WASHINGTON 鈥� Experts have long said breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But now, thanks to demanding schedules and longer workdays, it could also be the most powerful.
People are turning away from the time-consuming power lunch and choosing instead to catch-up over a power breakfast, says Julia Carpenter of CNN Money.
鈥淎fter-work plans or middle of the work plans just with people鈥檚 schedules become kind of sticky,鈥� Carpenter told 草莓传媒 in an interview. 鈥淏reakfast is time efficient 鈥� you don鈥檛 see people sitting down to three-hour breakfasts.鈥�
Juggling demanding schedules and constantly being plugged-in to our phones can make it difficult to coordinate lunch plans, Carpenter says. But with a power breakfast, people can enjoy a meal with colleagues or friends before the chaos of the workday.
鈥淚nstead of plans at the end of the day, where you鈥檙e kind of recapping your day, or backward-looking, (with) breakfast you鈥檙e walking in and saying, 鈥楾his is what鈥檚 on my agenda, this is what I鈥檓 thinking about,鈥欌�� Carpenter said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a little bit more of a forward look than a backward look.鈥�
And power breakfasts aren鈥檛 just helpful for networking. Carpenter says the mealtime is for everyone from millennials to caregivers to workaholics as we鈥檙e all affected by changing schedules.
鈥淚t’s either making time for social time before work so that you’ve kick-started your day with some of that social interaction before you put your head down at your desk. Or it’s networking,鈥� Carpenter said. 鈥淪o networking in the beginning of the day, or even doing it with your colleagues before you even go into the office, is a little bit of a more forward-looking endeavor.鈥�
