Isaac asks, hi Carl, I have tried time blocking, but my boss won’t let me. Every time I sit down to get on with some deep work, he’ll call or messa