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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to tell others about the progress you

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Speaker 1: intend to make. This can help ensure that the progress happens.

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Speaker 1: So if you are listening to this podcast, I am

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Speaker 1: sure you have all sorts of goals that you set

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Speaker 1: for yourself, and maybe you find it easy to stick

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Speaker 1: with things, but many people struggle with holding themselves accountable.

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Speaker 1: Good intentions might not be enough when life gets busy,

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Speaker 1: but fortunately there are ways to create a little more accountability.

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Speaker 1: A simple one. Use this phrase the next time you

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Speaker 1: see me to cast a vision of your future self.

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Speaker 1: Here's how it works. When you want to hold yourself

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Speaker 1: to doing something, mentioned to someone else that the next

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Speaker 1: time they see you, you will have done it. So,

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Speaker 1: for instance, if you know that you need to have

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Speaker 1: a financial heart to heart with your boss, you can

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Speaker 1: tell your partner in the morning that the next time

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Speaker 1: you see me, I will have asked for a raise.

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Speaker 1: The other person doesn't have to do anything, but you

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Speaker 1: will be a lot less likely to chicken out of

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Speaker 1: talking about the topic at the check in. You can

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Speaker 1: use this phrase for all sorts of things. Tell your

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Speaker 1: best friend the next time you see me, I will

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Speaker 1: have gone for a run. You'll be more likely to

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Speaker 1: do it. If you tell your sister the next time

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Speaker 1: you see me, I will have visited Grandpa, you will

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Speaker 1: probably be more likely to stop by his retirement home

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Speaker 1: before your next weekly get together. Now, to be sure,

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Speaker 1: you could always set up a formal accountability partnership for

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Speaker 1: any ongoing goals. Find someone else who wants to accomplish

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Speaker 1: something big and check in with each other regularly. You

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Speaker 1: could send each other emails every week, or have a

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Speaker 1: chat where you both say by the next time you

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Speaker 1: see me, and then list out your goals. But the

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Speaker 1: beauty of this little phrase is that you don't really

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Speaker 1: even need a formal accountability partnership. You can use this

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Speaker 1: phrase to hold yourself accountable and to create a deadline,

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Speaker 1: even if the other person isn't all that invested in

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Speaker 1: what you're doing. After all, you probably will see the

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Speaker 1: other person again, and likely pretty soon. By saying that

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Speaker 1: you will do something before then, you are creating accountability

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Speaker 1: for yourself without demanding anything of anyone else. It is

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Speaker 1: a public commitment, but it's a low key one and

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Speaker 1: articulating this vision for future. You can help bring it

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Speaker 1: to fruition. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: listening and here's to making the most of our time.

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Speaker 1: Hey everybody, I'd love to hear from you. You can

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Speaker 1: send me your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just

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Speaker 1: Breakfast pod. That's b E the number four, then Breakfast

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Speaker 1: p o D. You can also shoot me an email

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Speaker 1: at Before Breakfast podcast at i heeart media dot com

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Speaker 1: that Before Breakfast is spelled out with all the letters.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much, I look forward to staying in touch.

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